Hand clipping a violet gel onto a film light

November 4, 2026 · 4 min

Why I always carry a violet gel

Dark edit suite with two abstract timeline screens

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November 2026

2 videos

  1. Rooftop at dusk, one light and a rain machine

    How we lit a whole verse with a single violet source and a borrowed generator.

    Artist seen from behind on a lit rooftop shoot
  2. Drawing the video before shooting it

    A wall of rough boards, and what survives to the edit.

    Wall of pinned wordless storyboard drawings