Some of Smith's better short films from when his taste of cinema was developing into pubescence.
Commentary on each of these films will be provided at some point in the near future.
Smith's short film for 2019’s 5-Day Film Royal in Anchorage Alaska.
Technical problems are starting to get better by this point, and it’s clear that Smith at least had vision regardless of if his execution was up to snuff.
Also included songs by Smith's rapper friend Kyle Savage.
A bounty hunter tries to avenge the death of his hitman uncle.
It’s a unique execution of its premise and there are some technical issues. But it established in Smith a love of working with theater actors delivering the silliest of lines with sincerity.
Had some music by Bensound, with sound effects by SoundBible.
A young man slowly realizes his best friend stole his girlfriend.
One of Smith's favorite short films he had created at this period in his career.
It was a semi-perfect execution of a simple premise that for its flaws, as always, displayed a clear vision.
This film stars Noah Jeremias, a young actor friend Smith met along the way.
Some problems inevitably show up, but this is one of the first time that Smith allowed himself to be collaborative with people who worked with him.
It was edited in Final Cut Pro X and filmed on a Canon T5 camera.
A short film with tension, suspense, and style.
It was shot on an iPhone and edited in Final Cut Pro.
Entirely a one man band production. It suffers all the limits of such as result.
It had music by the website, Bensound.
It was shot on a Canon T5 camera and edited in Final Cut Pro. It also had LUTS by the Blockbuster software.
Yet another one man band production with all the problems associated with it
A short made for the 5-Day Film Royale in Alaska in 2018 and starring Smith's friends Angel Tejada and Tyler Marley.
It had a particularly bad sound problem when projected theatrically, but it had some flourishes that made it a worthwhile experience.
It went about as well as you’d expect by hearing and looking at it.
It was shot on Canon T5 Camera, edited in Final Cut Pro using Blockbuster mLut and had music by Bensound, as well as sound effects by SoundBible
A short film that was mostly practicing tone and atmosphere, like AK Noir before it.
One of Smith's first few practices in exercising style.
Imperfect, but it had potential even then, technical problems aside.
Had an unsurprising amount of problems, but it showed where Smith's sensibilities were at the time.