ABout Me
Ben Etienne
Director | Cinematographer |
FASHION • ADVERTISING • PRODUCT • CONCEPT • ART DIRECTION
Id love to write and conceptualize your mood board, how did you know?
My creative career , which spans to a decade worth of work, has been about telling a story. Taking my audience on a roller coaster like we’re on one of those clanky wooden rides in Coney Island. It’s raw, intense, but it speaks to you. It tells you what you want to hear.
In film, I learned the most important way to translate words/ intention from the script to the visual, was something called subtext. Reading between the lines on what is not being said, but being felt.
Being able to translate this to a team of marketers, directors, and designers I have been able to lead, is the confidence to trust the process and the goal.
Not every advertisement, or spec campaign is going to be the biggest piece to the puzzle for a ROI. But the intention and cohesive communication of any team and their leaders to build for the better of the next project, is what keeps the needle moving.
HIdden Piece
A silent, un silent, Narrative Short Film. A city that feels big, but it’s the little things we find , that can keep a person grounded
Screenplay : Ben Etienne
Actor : Nathanial Buddy Jackson