Below is a collection of videos I have worked on as a producer during college. I attended the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communication where I studied Video Production. During my education, I received a well-rounded education in video production from pre-production through post-production in a variety of roles.
We Are CJC is a social media initiative from UF's College of Journalism and Communications, emphasizing diversity and inclusion. As producer, I oversaw the creation of a series of interviews conducted with professors, staff, and students from the CJC. The video branch fit into a larger, agency-style system that created social media content, strategy, and a website around our content.
As producer, I reached out to interviewees to shoot with, helped develop questions to ask them, and found a location to shoot at. I led a small crew (about 5 people) to test shoot each location, also usually serving as Director of Photography on test shoots and shoots. After shoots I delivered footage to the editors and oversaw their "full length" edit, as well as social media cuts of the videos. I also set up a shooting date to film B-roll with the subject after the initial shooting.
"The Heist" is a comedic short film I produced at the end of my sophomore year. I worked with a 4 person crew total, with most of my responsibilities being setting up meetings, reviewing the script, working with the DP and the editor to establish the storyboard, and securing locations and equipment for our shoot. During production, so I got to light, run audio, and run camera, as well as direct and set design. During post, I oversaw the editing and set up meetings to review cuts.
"Colors" is a short film that I produced for my capstone class. The crew had 20 members, consisting of 5 ATL and 15 BTL, with talent sourced from the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance as well as the surrounding Gainesville area.
As producer, I delegated the responsibilities of the ATL and maintained deadlines; established communication amongst all levels of the crew and set up meetings; secured locations, equipment, and catering; held creative meetings and gave feedback on scripts, storyboards, etc.; and overall prepped the BTL to follow the creative decisions made by the ATL. During production, I oversaw the set that was run by our 1st AD, and assisted with any issues that occurred.
Post-production was delayed for a year due to the start of the COVID pandemic. It took about a year to get files to an editor on our crew with a suitable system to edit. Once we were able to edit, I set up meetings with the director, the editor, and myself to discuss cuts, meeting for a month until we reached our final cut.