Director of Photography
The Invitation
Let Us Make Eve operates in the space where science fiction meets moral inquiry. Rather than asking what technology can do, the film asks what it costs—to bodies, to relationships, to belief systems built on control and creation.
This is a story driven by consequence rather than spectacle. Its tension lives in proximity: between creator and creation, between intention and outcome. The film invites the audience into an ethical dilemma that unfolds quietly, insistently, and without easy answers.
The Work
As cinematographer, my role was to ground the film’s speculative premise in a physical, believable world. The camera treats the extraordinary as ordinary—anchoring futuristic ideas in tactile environments, human scale, and emotional clarity.
Visual choices emphasize containment and scrutiny. Framing often places characters within structured spaces, reinforcing themes of authorship, power, and observation. Lighting is deliberate and restrained, shaping mood without signaling genre, allowing performance and tension to remain central.
The approach avoids visual excess. Instead, it relies on control, contrast, and presence—letting the implications of the story surface through human interaction rather than design.
The Experience
Watching Let Us Make Eve feels immersive and unsettling in equal measure. The film moves at a measured pace, drawing the viewer deeper into its questions rather than offering release.
The camera stays close to the characters as choices accumulate and consequences emerge. The experience is thoughtful and absorbing—less about being impressed than about being implicated.
Impact & Reach
As an independent feature, Let Us Make Eve found its audience through festival circulation and specialty screenings, resonating with viewers drawn to speculative storytelling rooted in character and ethics.
The film stands as an example of how genre can be used as a framework rather than a crutch—allowing intimate storytelling to carry ideas that might otherwise be abstract or distant.
Reflection
This project reinforced the importance of discipline when working within heightened concepts. When the premise is ambitious, the visuals must remain accountable to the people living inside it.
Let Us Make Eve sharpened my interest in stories that sit at the edge of possibility—where restraint, precision, and trust in the audience allow complex ideas to land with lasting weight.
featuring: Jasmine Burke, Andrea Bordeaux, Barton Fitzpatrick, Corey Hendrix,
Emagine Entertainment