Yūgen Drift
A cinematic aerial journey across Asia in fourteen shots, from Mount Fuji to Kyoto's cherry blossoms.
Watch the film: Yūgen Drift
Sound & Motion
Custom cinematic video, scored in-house
Cinematic video and original music from one studio. I build the visuals and compose the score side by side, so sight and sound are designed as one.
Case study
Ember's Adventure
There’s Magic in the Air is a fantasy short that follows Ember, a red-gold phoenix, on a magical flight through a storybook world of cobblestone villages, candlelit taverns and misty forests.
Every shot was planned, created and refined by hand with VFX and AI video tools, then assembled and finished with an original score. Music and visuals: Dan Campbell ~ Riffster.
The Studio Pipeline
A unified workflow from concept to final master.
Creative Asset Briefing
We break down your edit parameters, narrative arc, moodboards, and audio references to form a completely aligned master roadmap.
1 Team – All Work
I compose the scores and cut your video assets together side-by-side, avoiding the friction of dealing with separate creative departments.
Delivery & Clearance
You receive high-end mixed audio stems and pristine, edit-ready visual masters along with straightforward, hassle-free usage clearance.
- Turnaround
- About 2 weeks for the first cut, then about 1 week for each round of revisions. If your project needs live footage shot on location, we talk through the details before I commit to it.
- Length
- Any length, from a short teaser to a full short film: quoted per project.
- Pricing
- Quoted per project.
Formats, tools and AI use
Formats
- 16:9 widescreen for YouTube, trailers and websites
- 9:16 vertical for Shorts, Reels and TikTok
- 1:1 square for social feeds
All three formats, in resolutions up to 4K.
Tools, and how AI is used
I believe in full transparency about my hybrid AI + human workflow. AI is a collaborator, not the author.
I use VFX and 3D tools, including Blender, for scene work, AI tools for imaging and animation, and AI audio tools in music development and mastering. Guitars are performed by hand, and some instruments are played through virtual instruments with Jam Origin MIDI Guitar. Every frame is crafted and chosen.
More films
Made and scored in-house
Magical Mischief
Dinner for two on a lamplit street of potion shops and wizard taverns becomes a front-row seat for the local magic.
Watch the film: Magical Mischief
Request a quote
Tell me about the video: what it’s for, where it will run, the length and format, your deadline and any references. Riffster Media is based in Utah, USA, and works with clients worldwide.