VIDEO PRODUCTION
SMALL TOWN
“Small Town” is a short video created for a production course in my Graduate Diploma program for Communication Studies. The assignment was for every classmate to submit a personal story that was “75% true”.
My classmate’s story “Small Town” was both funny and lighthearted as well as moving and kind of painful. Working with Bernard’s original pitch, I helped to write the script for a fairly involved video with a number of shots and even a full, live, choir which I was also working to organize. The week of pre-production our University shut down as well as much of North America in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
And so, the final result of “Small Town” is a testament to video production done without access to the equipment and facilities of a University, or even face to face interaction with team members. However, I feel as though changing the premise of the video speaks to the original story’s expression of struggling to find connection in less than ideal circumstances, and how we often find it in unlikely forms.
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Editing, Titles, Cinematography
DEVELOPMENT: Script writing, Altering original idea for a feasibility in a global pandemic, Sourcing found footage and music
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Assembling a video for a given deadline, collaboration with team members to ensure project completion, flexibility to rework production schedules multiple times given sudden obstacles
THE MENTAL LOAD OF MOTHERHOOD
The Invisible Shift: The Mental Load of Motherhood is a submission to Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council’s 2020 Storyteller competition, in which Canadian students create a three minute video about a SSHRC funded research project of their choice. Anna-Maria Occhiuto is a Concordia University Masters student in Sociology whose research concerns what French cartoonist Emma called in her 2017 viral comic strip the “mental load” of working mothers.
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Camera Operator, Sound Design and Recording, Editing and Sound Mixing
DEVELOPMENT: Sourcing video competition, Approaching subject for the video and pitching video concept, Script writing, Researching Social Science Topic, Interviewing subject
MONTRÉAL MAKER SERIES: LVNEA
The Montréal Maker Series is a video series I developed for the former fabrication lab and community start up, MKRLAB, for what was their forthcoming youtube channel. The series featured local entrepreneurs and makers to motivate the Montréal community into seeking out supportive environments for their projects and businesses. The first video interviewed perfumer and small business LVNEA perfume.
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Camera Operator, Sound Design and Recording, Editing & Mixing
DEVELOPMENT: Sourcing Montréal creatives with visibility online, Writing questions for interview, Interviewing and directing talent
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Coordinating with talent, Creating production and post production schedule, Sourcing equipment rentals