Rubin Parker

Lost in the Woods, my undergraduate senior thesis film, follows a young man as he embarks on an overnight hike and becomes lost, his girlfriend overcomes her fear of being out in nature when she goes searching for him.

Created in my Visual Effects for Live Action course (VFX), Dinner Party is a short film about a young man who teleports to several locations, from his apartment to a school library and back, as he goes about finding recipes and provisions for a dinner party.

Created for an advanced Cinematography course in spring 2024, Date is a short film that plays with altered time and distinctive styles of color and light. The story follows a young woman who dreams of going on a date with a good friend that ends poorly. She wakes from the dream and goes on the actual date that ends well.

March 2022
Short Film, 7 minutes 3 seconds
Position: Co-Director
Logline: A short film centering on a man's journey after his death.
Created for Junior year Cinematography course at Syracuse University.

May 2022
Short Film, 4 minutes 30 seconds
Positions: Co-Director, Director of Photography/Cinematographer
Logline: Introduction of a character and an environment.
Created for junior year Cinematography course at Syracuse University.

Two roommates struggle to make sense of social life on a college campus during the Covid pandemic.
Positions: Writer, Director, Director of Photography/Cinematographer, Editor

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Wandering is a film I made as a part of a pre-college film class during July 2018. It is about a boy who sets out for a run. He gets so tired that he gets lost and can’t find his way back. He sits down and takes a nap. When he awakes, he snacks on a Cliff bar, and hallucinates. He imagines he is flying on a plane and then drowns in the water.

Alexa Gone Rogue is a short narrative film I made as part of a pre-college film class. The film features the Amazon Alexa and an 18-year-old boy. The boy steadily forms a relationship with the Amazon Alexa throughout the film, and build his trust with Alexa. This gets to the point where he listens to everything she says. She tells him to go for a run. The boy goes and he gets kidnapped and thrown into the back of a car. As Alexa told him to run that specific route, it becomes clear that she is responsible for the boy’s disappearance. The boy eventually escapes when he opens the door of the car and runs as fast as he can after the driver leaves the car in a garage.

Magic Coin is a short experimental film I made about the relationship between a boy and an inanimate object, a coin. The coin can be used to open doors… until it suddenly stops working. A friend comes downstairs to the basement to let his friend out, and they both become trapped. They eventually leave when the coin opens another door.

Moving Away is a documentary I made during the fall of 2018 as a part of a pre-college class. I interviewed college graduates, and one college student, about life during and after college. The viewer gets a glimpse into different pathways through adulthood.