INFO
20-minute documentary on the creation of g.vn's first album, The Collection.
DIRECTION
By far my most ambitious project to date, this was a year-long project we worked on throughout our final two years of high school. We started in March of my Junior year and released the full film February of Senior year. This film felt like the culmination of all our previous projects up to this point, as Gavin worked on his first full-length album alongside my first longer-form film. It was as much a documentary about the album itself as it was about our creative relationship and ambitions--a biography about Gavin and an autobiography on myself at the same time. I took much inspiration from the Jeen-Yuhs series about Ye and Logic's Vinyl Days doc, striving to convey the feeling of some young, ambitious people doing what they love.
CREDITS
Director: Devan Sakaria
Producers: Ravi Sakaria, Rima Sakaria, Neela Sakaria, Christopher LaBounty
DP: Devan Sakaria
AC: Siddharth Patel, Rafael Moore
Editor: Devan Sakaria
Primary subject: Gavin Yang
Supporting subjects: Ali Ojefua, Jaden Hall, Siddharth Patel, Rafael Moore, Kirsten Ruf, Tom Buckelew, Melissa Myser
Project consultants: Chesney Snow, Melissa Myser, Lewis Fenton
Sponsor: The Meeting House
Donors: Dylan Sakaria, Kyler Zhou, Matan Blitz, Harrison Bernardi, Muduo Lin, Chris Cecila