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Waves
Title Sequence
Photography, After Effects, Cinema 4D 

“Waves” tells the story of an African American family navigating love, toxic masculinity, and forgiveness. Tyler has a relentless pursuit for perfection, but in the midst of a challenge loses control and makes a mistake that ruins his life and tears apart his family. The film’s second half shifts to his sister’s journey toward forgiveness, symbolized by a watch that melts from a perfect machine into fluid metal which goes on to form another structure, representing the flawed ideals and eventual forgiveness at the heart of the story.

RolesArt Direction, Photography, 3D Modeling, 3D Environment & Lighting, Color Grading


ProcessI set up a photoshoot using 2 lights experimenting with cool and warm shades, as well as a black backdrop. I used liquid metal, a hot glue gun, a watch and deconstructed watch parts. I added more liquid metal to my watch as I shot, making sure to prioritize clean close ups before moving on to destructing the watch.

I used cardboard to make a typography mold and then filled it with hot glue and painted it silver.

Shot withCanon T6 Rebel
100 mm macro lens


Type Treatment
I chose Sherborne because I wanted a serif font that is strong and traditional to pair with my more fluid and modern visuals.  I used cinema 4d to backlight my typography to add dimension. 



Color Grading



Moodboard






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