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School’s coming to an end which means final school projects. Here’s what my group made for our basic 16mm class:

I’m still working on a video Phong and I shot…2 months ago? Geez, should be done next week though. In other news, Cassanova, the guy I made that last video for is going to get to perform that song in Arizona because of the popularity of that video which is awesome! It’ll be part of a “Go Green” rally. Unfortunately, since it’ll be a nonprofit rally, they will be unable to cover his lodging and travel expenses. So if you can help him out: clicky.

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This last weekend I shot my first ever music video for local rap artist, Cassanova. It was definitely a fun shoot. We shot in collaboration with some business majors who are participating in a National Competition. I dunno the exact details but the video was in support of the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) “Just Imagine” campaign whose goal is to increase ridership on the trolley by 3% next semester. As a result, we got hooked up with a trolley all to ourselves for filming in.

If the business majors land in the top 3 in the nation (more youtube views will better their chances), they will be flown out to Washington D.C. to present their campaign…which means more notice for my videos and, likewise more notice for Cassanova. So please spread this around!

In terms of editing, it took the usual 40 hours but it was underlined by the fact that many of my finals were next week. Overall, I’m happy with it considering the amount of time I had to work with. Check it:

Download Go Green in .mp4 format

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