Examples of Work

GAFFER - EDITOR - WRITER - DIRECTOR - PRODUCER

Lighting

A Day in Dog Years showcases my lighting style very well. I try to make my lighting natural, yet purposeful relative to the themes playing through the story. Luckily, I had a DP that was very collaborative and together I feel like we managed to capture exactly the feeling that was needed for this project.

B.E.N. is one of my prouder works that I was able to accomplish. Created for the Washington DC 48 Hour Project, I was able to work with a number of friends and really make the lighting in this short very natural and fun.

Down Jersey is a film that I had the pleasure of working on in the summer of 2017. Working with the very talented Director of Photography, John McClung, we were able to really collaborate and make this single location shoot look good. This project was a blast to make and the writer/director Joe Greenberg was amazing to work with.

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Hello showcases my lighting style and also let me have some fun experimenting with harsh shadows. The DP and I really put our heads together to make the short look nice. I enjoyed the challenge of doing an experimental film and really strived to bring the themes forward with my lighting.

Editing

I shot this video for the Maryland Department of Agriculture using the Nikon z6 and edited on Premiere Pro. The Maryland Department of Agriculture's Buyer Grower Event brings local Maryland farmers together with grocery stores, restaurants , and institutional food service professionals.

This is a video that I edited for the National Folk Festival. The purpose of this video was to raise interest in the festival and also entice other cities to host the event.

I edited this video for the University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources using Premiere Pro

I edited this video for the Maryland’s Traditions Program for the Maryland State Arts Council.

Directing and Writing

Winner of the Best Amateur Film at the 2022 Frederick 72 Film Fest and Best of Fest at the 2023 Ocean City Film Festival. I co-wrote, co-directed, produced and edited this project in 72 hours.

Winner of the Best Film Under Five Minutes Award, Nock is a dramatic piece that I helped write, direct, and edit for the Frederick 72 Hour Film Festival.

Life Rolls On was written and directed by Sam Raborg and Sean Mullen. Edited by Sam Raborg, Ryan McNulty, Mike Kavina, and Sean Mullen. This film was created for the Frederick 72 Hour Film Festival.

This is a project I completed for my Digital Video Class during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since the quarantine was in place at the time, I wanted to still be able to film something nice, but with minimal people involved.

Written and directed by Sam Raborg, Dom LaFrancesca, and Sean Mullen. Made for the LKT 48 Hour Film Challenge.

This is a small documentary I put together about my grandfather. I interviewed him and directed my grandparents in order to get b-roll footage. I shot this documentary with Sean Mullen, using a Nikon z6 and Panasonic gh4. I edited this using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Wintergreen was one of my first “big projects” that I did. With my film partner, Sean Mullen; he and I wrote and produced this film together back in the winter of 2015-2016. Shot over a week in the frigid Western Maryland Appalachian Mountains, we managed to get this film complete with only three people on set. While not perfect, it was the first project I had done that I could definitely call “Mine.”

Numismatist was written by Sam Raborg, Sean Mullen, and Jarin Pruce. Directed by Sam Raborg and Sean Mullen. Made for the Towson University 72 Hour Film Festival

Howitz was a project that I had the pleasure of ADing on. It was definitely a challenge, but I learned a lot and felt like I managed to help keep the set organized.