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This is the best use of AI I have ever seen.

This is the best use of AI I have ever seen.

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While you are waiting for the Click video, here is a video of me back when we had to be masked on set for your entertainment.

While you are waiting for the Click video, here is a video of me back when we had to be masked on set for your entertainment.

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Doing my part to bring film shoots back to LA. Day 3 of 3 wrapped.

Doing my part to bring film shoots back to LA. Day 3 of 3 wrapped.

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Just an audience member tonight but I still can't help myself with the camera.

Just an audience member tonight but I still can't help myself with the camera.

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Ok let's quadruple down with the actual scene. In the comics the dad is an abusive drunk. This is not that character. He is a controlled military man, completely sober and calculating. The son is not afraid. He is the only son that isn't afraid because he's special (by the power of screenwriters). He's also been through this drill many times before with the bullet holes on the wall at different sizes. When the dad finally shoots the son doesn't flinch. The camera locks and pans with the kid as he walks reinforcing the control he has. He walks up to the dad and they both SMILE. They are bonding over their discipline. The dad looks back as they walk away with a proud of his son look. More importantly as they smile the MUSIC switches to notes of positivity. Which then dissolves to how strong and disciplined he as an adult, earning a positive introduction to a hero. The structure, the camera, the edit, the performance, the music, the dissolve is all a positive memory for him of how he came to be. There is no trauma here. This is a wax on/wax off scene where dad is instilling the super power of discipline. It's the trope of teacher with lessons of tough love. They're stealing from Hanna, Karate Kid, Kill Bill, Yoda, replacing William Tell's arrow with a gun. People today would watch those same movies and argue about mental abuse. You're not coming out of this scene thinking poor abused kid I hope CPS takes the dad and the kid gets therapy and adopted by a white family in Vermont. The purpose of the scene is to instill in the audience that this guy is bad ass, and he's more than worthy of the ring. The narrative point is it's not abuse when the fate of the world is at stake, but a necessity that his dad shouldered. It's not just the Tough Teacher trope, it's also the white HBO screenwriter's Burden of the Black Man trope. Personally I think it's played so seriously it's fucking dumb. Never going to buy a dad shooting an apple over a kid's head as a character building moment. But if you love it, great. Enjoy.

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Here's a montage of my work.

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I like live directing, especially for Mariah!

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Earth shattering. #TypeDangerous
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Earth shattering. #TypeDangerous

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