![]() ![]() But just getting it made, then seeing it win some awards was a very satisfying moment. It was an act of will just to get it to the finish line – I learned a lot on that project. There’s a big backstory to it but I basically had to shoot that film twice and all the issues I had with the project were very trying personally and mentally. or New York.Īnother accomplishment was just getting my short film “Halloween Party” finished in the first place. It was very difficult at first and I struggled getting established for the first year but with enough hard work and grind, it finally took off.Īs far as accomplishments go – up until now, I think one of the biggest accomplishments has been just being able to have a self-sustaining career doing music videos without living in a major hub like L.A. It’s quite interesting what you can do when you have to do it. This put the plan in hyper drive and it was time to “make the jump”, ready or not. Even though I wasn’t quite “ready”, I started crafting a plan to transition to video full time within six months – then about a month after I made that decision, the “great” thing happened – I got fired from my comfortable job. I wanted to pursue film full time and at this point, I had only done about 15 music videos or so. Then in 2017 something great happened – at the time I had a desk job working for a bank – it was a “comfortable” situation, with benefits and all that but I hated being stuck in a cubicle all day doing non-creative things. But it just continued to gain steam and I kept getting more bands who wanted me to do their videos. I never thought I would do anything with it or that it would be my career. I think I came up with the name killDevil Films sometime around 2014 but even then it was just a hobby at the time. Then every so often, another local band would hit me up to do a video for them too. So we filmed a video, then a few months later did another one and kept doing them, and each one I learned a little more and got better at it. The only video skill I had the time was editing – I knew nothing about cameras, lighting, shot construction etc. I was performing in my band Marion Crane at the time ten years ago, and we had the bright idea to film our own music video. THOMAS CRANE: killDevil Films came about by happenstance. INFRARED MAG: Can you please tell us about killDevil Films? When was killDevil Films founded? What are some of killDevil Films biggest accomplishments? INFRARED MAG: First and foremost thank you for taking the time to sit down and chat with us at Infrared Magazine. The film is now available on Amazon Prime. In 2019, his first narrative production was released – “Halloween Party”, a 38-minute horror/thriller short film, and it won The Florida Spotlight Award at The Spooky Empire horror convention in Tampa. ![]() ![]() Since then, he has directed, filmed, and edited over 100 music videos, several commercial projects, and one short film – working with artists such as Todd La Torre, Kamelot, Eve to Adam, Jasmine Cain, New Dilemma, ViFolly, Avenging Benji, and many more. He founded killDevil Films as an outlet for his dark imagery and soon began producing videos for other artists. Musician-turned-filmmaker Thomas Crane got his start creating music videos for his own band Marion Crane. ![]()
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