Portfolio
Potable: How Clean Water Transforms Communities - 2022
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Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit engineering organization that provides engineering consulting, designing, and implementing services to underserved communities. The goal of this organization is to help small communities in the developing world meet basic infrastructure needs by connecting them with engineers with experience in their area.
As a high school junior I created this documentary and shot photos during their assessment and construction trip in Tanzania for promotional use by the chapter. My goal for creating this media was for use by the chapter to gain more funding and support to continue their projects.
The Boy Scout - 2023
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21st Annual Walpole Film Festival
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Best Film
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Best Director
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Best Cinematography
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Best Faculty/Community Performance
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The Boy Scout is a short film created through a class that premiered for the Walpole High School film festival. The premise is a boy must sell a certain amount of popcorn for his boy scout troop to earn his Marketing Merit Badge. Part of the film is loosely based on the Disney animated feature Up. I was the director for this film and led a crew of seven people to be nominated for all of our eligible categories and win four awards at the Walpole High School Film Festival.
Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle! - 2023
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Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle! is a short documentary about fashion sustainability through upcycling clothing that premiered at the 21st annual Walpole High School Film Festival. Although this film premiered at the WHS Film Festival, all of the work for this film was completed independently outside of the classroom. The film documents a young woman's creative endeavor in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way.
Dirty Discing 2: Ultimate - 2022
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20th Annual Walpole Film Festival
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Best Film
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Best Editing
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Best Cinematography
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Best Faculty/Community Performance
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Dirty Discing 2: Ultimate is a sequel to Dirty Discing, a film that premiered as a part of the 6th annual Walpole High School Film Festival. Dirty Discing 2 in which I was the sole director leading a crew of four others with the goal of submitting this film to the Walpole Film Festival. This film was a great challenge in leadership, organization, and management alongside other technical filmmaking skills. The film found great success at the Walpole High School Film Festival winning four awards out of six nominations.
In Another Lifetime - 2023
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In Another Lifetime is a short film about discovering the right person at the wrong time. This film was completed as a part of an intro to filmmaking class at DePaul University. I led a crew of four other young filmmakers throughout the filmmaking process. The film was created with the intent of submitting it to Premiere DePaul 2024—DePaul University's student film festival.