{"id":741,"date":"2026-08-15T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:51:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\">        <main class=\"cfabout\" style=\"--red:#d52b1e;--gold:#b78a2b;\">\n            <section class=\"cfabout-hero\" style=\"--about-image:url('https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/camcorderfilmz-core\/modules\/..\/assets\/production\/02-camera-silhouette.jpg')\">\n                <div class=\"cfabout-hero-shade\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"cfabout-hero-copy\">\n                    <p>About CamcorderFilmz<\/p>\n                    <h1>He started in front of the camera. Then he found his place behind it.<\/h1>\n                    <span>CamcorderFilmz began with a simple frustration: Cameron Curry could see the stories he wanted to tell, but the visuals weren't telling them.<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <a class=\"cfabout-scroll\" href=\"#cfabout-story\">Discover His Story \u2193<\/a>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section id=\"cfabout-story\" class=\"cfabout-chapter cfabout-split\">\n                <div class=\"cfabout-copy\">\n                    <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">Chapter 01 \u00b7 The Artist<\/p>\n                    <h2>It started with music.<\/h2>\n                    <p>Before Cameron was a cinematographer, he was a musical artist. Like many independent artists, he relied on other filmmakers to translate his music into visuals.<\/p>\n                    <p>Too often, the result captured the performance without capturing the story, emotion, or perspective behind it. Eventually, Cameron stopped waiting for someone else to see what he saw.<\/p>\n                    <strong>So he picked up the camera himself.<\/strong>\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"cfabout-image cfabout-image-tall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/camcorderfilmz-core\/modules\/..\/assets\/production\/01-camera-rig.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Curry working behind a camera\"><\/figure>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-discovery\">\n                <div class=\"cfabout-discovery-head\">\n                    <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">Chapter 02 \u00b7 The Discovery<\/p>\n                    <h2>The camera was supposed to solve a problem.<br><em>It became the new passion.<\/em><\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cfabout-craft-grid\">\n                    <article><span>01<\/span><h3>Frame<\/h3><p>How does composition change what an audience notices?<\/p><\/article>\n                    <article><span>02<\/span><h3>Light<\/h3><p>How can one location feel hopeful, dangerous, intimate, or lonely?<\/p><\/article>\n                    <article><span>03<\/span><h3>Movement<\/h3><p>How can the camera itself become part of the emotion?<\/p><\/article>\n                    <article><span>04<\/span><h3>Story<\/h3><p>How do individual shots become something greater when assembled together?<\/p><\/article>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-wide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/camcorderfilmz-core\/modules\/..\/assets\/production\/08-reviewing-footage.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Curry filming\"><\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-chapter cfabout-school\">\n                <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">Chapter 03 \u00b7 The Craft<\/p>\n                <h2>Curiosity became craft.<\/h2>\n                <div class=\"cfabout-school-grid\">\n                    <p>Cameron's curiosity led him to Full Sail University, where he pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Cinematography, building on his Associate's degree in Computer Animation.<\/p>\n                    <p>During that journey, CamcorderFilmz was born. What began with music videos expanded into commercial projects, events, and other forms of visual storytelling.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cfabout-birth\">CamcorderFilmz <em>was born.<\/em><\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-turn\">\n                <div>\n                    <p>27 months later, he left with more than a degree.<\/p>\n                    <h2>He had found his direction.<\/h2>\n                    <span>By then, music had moved into the background. The visual world had taken over.<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-chapter cfabout-roots\">\n                <figure class=\"cfabout-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/camcorderfilmz-core\/modules\/..\/assets\/production\/12-outdoor-scene.jpg\" alt=\"A real environment being documented through film\"><\/figure>\n                <div class=\"cfabout-copy\">\n                    <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">Chapter 04 \u00b7 Where The Stories Come From<\/p>\n                    <h2>Some stories don't need to be cleaned up.<br><em>They need to be understood.<\/em><\/h2>\n                    <p>Cameron grew up around environments and experiences that are often reduced to stereotypes, sensationalized, misunderstood, or ignored when portrayed on screen. Those experiences shaped the filmmaker he wanted to become.<\/p>\n                    <p>Stories from communities like his do not need to be exploited to be interesting. They need to be seen with context, humanity, and intention.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-manifesto\">\n                <p>Not to glorify.<\/p>\n                <p>Not to shame.<\/p>\n                <h2>To shed <em>light.<\/em><\/h2>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-mission\">\n                <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">The Mission<\/p>\n                <h2>To educate.<br>To entertain.<br>To help people understand.<\/h2>\n                <p>The goal is not simply to put a professional camera in front of people who have not traditionally been represented that way. It is to translate experiences, struggles, victories, relationships, humor, culture, and humanity through the language of cinema.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-today cfabout-split\">\n                <div class=\"cfabout-copy\">\n                    <p class=\"cfabout-kicker\">Cameron Today<\/p>\n                    <h2>Cameron Curry<\/h2>\n                    <p class=\"cfabout-role\">Founder \u00b7 Digital Cinematographer<\/p>\n                    <p>Cameron Curry is a digital cinematographer and founder of CamcorderFilmz. His work spans narrative storytelling, documentary, music videos, commercial production, and event cinematography, united by an interest in authentic human stories and intentional visual storytelling.<\/p>\n                    <div class=\"cfabout-credentials\">\n                        <span>BFA \u00b7 Digital Cinematography<\/span>\n                        <span>Associate's \u00b7 Computer Animation<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"cfabout-image cfabout-image-tall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/camcorderfilmz-core\/modules\/..\/assets\/production\/03-camera-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Curry\"><\/figure>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-philosophy\">\n                <span>There is always a story behind what is being filmed.<\/span>\n                <h2>Our job is to <em>find it.<\/em><\/h2>\n                <p>Cinematic storytelling rooted in real life.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"cfabout-cta\">\n                <p>Your Story Is Next<\/p>\n                <h2>Have a story worth telling?<\/h2>\n                <div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/services\/#project-calculator\">Start a Project \u2192<\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/portfolio\/\">Explore Our Work<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n        <\/main>\n        <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-741","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcorderfilmz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}