CREATIVE DIRECTION

SOUL BY SOUL_

I GOT SOUL MUSIC VIDEO

WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM, COLLABORATOR AND FRIEND SOUL_ ASKED ME TO CREATIVE DIRECT THE VISUALS FOR THE ALBUM. EAGER TO WORK WITH ONE OF VANCOUVERS MOST TALENTED HIP HOP ARTISTS, I ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE, CREATING TWO MUSIC VIDEOS, ALBUM ART, AND A VISUALIZER.

NOT ONLY DID WE COLLABORATE ON THE ALBUM VISUALS, BUT WE DECIDED TO WORK TOGETHER ON THE RELEASE EVENT AND MARKETING. HOSTING IT AT THE MOTN WAS ONLY FITTING AS IT'S WHERE SOUL_ AND I FIRST MET YEARS AGO AT THE ICON HIP HOP CYPHER.

SOUL THE PROPHET

WE FILMED THIS VIDEO IN 3 TAKES, MAYBE TOOK US A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES ON A SONY HANDY-CAM FROM 2008. JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU DON’T NEED MUCH MORE THAN A GOOD SONG TO MAKE A COOL VIDEO

POPPY CEDAR REDD X MOTN

WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH CEDAR REDD, WE VENTURED INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL WEEK OF MUSIC CREATION, BASING OUR ALBUM OFF HOME VIDEOS FROM THE 1960’S.

FULL ALBUM VISUALIZER

MY GRANDFATHER (POPPY) HAS BEEN A BIG INSPIRATION IN MY LIFE, SO WE DECIDED TO DEDICATE THE ALBUM TO WHOM WE WERE WATCHING WHILE CREATING IT.

WASTIN TIME W U MUSIC VIDEO

AFTER SHARING A PREVIEW WITH COLLABORATOR AND FRIEND ZAYDEN PHAN, HE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN DIRECTING AND EDITING A VIDEO FOR THE SONG WASTIN TIME W U, ARGUABLY THE MOST CATCHY SONG ON THE ALBUM.

JIMIDEAN MUSIC VIDEO

MY GRANDFATHER IS NOTORIOUS FOR WEARING HIS SIGNATURE FORD LOGO HAT, SO WHEN COMING UP WITH A LOGO FOR THE ALBUM I WANTED TO HONOUR THAT. ONCE I WAS DONE I SENT OVER TO MY FRIEND IZAAK, WHO CREATED THE 3D RENDER AND SPINNING ANIMATION 

POPPY ANNOUNMENT VIDEO

GO OUTSIDE

MUSIC VIDEO WITH BOBBIE BLXZE

VIDEO BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

I’VE KNOWN BOBBIE (ELI) FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME EVER ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS CAPACITY. WE CONSIDER EACH OTHER COUSINS AS OUR FATHERS ARE BEST FRIENDS, HE EVEN HAS THE MOTN LOGO TATTOOED ON HIS ARM.

COME MAN

PHOTOS BY DYSON LICORISH

EDITS BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

I WROTE COME MAN OVER THE SPAN OF 2 YEARS, AND WHILE ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE PROJECT JUST YET, MY CINEMATOGRAPHER AND FRIEND DYSON LICORISH COLLABORATED ON A PHOTO/VIDEO SHOOT INSPIRED OFF THE SCRIPT.

COME MAN BY AUGUST QUINN

WORKING ALONGSIDE COLLABORATOR AND FRIENDS AUGUST QUINN, WE CO DIRECTED THIS 3D ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BASED ON THE FEATURE LENGTH SCRIPT I WROTE FOR COME MAN. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS AN INTENSE 6 MONTHS OF ANIMATING FROM AUGUST, TO CREATE ONE OF THE COOLEST PROJECTS I’VE EVER BEEN A PART OF. 

POSTER BY AUGUST QUINN

VIDEO BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

SON OF THE MOTN

3D MODELLING BY AUGUST QUINN

AUGUST AND I ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE DUMBEST AND MOST FUN STUFF. WHILE WATCHING THE ‘SON OF THE MASK ONE NIGHT’ WE DECIDED TO MAKE A MODEL BASED OFF A STRANGE SCENE IN THE FILM WHICH DEPICTS “MASK CUM”. 

MANIFESTO

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY HARRIS ANDERSON

DIRECTED AND EDITED BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

GETTING TO DIRECT A COMEDY SPECIAL LIKE THIS WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN MY OWN CLUB. IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL THANKS TO JORDAN FLANAGAN ON CAMERA/SOUND. I HOPE ONE DAY THE FULL LENGTH PROJECT GETS TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY, BUT THIS CLIP ENCAPSULATES WHAT THE FEELING/STYLE WE WERE GOING FOR WITH THE PROJECT.  

NEW YEARS LIVE STREAM

A fEW YEARS BACK CHILDHOOD FRIEND HALLIE TUT AND I SET OUT TO TRY AN AMBITIOUS NEW YEARS EVE LIVE STREAM AT THE MOTN.

MILK CHUGGING

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE LINE UP CONSISTING OF LIVE PERFORMANCES, PRE RECORDED SKITS, SPOOF ADS AND MORE!

CO HOSTED BY SEAN MCDONNELL AND MYSELF, REACTING LIVE ON CAMERA WAS SOMETHING I HAD LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN, BUT WAS EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE.

WHAT NOT TO WEAR

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CHALLENGING TO PUT TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR GOAL WITH 4 HOURS OF UNINTERRUPTED LIVE CONTENT. HALLIE IS SUCH A HARD WORKER, IT MADE ME RAISE MY BAR ON HOW MUCH I CAN WORK IN A DAY.

JACK INNANEN LIVE STREAM

PICTURES

MANILA GREY SHOT BY HALLIE TUT SHOT IN THE MOTN

SHOOT COLLABS

*2023*

THE BACK ROOMS WITH ZAYDEN PHAN

VIDEO BY ZAYDAN PHAN

THIS WAS SUCH A FUN DAY WITH ZAYDEN, WE BOTH JUST MESSED AROUND AND WONDERED, LAUGHING AND GOOFING OFF THE WHOLE TIME. WE POOLED OUR FOOTAGE AND EACH EDITED OUR OWN VIDEOS. NOT ONLY DID WE FIND THE BACKROOMS, BUT WE FOUND SOME FRIENDSHIP ALONG THE WAY ;) 

VIDEO BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

AI VIDEO BASED ON FOOTAGE FROM BOTH VIDEOS

*2022*

MR MOON AND MS FAMUS

PHOTOS BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

THIS WAS A SUPER COOLS SHOOT, SAM AND I WANTED TO GET INTO COSTUMES AND EACH HAD THESE IDEAS FOR CHARACTERS. I HAD DONE SOME SHOOTS WITH THIS MR MOON CHARACTER, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I’D BEEN IN THE SUIT. WE JUST HAD THE CAMERA ON A TIMER SO THAT WE BOTH COULD MODEL IN THE PHOTOS. LOVE SAM.

PHOTOS BY SAM PILSON (DOLLHEADFAMUS)

*2021*

TANK GIRL WITH DOLLHEADFAMUS

VIDEO BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

I HAD NEVER WORKED WITH SAM BEFORE THIS, AND WAS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL SHE WAS DOWN TO MESS AROUND WITH THIS TANK GIRL VISION I WAS THINKING ABOUT. WE ENDED UP BECOMING FREQUENT COLLABORATORS, AND GOOD FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS AFTER THIS SHOOT.

PHOTOS BY DOLLHEADFAMUS (SAM PILLSON)

BIBLE STUDY

COLLABORATION WITH ZULEYMA AND PRADO MONROES

PHOTOS BY ZULEYMA

IT WAS COOL TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON MY OWN HAUNTED HOUSES AS A CHILD INTO THE MOTN WITH A TWO DAY HAUNTED HOUSE/ CONCERT EVENT FOR HALLOWEEN. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A LABEL EVER PAID FOR A CREATIVE PROJECT I WAS WORKING ON, WHICH OPENED A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY ON SET. 

FILMED BY DYSON LICORISH

PRADO PERFORMED HER CONCERT HALLOWEEN NIGHT TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS WE HAD EVER DONE AT THE TIME. IT WAS THIS NIGHT I REALIZED THE FULL POTENTIAL OF WHAT A CONCERT SPACE COULD LOOK LIKE. PRADO WOULD ALSO GO ON TO LEND ME A SET OF 50 CHAIRS SO I COULD START DOING COMEDY SHOWS. 

MR MOON

PHOTOS BY JOCASTA CLARKE

THIS WAS SHOOT FELT LIKE GETTING TO HANG WITH AT THE COOL KIDS TABLE AT SCHOOL. AN ART DECO LIVING ROOM SET UP WITH CIGARETTE SMOKE, MODELS, AND ME IN AN INSANE PERSONS COSTUME.

*2020*

FIXEDONSHIT

SUCH AN INTERESTING TIME PERIOD WHEN WE FILMED THIS, IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST YEAR OF COVID AND WE HAPPENED TO BE A HOUSE FULL OF FILM MAJORS READY TO WORK TOGETHER. WE MADE MANY VIDEOS OVER THE YEAR BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE BECAUSE IT HAD SO MANY VOICES ON IT.

EDITED/ PRODUCED BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

FILMED BY BRENNEN LITTLE

DIRECTED BY EMMA ENG

JOEY LOPEZ X MOTN

VIDEO BY AUSTIN JAMIESON

THIS WAS A WILD DAY OF FILMING, JOEY AND I DECIDED TO FILM TWO VIDEO IN ONE DAY, SO WE WERE ON GOBLIN MODE, GETTING REALLY EXPERIMENTAL AND CREATIVE. I WAS WORKING HARD TO TRY AND KEEP UP WITH JOEY, HE’S SO TALENTED.

VIDEO BY JOEY LOPEZ

FILMED BY BOTH OF US, DIRECTED/ EDITED BY AUSTIN

*2019*

MALL RATS

SHOOT COLLAB WITH BRENNEN LITTLE

INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE MALL IS SUCH A STRANGE NOTHING PLACE. ITS EMPTY AND DESERVES MORE INVESTIGATION BUT WORKS AS A GREAT FILMING LOCATION. DEMONSTRATED HERE NO BETTER THAN IN THIS PHOTO SHOOT WITH BRENNEN.

lIQUID SWORDS

SHOOT COLLAB WITH BRENNEN LITTLE

BRENNEN AND I BASICALLY HAD 20 MINUTES WITH OUR MODELS TO DO ALL THIS. IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY AND VERY RUSHED. WE WERE YOUNG AND HAD NO CLUE WHAT WE WERE DOING. THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN RE EDITED CAUSE THEY STILL HELD UP, BUT MY EDITING FROM 2019 HADN’T LOL.