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A film portfolio · Carson White

Slow Up

Cinematic stories shot from the places we're already standing.

Director · Shooter · Usually barefoot

The point

People don't share ads.
They share stories.

I make short films about real places and real friends. Nature is the set. The feeling is the product. No studio, no script, no crew call. Just the light we found and the story it told.

no sets, no scripts. shot on location, always  →
Featured films

The Workstory and frame, hand in hand.

Two friends overlooking the Nā Pali coast at golden hourFilm 01
Short film · 03 min 01

Timeless Friendships pt. 1

Nā Pali Coast · Hawaiʻi

This is for the ones who mean the most. To the family we choose over and over again. A memoir of experiences from the past and hopefully the future.

still adding to this one Watch the film
Two surfers balancing on rail tracks, black and whiteFilm 02
Short film · 04 min 02

Timeless Friendships pt. 2

South Coast · Sri Lanka

The continued story.

couldn't fit it all in one film Watch the film
Silhouette standing on the edge of an ocean pool at sunriseFilm 03
Short film · 02 min 03

Vid. 01

First light · Open ocean

A series of mini vlogs that show the scope of what's possible. From long form to short form, we've got it covered.

proof of range, basically Watch the film
Friends sharing food in the shade on a beachFilm 04
Short film · 05 min 04

Vid. 02

Puerto Rico

More of what's possible.

the roll keeps going Watch the film
The rest of the roll
Vid. 03 Vid. 04 Vid. 05
Frames from the road

Stillsprints from the last few rolls.

Two friends laughing at dusk on the beachlast light, loudest laughs
Friends in snorkel masks in the oceanthe whole crew, mid channel
Two friends on a truck tailgate by the coast roadtailgate weather report
Two friends smiling at golden hourproof we were here
Standing beneath limestone cliffs on a white sand beachwalked in, forgot to leave
35mm portrait at the beach, sun flared35mm, overexposed, kept it
Carson White me, somewhere warm
Who's behind the camera

I'M cArSoN.

I chase light for a living. Waterfalls, coastlines, mountain ridges, the open road between them. My friends (and myself most times) are in frame and I'm behind the camera, so every film starts where most productions end: already on location, already living it.

That's the whole trick. No crew to fly, no shoot to fund, no talent to cast. The story and the craft are the product.

Alignment over algorithms. Feeling over selling. Slow up.

The belief
Perfection doesn't move anyone. What's actually felt does.
Every frame here was lived first, shot second.
The invitation

Let's make something
people actually feel.

carsonwhite413@gmail.com @carsxnwhite
SLOW UP · shot on location, always · © 2026 Carson White