The Interview Q&A

Where are you primarily based out of?

North Central Florida

What role do you typically play on set?

Creative Director, Filmmaker, Client-liaison — honestly. So. Many. Hats.

How long have you been working in the film industry? Where did you get your start?

Next year we will be celebrating 10-years in the event filmmaking business. I have a background in design with a masters degree in architecture from the University of Florida. I feel this helps me to look at spaces, people and how we frame them within spaces, differently. After college, my partner and I became interested in photography and videography. We started a blog, back in the 00s when blogs were HOT, and posted a few videos we did of family weddings. Someone saw, and asked us to film their wedding. And so, a business was born! In the past 10-years we’ve traveled all over the United States for wedding and commercial clients, along with countless Disney weddings (which is always fun for us!) We’ve been particular proud of some of our commercial work recently which have earned us several Telly’s and a Silver Regional Addy award.

Who is your biggest inspiration? What have they taught you?

I adore Fiore Films out of NYC. She’s brilliant in how she uses light to highlight her subjects. She also doesn’t use a gimbal, all of our work is tripod which is pretty much unheard of for wedding filmmakers. Many of my favorite filmmakers are those who don’t rely on camera movements, but are more focused on the framing of their subject within a space and how the subject moves throughout the space.

Where do you draw your inspiration from?

Much of my inspiration comes from photography. I see something and think about how I could recreate it in video. What does that moment look like in motion? How does that moment feel?

What’s are some of the biggest things you’ve accomplished in your career so far?

Biggest accomplishment - still being in business 10-years later! We won our first award for our commercial work last year and that was a real “we’ve made it” moment for us. We’ve been trying to break into the commercial film industry for years and it’s finally happening, after lots of hard work and dedication (and networking!)

Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now? (No dream is too big!)

I’d love to be leading a team. It’s hard wearing all the hats and I’m certainly not the best in everything that we do.

If you had one piece of advice for a woman who wants to get started in the film industry what it would be?

Say YES to opportunities, because you’ll never know which opportunity will lead to your next job (or will lead to a huge job down the road). And, network, network, network.