Torres Studios’ first web commercial with the RED Scarlet. Enjoy!

A music video for Marcus Cohen’s “The Congress” featuring Tiffany Austin and Mic Blake.
Written, directed, shot, edited, and color graded by yours truly.

My 2012 show reel is here! 2011 was amazing year of filmmaking for me, I got to work with some incredibly talented and beautiful artists. A special thanks to the actors, musicians, dancers, and fellow filmmakers I was fortunate enough to work with this past year.

I do my best “The Office” impersonation with this holiday corporate video for Zendesk.

Recording session I shot and edited for music composer Marcus McCauley.

Dance video collaboration project with Liberation Dance Theater’s Jacinta Vlach.

Music by Woodkid

Visit Jacinta Vlach at liberationdancetheater.org

Visit me and my work at torresstudios.com

Another collaborative dance piece I shot with the talented Alysha Higgins.

Shot on the Panasonic GH2.

The Towers of Midnight Trailer I worked on last year recently won 3 awards at the 32nd Annual Telly Awards. I won 2 for cinematography and visual effects!

Shot this little dance video with the beautiful Alysha Higgins.

Shot with the AF100 and Lumix 14-140mm.

Music by Alexandre Desplat “The Meadow”

This is a fun little company video I created for Magic Beans in San Francisco.

Shot with the Canon 5DM2 and 7D.

This is a promo video I did for Reesi Ali and her upcoming cookbook Casual & Fabulous!

Shot on the 7D.

I spent the weekend testing out my new AF100. After initial disappointments with running into banding and excessive noise. I finally found the settings I need to avoid such problems. I can now say that I’m very happy with the camera!

Shot with a Canon 10-22mm and Lumix 14-140mm.

This is a animated motion piece I did for Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary.

Done in Adobe After Effects CS5 and edited in Final Cut Pro 7.

Check out this music video that I directed and DP’ed with some of the bay area’s most talented artists! Hope you guys like it.

Shot with the 5DM2 and 7D.

PRESS RELEASE FOR “LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE”

Kenyan funk master SILA returns with his new single and video, “Dance” – the latest effort in a musical odyssey which has earned comparisons to iconic artists like James Brown and Fela Kuti.

The simply-titled yet evocative tune finds the critically-acclaimed singer further expanding his repertoire of global grooves, with a soukous-influenced melody laden with guitar, horns, female backing vocals, and a mid-tempo beat.

Taking a cue from his musical idols Fela and Bob Marley, SILA’s music resonates with positive messages which speak of overcoming adversity and struggle. On “Dance,” he sings, “Woman, don’t cry you’ve got to try/ don’t give up on the fight now/ put on your dancing shoes/ dance this night away!”

“I wanted to make a song everyone can relate to,” SILA explained. “In African culture, dancing is part of our tradition. It’s how we deal with stress, by shaking off our troubles and our worries and letting our bodies move in a rhythmic way. When we dance, we feel better about ourselves, and the world becomes a joyous place.”

“Dance” is the first release off SILA’s new album, Super African, dropping Summer 2011. The album is SILA’s first official solo release, following two critically-acclaimed albums with the AfroFunk Experience, The Funkiest Man in Africa and Black President – the latter of which won the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding World Music Album.

Hailed as “Africa’s James Brown” by the Oakland Post, and “the best of all possible worlds in World Music terms” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SILA is known for fusing world music and funk in an original and unique way – and for his commitment to humanitarian causes, which often carries over into his music. As the SF Weekly noted,“Sila’s concern with the mission of his lyrics is matched by the power of his grooves.”

With “Dance” leading the way to your heart (via the dancefloor), SILA’s famed optimism once again becomes contagious. To change the world, all you have to do is turn a frown into a smile, shake your bam-bam and dance your troubles away.

For more information, MP3 downloads, and more, visit: silaband.com/​

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I interviewed dancer/choreographer Jacinta Vlach and her involvement in the Sila’s “Dance” music video.