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Jul 2020
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I first became aware of Kevin Shahinian's work a few weeks ago while watching some of the presentations at Cinesummit. Kevin's company Pacific Pictures specializes in ultra high end films for weddings however, I want to stay away from using a term like Wedding Videographer, because if you have seens Kevin's work, it is truly inspiring. His company specializes not only in creating films that spotlight weddings, but also in creating short narrative films starring members of the wedding party along side real actors.

One of the things that stood out for me especially regarding indie filmmaking was Kevin's description of shooting the short film Matroshka, where he shot almost everything on his own, including directing non actors and running his own sound. Honestly, describing his work doesn't do it justice. You need to check out his videos for yourself.

You can see his work here: http://www.pacificpicturesblog.com/blog/

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