I’ve been experimenting a lot with improvisational acting in film. Rather than having a bunch of rehearsals with memorized dialogue and blocking, I am more interested in letting the actors be my creative collaborators which brings a spontaneity to each performance I capture. I would say that this process was born from my interest in photography and capturing a natural moment in a single image. Very little goes into my films in terms of planning and staging. I try to use natural light and let the camera roll until my card is full. It’s always fascinating to me to see what happens when I just let people perform on impulse and when I follow my own impulses with the camera.

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