The Academy Is...'s video for 'Everything We Had' from their album, Santi, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Everything We Had' from their album, Santi, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com less

The Academy Is...'s video for 'The Phrase That Pays' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com

The Academy Is...'s video for 'The Phrase That Pays' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com less

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Slow Down' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Slow Down' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com less

Music video I directed for the song Classifieds, for The Academy Is... I can't remember the exact budget for this video but it was, as is apparent, very low.... more

Music video I directed for the song Classifieds, for The Academy Is... I can't remember the exact budget for this video but it was, as is apparent, very low. I think this was the third or fourth music video I ever made. The video takes place inside of a Playmobil doll house. I did all the compositing myself with longtime collaborator Andrew Ralston. This was the first time Andrew and I ever considered the possibility of compositing with miniatures, and we literally taught ourselves the process as we went along. This was a difficult video to make, at the time, but the learning experience was invaluable. (Check out my new video for The Delta Fiasco to see what a proper compositing job with miniatures looks like.) For some reason the band never released this video, I was never told why. I guess they didn't like it, or the label didn't like it. I've always felt really bad about that. There are a lot of things wrong with it, but considering all the work was done by two guys on a shoestring budget it's not THAT bad! Regardless of its shortcomings, it's fun and I think there are enough cool things that it's worth showing people. --- Watch the making of the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvFYx3vRgLs less

The Academy Is...'s video for 'We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands' from their album, Santi, in stores now on Fueled By Ramen.

The Academy Is...'s video for 'We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands' from their album, Santi, in stores now on Fueled By Ramen. less

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Neighbors' from their album, Santi, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Neighbors' from their album, Santi, in stores now. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com less

this is my current favorite song by the amazing The academy is...!They are like the best ever. Thank you, everyone for all these wonderful comments. I never... more

this is my current favorite song by the amazing The academy is...!They are like the best ever. Thank you, everyone for all these wonderful comments. I never DREAMED that I would type in The Academy Is... and MY video would be on the first page! And the first one in "Black mamba". Thank you all so much. less

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Checkmarks' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now on Fueled By Ramen. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com

The Academy Is...'s video for 'Checkmarks' from their album, Almost Here, in stores now on Fueled By Ramen. Download this video now at http://store.fueledbyramen.com less

A preview of The Academy Is...'s song, 'We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands,' from their album, Santi.

A preview of The Academy Is...'s song, 'We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands,' from their album, Santi. less

Please, Please, Please video.

Please, Please, Please video. less