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Along with my colleague, who directed/produced these videos, we interviewed people on the street to put together several videos for a conference being held in Atlanta.
For over 100 years, Families First has been providing empowering solutions for Atlanta’s most vulnerable population. Through collaborations with community partners, virtual services, and locations throughout the state of Georgia, Families First is able to impact youth at each life stage by providing them with Housing, Optimal Wellness, Mentoring, and Education & Experience.
I have produced a spectrum of videos for the organization since 2019. Most notably, creating content for their annual fundraiser hosted at the Georgia Aquarium. During COVID-19, I helped the organization rapidly transition to an online fundraiser by creating social media content and pre-recorded videos for their live stream.
Soon after I edited two 60-minute pre-recorded virtual programs including filming/editing additional vignettes utilized within the programing, each within a two-week time frame, as well as, edited one 30-minute virtual program, in additional to numerous videos for fundraising campaigns, event sizzle reels, and social media outreach.
Mercedes Benz Stadium was looking to create a video with a quick turnaround to welcome home all employees to the newly constructed home of the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta United.
After our first award-winning documentary, Breaking Through, obtained distribution, I joined forces again with Cindy Abel (Atlantis Moon Productions) to film our second award-winning feature documentary, Surviving the Silence...
Colonel Pat Thompson was a decorated military nurse, only two years away from retirement after an illustrious career.
Then came the assignment to preside over a hearing regarding a fellow Army nurse's federal recognition. This usually meant an hour meeting before increasing a military member's security clearance. This time, it would be a two day-long hearing that eventually resulted in the dismissal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer for having admitted she was a lesbian.
Though she didn't conceal her sadness at fulfilling her duty in this role, Colonel Thompson did hide her own secret, as she had for nearly 30 years: she too was a lesbian.
“Pat faced an impossible choice,” said Colonel Cammermeyer. “She could have come out and then there would have been two of us dismissed without recourse, or, she could fulfill her duty in a way that allowed me the best possible defense. By presiding over the board, Pat had a profound impact on my ability to get into Federal Court and make my reinstatement possible. And in doing so, she played an important role in enabling us to move forward to finally get the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.”
While the story of Colonel Cammermeyer was highly publicized and her book Serving in Silence became a television movie executive-produced by Barbra Streisand and starring Glenn Close, Colonel Thompson's has remained untold. Until now.
As a Director of Photography I was the principal creative behind photography. Occasionally, I had an additional shooter, however, the majority of production I was running two or three cameras simultaneously as a solo operator, in addition to audio and lighting to record interviews and b-roll.
As the film’s Editor and Post-Production Coordinator, I collaborated with the director to cut down over 25 hours of multi-cam footage, working both in person and remotely. I researched and located archival media. I designed all the motion graphics and completed visual effects like sky/object replacement, green screen keying, and various tasks to clean up frames (i.e. when a practical failed halfway through an interview I was able to composite in the background from the first half of the interview to keep continuity throughout the film). I synced all audio and completed the general pass of audio and sound effects for the film. I then collaborated and coordinated the continuous transfer of files with the Composer and Sound Designer as we continued to refine the film down to our theatrical runtime. I collaborated with an animator to create hand drawn animations where I created and composited additional graphics/vfx to enhance the animations.
While I was editing the film and coordinating with the Animator, Sound Designer, and Composer, I also remotely worked alongside two colorists. Because the film was still being edited and updated I devised a workflow that allowed me to share Adobe Premiere timelines where the colorists could easily see any updates that needed attention and we could quickly re-sync timelines. After audio and video lock, the director decided to change the visual aesthetic of the film and I completed the final color correction, over hauling the majority of the film. When the film was completed and obtained distribution, I organized all the copyright permissions for our lawyers, as well as, managed all deliverables for festivals and film distribution, blu-ray/dvd creation, and created theatrical trailers.
Working in collaboration with my colleague, Jesse, from Milk Crate Films, I filmed and edited this piece showcasing The Nadler Collection at the Georgia Museum of Art.
A highlight of the museum's 2021 exhibitions, "Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt," features a uniquely personal collection of late antique Egyptian art (often called Coptic art) loaned from Emanuel and Ana Nadler. Emanuel's father, Maurice Nadler, collected most of the works during the first half of the 20th Century in Alexandria, an important port city on the Mediterranean coast. The Nadler family collection features works from the 3rd through the 8th centuries CE. For centuries Alexandria was a cultural melting pot, a place where people of different cultures, languages, and faith traditions lived in relative harmony. The collection uniquely expresses those multicultural characteristics of the region, with clear influences of Ancient Egyptian art, Classical Greek and Roman art, Coptic Christian themes, as well as Arabic influence.
Follow Professor Asen Kirin, the Parker Curator of Russian Art at the Georgia Museum, as he gives an intimate tour of this singular collection.
I created a 30 second commercial for GAgives Giving Tuesday campaign.
A collection of some of my event reels.
I created this corporate branding video for Adaption utilizing green screened interviews, stock footage, and motion graphics.
I created this corporate landing page video for Advanced Plastics utilizing stock footage and motion graphics.
For the 200th Anniversary of the Savannah St.Patrick's Day Parade I created this reel for Red Bull in addition to my main task of taking product photos and the overall festivities.