Artist Statement


 I am an aspiring filmmaker. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.  I enjoy watching action movies and psychological thrillers. Why did I want to become a filmmaker? Well, I have two reasons.  Firstly, ever since I was a child, I would write short stories. I wasn’t always the best at being social. I found writing and storytelling was way to express myself and to show others a bit who I was as an individual. Secondly, I simply love watching films. Therefore, that prompted me to combine these two interest and make them into a career.

As a filmmaker, I would like to make my audience aware of what’s going in the world around them. I would like to make my viewers think and question why world around them is like this and how we can make a difference if we all made collective effort to do so. Also, I would like my viewers to be fully engaged with the stories that I am trying to tell. I want them to feel connected to the characters within each of my films. I want viewers to feel as though they are personally going on a journey with these characters and feel every emotion that the characters are going through. One way I would like to achieve this is by using the mise-en-scene style of film making. With the use of wide shots and long takes, I want the audience to feel like they are actually in the same space as the characters.

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