As a collegiate member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, I always wanted to create a video that would help solve the identity crisis, as it were, the fraternity had been facing. The video needed to be fresh and it needed to show a glimpse of not only what the fraternity was on the surface but indeed what the experience of becoming and living as a Sinfonian is all about. It needed to show the emotional impact and pride the members of the fraternity truly feel. All of this resulted in the concept of the fly-through as a symbolic representation of that journey, and we would use it to weave together the words of Sinfonians describing their experience. Since the video was all about a music fraternity, I wanted the music to play an integral role as well. It needed to be majectic and noble, all while growing into the song shared by all Sinfonians, the Sinfonian Hymn. I also proposed that we construct the film like a flvie trailer, in an effort to capture interest and ultimately drive traffic to their website. Immediately after the video release online, we received a very large quantity of responses from brothers across the nation expressing their sincere appreciation for the video and stating that it was an incredibly accurate depiction of not just the surface level meaning of the fraternity, but indeed the exalted experience shared by all Sinfonians.

Sinfonia (2007)   |  Directed By: Chris Folkens  |  View Film