My name is Aidan Keen, I am a junior here at SIUE, currently studying Mass Communications with a focus in media production. I’m originally from O’fallon, Illinois. So just a couple miles away from Edwardsville.
Music has always been a major factor in my life. I have been playing music since I was kid, starting on piano and eventually learning guitar and drums, along with a few other instruments. I currently play in a band with some friends I have kept up with from high school where I play guitar and perform vocals. We’ll regularly play a good amount of shows in the summer when everyone is in town from school. We’ve been playing together for about three years now, despite knowing each other for closer to ten years almost.
I also consider myself an amateur film maker. I’m studying media production in the mass communications department because I have always been interested in film and the entertainment industry. I used to watch behind the scenes clips from the DVDs of movies I would watch immediately after watching a film because I wanted to know how a certain moment was shot or more about the actors in the film. I’ve spent a lot of time at SIUE learning about the behind the scenes aspects of filmmaking through hands on experience. Through that experience I have been able to produce some of my own short films along with working as a cinematographer on other projects produced by my peers. I’ve included in this post some of my most recent work!
That demo reel was sick.