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Logline:
A collective documentary, offering one perspective of an infinite many from the reassembled fragments of the past. Faulty memory and intimate conflicts work together to highlight one’s pursuit to understand love, art and time. 

Writer, Director
Editor: Samuel Schrag

Featured Music:

• Kupla - Fell In Love In A Dream

• Weird Inside - Breathing

• Maluns - Hidden Door Desire 1000 Firefly’s

• Diversa - Live Again

• Spalovac Mrtvol - Zdenek Liska

• Roberto Musci - Claudia, Wilhelm R. and Me

• Chekov - Kraken

• Relaxation Synthesis - Welcome To The World

• Voltaic Acid - Lapalux

• Deebs - Realize

• Koan Sound - Ascension

• Kanye West - Hold My Liquor

• Joni Void - A Void

• Electric Light Orchestra - Shangri La

Projects Featured:

(Working as either Director or Cinematographer, or both)

• _ was here

• 2015

• 7 Days Since Death

• A Day in the Life

• A Glimpse of the Universe

• A Story

• Adnonymous

• Ailment

• Alone

• Ample Metaphysics

• Analog Fantasy

• Arcade Fire Music Video

• Astronaut and Moon

• Astro

• Astro: Teaser

• Ballad of a Flat Man

• Black Summer

• Blue

• Bluebeard

• Bout

• Class Intro

• Colors

• Controlled Burns

• Cuisine Conundrum

• Fantasy in C Major, Op.18: Moderato

• Fireside

• First Movie

• Forsaken

• Fragmented Dreamscapes

• FriendO

• Getting There

• Gravity Trailer in Minecraft

• Headcold

• Her: Scene Re-creation

• Hurricane Doc

• I Have a Crush on a Girl in the Subway Station

• Iced

• It Follows: Scene Re-creation

• Kairos

• Ko Music Video

• Last Breath of Spring

• Limbo

• Midnight Breakfast

• Morning Coffee

• Orbit

• Parallel Action

• Pi: Scene Re-creation

• Retro

• Roofies

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

• Sam

• Scene 14 AI

• Slut

• Snap

• Soft Lighting

• Something About Love

• Still

• Temporarily Unavailable

• Test Shoot: Butterfly

• The Cuddler

• Till Death

• Time Music Video

• Untitled Jay Film

• Untitled Love Story

• Various Timelapse

• Verve

• Voyage of the Mind

• Voyage of the Mind 2

• White Owl (An Escapist’s Compendium to Elsewhere)

• Yellow Tulips

• Zombies!

Runtime: 25m 30s
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

(0) pounamu:

Logline: A kiwi bird chases a dream through the wilderness.

Writer, Director, Animator: Samuel Schrag

Art & Design:
Samuel Schrag
SDXL 1.0

Additional Sound: Freesound.org

Featured Music:
Edvard Grieg -
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 15 I. Movement

Festivals:
Selected Finalist: Runway AI Film Festival 2024
Gold Award Recipient: AIFF 2024

Invitational Select:
Busan International AI Film Festival 2024

Runtime: 4m 48s
Budget: 400
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

(1) NOLON:

Logline: After a bike accident, Nolon becomes a human mirror.

Starring:
Ian Von Pechmann
Cassandra Crimmins
Josh McFadden
Evon Crighton
Rich Alpers

Writer, Director
Producer
Cinematographer
Production Design
First Assistant Director
First & Second Assistant Camera
Gaffer
Grip
Property Master
On-Set Sound Mixer
Editor
Post Sound Design
VFX Artist
Location Scout
Location Manager
Crafty Supervisor
Storyboard Artist: Samuel Schrag

Cafe Location: Lucca Coffee & Eatery

Additional Post-Sound:
SoundSnap
FreeSound.org
Arthur Komnacky
Sam Rodeghier
Tri-Tachyon

Special Thanks:
Dan Abel
Troy Blake
Emily Golden
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Adobe Creative Suite
DaVinci Resolve Studio
RunwayML Gen-1
LenRentals.com
BlackMagicDesign

Featured Music:

• bonjr - hadiknownsooner

• Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring Op. 32 (Fruhlingsrauschen)

• Dan Romer - I’m In The Death

• Pink Floyd - Beset By Creatures Of The Deep

• dné - Unnecessary Conversations

• Havard Gimse, Jean Sibelius - 5 Pieces, Op 75. The Tree No.5 Granen (The Spruce)

• Sergei Rachmaninoff - 12 Romances, Op 21. No. 5, Lilacs

• dné - Kitchen Cry

• Pink Floyd - Echoes

Runtime: 33m 46s
Budget: 6800
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Camera: Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K

(2) Prelude:

Logline: A surreal visual accompaniment to Kavinsky’s song of same title.

Writer, Director
Sound Design: Samuel Schrag

Animators:
Samuel Schrag
SDXL 1.0
Hailuo Minimax

Additional Sounds: Freesound.org

Featured Music: Kavinsky - Prelude

Runtime: 2m 0s
Budget: 200
Aspect Ratio: 4:3

(2) MUSIC W/ YOU:

Logline: A man begins to move.

Starring:
Arash Yousefzadeh
Nicole Shiflett


Writer, Director
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
VFX Artist
Post Sound Design: Samuel Schrag

Additional VFX: Hailuo Minimax

Additional Voice: DeepAI Text to Speech

Additional Sounds: Soundsnap

Special Thanks:
Panasonic
Canon
Intuos
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Adobe Creative Suite
LensRentals
Spotify
Kanye West
Pink Floyd
Billy Collins

Featured Music:

• Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (Instrumental)

• Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Clams Casino Remix)

• Tom Day - Hidden Landscape

• Mina - Non Credere (Instrumental)

• Electric Light Orchestra - Believe Me Now

Runtime: 10m 46s
Budget: 1200
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Camera: Panasonic GH5s / Canon Rebel T3i