An early adopter of technology to expand storytelling, he was the first to use 10.2 channel audio on a film, developed by THX inventor Tomlinson Holman; among the first filmmakers to shoot in 100% greenscreen on all HD cameras; created the largest VFX movie in USC's history (over 600 shots) and pushed the development of an innovative student VFX lab in the process; created award-winning story-driven websites and trade shows starting in the mid-'90s; used computers to assist his theatre productions' visuals and audio as far back as the '80s; and even created music-ish compositions on Syntauri synthesizers in 1979 for a 4th grade school project. As of February, 2011 he was deeply involved in the development of new stereoscopic tools to improve the director's ability to affect the audience through depth.