My Work: Professional Credits, Written Pieces, and Other Projects
A feed of what I’ve been working on lately, professional or otherwise.
Featured Work
Top Vegan | Season One
Scarlet Street | Dealey Plaza
Impak | EAZE Ft. Chris King
Film, Television, and Music Video Work
Caviar
Caviar | 2023 Feature Film Colorist Director: Jacob Michael KingProduced By: Jais SardoCinematographer: Caleb SmileyFirst AC: D. Edward LemminkColor: Riley KrutzaCaviar: Bizarre Political Satire Horror Caviar is a political satire, found footage style horror movie...
Top Vegan
Top Vegan | Reality TV Cooking Show Colorist Director: Logan SolanaDP: Jack MillerProducer/Host: Chad GoodwinAD: Max KaplanAdditional ADs: Patrick Phillips, Chanse McDuffieAssociate Producer: Savannah WebbnProduction Assistants: Hayden Parsons, LaCrista SolanaHair and...
Mazda Miata and Clinical Depression| Scarlet Street | Music Video
Mazda Miata and Clinical Depression by Scarlet Street | Music Video Video Colorist, Full Video Production Talent: Scarlet StreetVideo Production: Heatseeker DigitalMusic Production: Gary CioniAudio Mastering: Mike KalajianRecord Label: We're Trying RecordsStill...
Written Articles & Color Grading Content
What Makes Film Look Good? Does It Look Better Than Digital?
Simply put, this article is attempting to explore what makes an image look "good," and what aspects of analog film inherently contribute to creating an aesthetically pleasing image.. What parts of an image captured on film are inherently different than digital? And...
Understanding Image Saturation in Color Grading
Saturation is one of those fundamental pieces of a look that for me sits right next to saturation in terms of importance. That being said, saturation also is one of those pieces that can easily be overlooked. It's easy to just adjust your global saturation dial and...
Understanding Image Contrast in Color Grading
When it comes to color grading, image contrast can be one of the most essential and useful pieces of your workflow. Well utilized contrast is one of the most important aspects to not only a good looking image, but to art in general. At its core, contrast can be...
Podcast | Make Dope Shit
Scarlet Street 2.0 | Ep 11 | Make Dope Shit S2
Scarlet Street 2.0 Your favorite pop-punk band is back. Listen: Spotify | Apple “It's so much better than just sitting there, looking at your virtual rulebook like, what could I possibly do? You just need to make a decision. It's the difference of perspectives. And...
Ben Hoffman | Ep 10 | Make Dope Shit S2
Ben Hoffman Industrial designer, photographer, and musician Listen: Spotify | Apple “A lot of the magic comes from hand sketching where, because it's imperfect, you often misread someone else's sketch. Your brain auto-fills something that they weren't even thinking....
Max Kaplan | Ep 9 | Make Dope Shit S2
Max Kaplan Filmmaker, writer, and director. Listen: Spotify | Apple “My favorite part is when I've got two completely disparate ideas. I think something really important about our humanity is the ability to hold two separate ideas in our heads. To balance them and...