A visual that has repeated throughout all my films is the follow shot. As I make films that represent, without personal opinion, the individuals who let me capture them, follow them; I like to visually demonstrate this with the often repetitive follow shot from behind the main characters.

With “Forging A Country” the main visual that I knew I wanted but didn’t know if possible was following President Bukele from car to balcony for his acceptance speech.

Tiger @tigerjvideo whom I hired to film with me heard me repetitively speak of this imagined shot. When the opportunity came to capture it, Tiger jumped into action.

This is a cut of that shot. President @nayibbukele & his wife walking from car to balcony to deliver his acceptance speech on February 4, 2024.

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