ELEMENTS OF IOWA CITY VIDEO BREAKDOWN
sUMMER TIME VIBES: IOWA CITY, IOWA
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Hey! I'm Justin
Welcome to Shenny Visuals.
Let me tell you how I got here…
Growing up between China and America, I was always caught in between worlds. Moving around a lot growing up helped shape my own perspective on the world, which naturally turned me towards creating. After playing around with 3D animation & video editing all throughout high school, I picked up my first camera when I was 19, where I used my passion for sports to land my first big break - working with my college's basketball & football teams.
After graduating from business school, I took a gap year to explore the creative world full time. I briefly worked as the head creative producer at an NIL sportswear brand before taking a leap of faith and freelancing full-time. That's when I started finding my own lane, blending traditional productions with surreal, internet-influenced aesthetics, which has lead to working with Lexus, MLB, Vans, Chicago Bulls, as well a bunch of cool film & music projects throughout the years.
Over time, I've naturally stepped into more directing, but editing is still in my DNA. For me, directing and editing are inseparable parts of building a visual world, and I'm always thinking about how rhythm, structure, and angles will live in the final cut. For every project I direct, I'm also leading the post process – often editing the work myself or leading the process so the final piece delivers exactly envisioned.
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WHY DID I MAKE THIS VIDEO?
IT’S SIMPLE, I WANTED A CHALLENGE. I WAS THE ORIGNAL VIDEO FROM SOMEONE I LOOKED UP TO WHO IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM ME AND SAID, I CAN’T DO ALL OF THAT YET, BUT LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO. SO I GOT MY CAMERA AND JUST DID IT. AFTER 3 DAYS OF SHOOT OVER 7,000 PHOTOS AND 30 MINUTES OF VIDEO, I HAD SOME THAT TOOK ANOTHER WEEK TO EDIT AND I WAS PROUD OF IT. IT CRASHED MY COMPUTER SO MANY TIMES I LOST COUNT, BUT I DID IT! i LEARNED HOW TO USE MY SOFTWEAR BETTER. I LEANED HOW TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, I LEARNED TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS BUSINESS OF MINE. IT CAN GET SO SERIOUS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THIS WAS A FUN PROJECT THAT GOT ME SOME EXTRA EYE BALLS YES, BUT ALL MADE THE INNER CREATIVE IN ME PROUD!
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