“Smell the Flowers” Original Short Film

I wrote the script for this film in one of my classes during my junior year of college, and then produced, directed, and edited the film senior year during my “Directing the Narrative Film” class. It was a great experience to be involved in every step of a project from ideation to completion, and I got some great experience directing a cast and crew. In addition to writing the script, I also storyboarded the project, came up with a comprehensive shot list, managed locations forms, organized wardrobe and set dressing, and scheduled each film shoot. I also operated a camera for the majority of the films using a Sony FX30, a DJI Ronin S Gimbal, and wireless lavelier mics. During post-production I completed all of the editing, including color correction, dialogue mixing (and necessary noise reduction), and music (sourced from Pixabay).

As a director, I made sure every choice was intentionally contributing (as much as it could) to the telling of the story I had written and the conveying of its theme. The theme I made for this project was “learning to make the most of the time you have with people”.