Roam

Roam is a music video for Natasha, who wrote and sang the song, directed by Carl Jackson. It follows a search for the perfect person, wandering through the city and out across the water to find them. As director of photography, every shot and cinematic moment was mine to find.

We shot in a single evening, at a pier and then out on San Diego Bay, filming from a small boat while it was moving. The boat only had room for four people (me, Carl, Natasha and the driver), so the crew was as small as it gets. I shot it on my own Blackmagic Pocket 4K.

Out on the water there was nowhere to charge, so batteries became the real challenge. We kept running low, and we were racing the sunset at the same time. We got every shot we needed before the last battery died and before the light went, wrapping in about five hours.