Aidan & Ethan Sinconis' cinematography was thoughtfully and carefully captured with Hollywood-standard camera equipment, lending to constant hours during their long shoot and several months during post production to tweak lighting and camera settings, making the footage look as beautiful and cinematic as the locations themselves.
Aidan Sinconis spent over a year pulling together his compelling and creative visions into one eye-opening documentary. I Am pushed Sinconis to his limit, communicating to not just his fellow crew and talent, but to dozens of staff & security members at Phoenix's art museum and the Burton Barr Central Library to make everything possible.
Ethan Sinconis dedicated countless hours and over several months to meticulously edit I Am. Sinconis did not have much to work with as Blake only gave him the bare bones of the story, leading him to create every single graphic image and type animation by hand digitally to transition effortlessly into the narrative. Unfortunately, during this process, a software glitch corrupted all of his files, forcing him to spend several grueling weeks reconstructing the entire film from scratch, not once but twice.
Sinconis Studios won two Rocky Mountain Student Production Awards from the company's four nominations (editor, director, audio/sound, and non-fiction long form) at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the same organization that runs Emmys. Ethan & Aidan Sinconis won for editing and non-fiction long form (best non-fiction picture). Judges at the 2025 competition called I Am "one of the best short films they have ever seen from anyone, students or professionals". It was also featured on several big news outlets nationwide, including USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Peoria Independent, and Washington Blade.
The film was nominated twice for the prestigious National Student Production Awards in 2025, for editor and best picture (non-fiction long form).
