Lights – camera – action! Senior Kyle Davidson produces his own videos and is making his way up the line of becoming a video producer by taking part of multiple types of shoots.
“It all started out by making highlight reels for some of my soccer teammates who wanted videos of them playing that they could send off to colleges and get recruited.”
Ever since Davidson was little, he has been fascinated of creating films and all of his relatives knew. Having been aware of his dream, Davidson’s uncle asked him to make his wedding video and Davidson had his first chance to make a “legit” project.
“When I showed them the finished product, they started tearing up, and they told me it was like they could relive the happiest day of their lives again.”
Davidson went on to say. “Seeing how happy it made them and the impact that something I made could have on people – that was when I knew I wanted to do this professionally.”
Davidson has made more than just an impact on people, he has made serious connections with multiple types of video productions. For one side of his filmmaking, Davidson shoots sports, mainly soccer. He is an intern working for the freshman soccer team, Phoenix Rising, where he produces videos of gameday that they post on social media to attract more attention.
Davidson also creates concert videos, and one big film he shot was for the Chandler Symphony Orchestra. But currently, Davidson will be working to producing his very first music video for a band called the Ricky Fitts in their track “Back to the Basics.”
As Davidson was talking about all of the different films he shoots, his face lit up as he showed the animation he made for the company Zerorez.
“It was a seven second little animation of their logo flying in and they put it in their youtube ads and stuff for their commercials,” he said excitedly.
He threw in a couple laughs and said his animation was “pretty cool” as well as his new take with the Ricky Fitts.
It can be difficult sometimes to work towards a dream and pursue a career that requires guts and skills, but Davidson is making his way up the chain to becoming a true filmmaker.