I'll use this page to post videos. Or did you already know that? Either way, you can find out how my acting ability is and see what I look like and all that jazz by checking out the awesome motion images stored here. Enjoy yourselves, and please don't stalk me or anything.
My Deep Remorse - This is not my video. It's a project my friend Kenneth hired me for in an attempt to get a college scholarship. I forget what the contest was called, but you had to film a 30-second commercial to demote drinking and driving. I am the main character of the commercial. Kenneth did the editing in Adobe Premier. The contest has not been judged as of this description, but I'll update it when the results come in. 0:30
Writer's Block - This is the video adaptation of my story "Writer's Block." I did this for my English class, where the teacher assigned us a video project to demonstrate "food as a metaphor." This story had already been written for over a year by the time the project had been assigned, so I went with it to save myself the effort of writing a new story. Parts could have been done better, such as the sound. Never edit sound with low volumes. The editing could have been done a little better at times, too. Never edit while tired. Editing was done with Windows Movie Maker. Never edit with Windows Movie Maker. 6:40
Ultimate Cheeseburger - This is a music video I did for my digital media class. The lighting is way too intense, and my lips are off-sync for a bunch of parts, so it's not the greatest video ever. Regardless, the concept I used for this video is interesting and it was fun to make. It was also fun eating my $4 burger after it was in the sun for two hours. 2:10
Death to Smoking
- This was an entry for the HMSA Teen Video Awards 2006. It made
it into the top 20 for our category, which was anti-smoking. The
first actor is Grant. Hell if I know his last name. The
third actor is Levi Kaneko. Our director was Lily Wu, and so was
our editor. Without her, actually, this wouldn't have become a
video in the first place. Actually, Levi didn't really do much
outside his acting, but it still made a difference! The concept
for the video was formulated by yours truly, and tweaked by Lily, Levi,
and Gaston Souza, our co-advisor. Alan Sekiguchi, our teacher,
chose our video for submission into the contest. I thank all of
them for their work on this video, and HMSA for the ceremony they
organized. *weep* 0:26
A Tiger's Journey - Information on next page.
Behind These Hazel Eyes - This is not my video, but another one done by Kenneth. He wanted to add some humor to his video, so he asked me to lip a female lead. Many people ended up interpreting this story as a homosexual love affair, but that's not the intention. Regardless, everybody got a kick out of this video, and it's one of the two that made me widely known around campus. 3:15
Bulletin Intro - This is the intro I did for digital media. The project was to use Live Type to create an intro sequence for next year's morning bulletin at school. I think I had one of the more unique intros, as mine is very dark in theme, uses minimal text effects (everyone else used effects all over the place), and uses original music. dj Slash based the percussion off a basic break I showed him. Everything else is my own doing. 0:14
I'm a Boy - This is Tomi's music video for Digital Media. This is the second of the three music videos I was in, all of which got me a huge amount of attention at school. I still get teased every so often for doing this, but so far nobody has been completely serious about it... I think. And yes, I walked with our team to the park in full drag for this video. 2:45