It was great seeing my video featured on milb.com. They did a feature on alternate identities around the league and led off with my video for the reporters in studio shot. It’s always great to see your work recognized like that.
This was an extremely quick turnaround time for this project. From shoot to upload on our socials was about 36 hours. With that amount of time I couldn’t do everything I wanted but I am still extremely pleased with how the final product turned out.
The final hype vid of the 2022 season, I knew the first thing I wanted to do with this vid was incorporate photo parallaxes. This would give it a bit of an extra flare and separate it from the previous vids. I used film burn overlays to mask any imperfections of the parallaxes while giving a nice thematic intro.
Everyone told me this was their favorite hype vid of the season but I kinda liked the July One the best…
Sod Poodles April 2024 Hype Video
Pressure makes diamonds and this video is the result of essentially 3 all-nighters in a row. Our team media day was on a Wednesday and Opening Night was the following Friday. Night time was the only free time I had to edit this vid, due to all my other duties as production manager to have all aspects of production ready for opening night.
Very pleased with how this turned out! I got to use our Nanlite Pavotube kit that was purchased in the offseason and it just made the shoot so epic! Also, as soon as I heard Young Metro drop "Like That," I knew that would be the song for the vid!
Sod Poodles September 2022 Hype Video
I really love the crumpled paper effects on this one. It makes for some killer transitions without being overly flashy. Jordan Lawlar and Ryan Bliss had some killer plays this month, as did a lot of players on the team, making this an easy video to put together!
This was another instance of when I heard "No Weakness" off the latest DJ Drama album, I knew that was the song!
Sod Poodles July 2022 Hype Video
Sod Poodles Starting Line-Up Hype Videos
My favorite projects to work on as the Production Manager for the Amarillo Sod Poodles, I get to inject my personal taste into these vids while showing off the amazing skill and attitude of the players in our organization.
These vids play right before we introduce that night’s starting line-up, and showcase all the amazing plays our team has made at that point in the season.
While they are fun, it can be quite the challenge at times to give each vid its own distinct feel, which is where the music comes into play.
Videos for Social Media
A very fun vlog style vid taking place at our city’s local comic con featuring the Sod Poodles’ mascot, RUCKUS. We feature him in various costumes and interacting with con-goers.
This vid actually wasn’t used for social media but for an in-game promotion sponsored by Raising Cane’s. We always like our sponsored video content to be funny and it’s even better when it’s completely natural from the players.
More fun with RUCKUS! This was a 3 part series to take advantage of the 2022 Winter Olympics. In this episode RUCKUS tries (and fails) to compete in ice hockey.
This might be the most fun I’ve had making a video for the Sod Poodles. Our alternate identity as the Calf Fries was probably the thing everyone in the front office was looking forward to the most in the offseason. When we first made the internal announcement that this would be our alternate identity for the 2023 season, it’s all everyone could talk about for the rest of the day! Then, when we actually got the jerseys it all felt so real.
We shot this video in the team locker room. I used an LED panel light with a shower curtain for diffusion as my key light (love those budget filmmaking hacks). I used a couple of other LED panels for some extra flair. Not having access to the best lighting equipment makes me glad I have my FX3. Sony cameras are excellent in low light situations, so as long as I have a decent key light the camera can do its fair share of heavy lifting.
2022 saw new rules implemented for the MILB to increase pace of play. We created a video explaining them with a very silly old-timey vibe. I got to be very silly with this one while still thoroughly explaining the new rules.
Raising Cane’s Read My Lips Promo
2022 New MILB Rules
RUCKUS Takes On the Winter Games
A small selection of videos that I created for the Amarillo Sod Poodles official social media pages.
2023 Independence Day Jersey Reveal
A quick jersey reveal video starring Diamondbacks top prospect Jordan Lawlar. These jerseys arrived super late so I got some shots, did a quick color grade of the Slog3 footage, edit, and we published to our socials.
2022 Soddies Season Recap
Calf Fries Jersey Reveal Video
RUCKUS at AMA-Con
A ton of great moments happened in 2022. Oddly the most “normal” season in franchise history, I had a lot of fun making all the different text animations. The overall theme of this vid was “more.”