Thriller / Action / Horror A training swordswoman leaves her abusive boyfriend for a mysterious woman with ties to the dark arts. Some Place Safe is an eight minute grindhouse thriller inspired by comic books, horror films, and kung-fu flicks. Starring Samantha Angelina, Isabelle Hanson, and David Carter-T. This short film serves as my senior capstone piece for […]

Documentary (Student Film) Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Indianapolis electrician and conspiracy theorist Mark Clemens has a message to share about the coming armageddon. Created as part of a student documentary course project. All interview, stock, and archival footage belong to their rightful owners. Editing and directing by me.

Horror Written and directed by J.A. Wadsworth for Night Mind’s 2018 Candy Bowl competition in October. Cinematography by me.

Thriller (Student Film) Hogarth (Jake Wolin) is a socially-stunted writer with strange, reoccuring nightmares who seeks help from a sleep study program in order to treat or cure his condition, but he soon discovers that he has deeper underlying issues that have gone long unaddressed. Moments of Eternity was part 1 of 7 in a […]

Comedy (Student Film) A lone mercenary hunts his target. Created as part of a student project. Filmed on a Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K. Goal of the project was to emulate the cinematography of the film American Sniper (2014) as closely as possible. See how many times you can spot the microphone!

Promotional Video A promotional video I was tasked with shooting, editing, and compositing. Commissioned by the IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning.

Horror Something terrible has happened. One brother has gone missing and something evil now stalks the other. The Stillborn is a Super 8 short film created entirely on Kodak VISION3 50D Color Negative film stock. The widescreen aspect ratio was achieved using a Panasonic AG-LA7200 anamorphic adapter. Featuring Jack Saunders as Michael, with make-up by […]

This is my cut of the music video for “Concentration, Not Strength” by Chad Lehr. I was assistant camera, colorist, editor and compositor for this project during my time with MacGuffin Media in fall semester 2016. Directed by Jacob Harris @ Macguffin Media Logo/Graphic by Kate Spence -katespencedesigns.com Songs About Birds by Chad Lehr on […]

Documentary (Student Film) In the fall semester of 2016, I attended an Intro to Documentary Video course while in pursuit of my college degree. This is the final project that I turned in for that class. The final project was to create a short documentary interviewing three subjects with a singular, overarching theme. In the […]

Video Essay (Student Film) My Career, My Future is both a YouTube channel news update released in November 2016 and also an introduction to me, Forrest DePoy, as a filmmaker and artist. The video was also an assignment for one of my Fall 2016 new media courses.

In the fall of 2016, I first began using Super 8 film. This video is the very first roll of footage that I ever recorded. Film stock is the usual Tri-X reversal. Processing by Spectra Film and Video, scanning by Gamma Ray Digital.

Drama Grieving over the death of his beloved, one troubled boy faces the consequences of his actions through the malleability of his newfound life.God Among Men is a proof-of-concept short film showing what would happen if a troubled young adult suddenly woke up one day as an omnipotent being. This conflict is meant to reflect […]

Video Compilation This is a compilation of all the old, terrible videos I made when I was younger. Expect lots of low res shorts shot on an LG Vortex and a Motorola Razr, plus some Halo 3 clips captured using sketchy external sites. This half-hour long compilation of shitty videos is here to serve as […]

Web Series Indiana’s Most Haunted is an unrated, online web series where local ghost hunters (known as the Explorers of Paranormal Happenings) investigate hauntings, rumors, myths, and legends across Indiana. The show is a former F.D. Productions series that was later absorbed by Dirtyfox Productions. The show also has its own Facebook page. Explorers of […]