My creative influence

I honestly have no idea what kind of creative person I am. I have never really stopped to think or analyze myself in that way. All i can really tell you is that I like to create videos with the thought in mind that people are going to watch it and get enjoyment out of it. I want to create videos that are going to inspire people. By looking at me you would have never expect that I grew up going to hockey games, and absolutely loved it. I know it sounds silly but this opening video, from the St. Louis Blues game two years ago, is the video that inspired my career choice. I just remember sitting in the ScottTrade Center watching this video and saying to myself, I would love to make something like that one day and have it be seen by thousands of people. This video was designed to pump up the crowd and make them excited for the game to start. It starts off slow with grey tones and intense music that builds a lot of tension, then the tension is released when the video changes to color and the energetic papa roach song comes on. Starting the video off in black and white and then changing it to color adds contrast and affinity to the video.

Growing up I always knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to work in the medical field, because I hate hospitals and doctors offices, and I didn't want a 9-5 desk job. This didn't leave me with much to choose from. At least not until I discovered the world of the media industry. I loved movies and television growing up, but I never in a million years thought I would make a career out of it.



I am a lot different from other media majors, I don't draw my inspiration from epic movies, and amazing movie directors. I am inspired by comedic movies, and TV shows. Things that entertain people and make them happy.



Seth Macfarlane is a huge inspiration of mine. He is the creator of Family Guy, in my opinion one of the best animated shows on television since Looney Tunes. He uses the show to express social problems and current events in a comedic way. He isn't afraid to offend anyone, and nothing to him is ever off limits.

Family guy uses a lot of subtext to get their message across. In this clip, peter returns home after being injected with the "gay gene." Obviously we all know that all gay people don't go around singing everything wearing purple scarfs but the subtext is just using humor to point out the stereotype that all gay people act the same.