Defending democracy in Washington state with real people and real stories.

Through 2022 to the 2024 mid-term and presidential elections I project managed the production and post-production of an ambitious video ad campaign to elect and re-elect a progressive democrat in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. It really was an all hands on deck project. Our Campaign and Organizing teams found and recruited volunteers who were willing to be on camera and invite us into their homes. Our Digital Campaigns Manager drove us all around the state and was my acting “sous chef” with helping setting up equipment and shooting b-roll. My role in all of this was to make sure everything looked and sounded amazing, and got processed and published on a very tight quick turn around schedule.

For the 2024 presidential election I filmed seven different interviews, producing 30 seconds, 15 seconds, and 6 seconds ads that ran on broadcast, streaming, and Youtube. Informed with polling information specific to the region this round of production we focused on stories about abortion access and care and women working in the trades. I shot everything on a Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with the Rode Wireless Go and Rode Video Mic Pro as our back up audio source, and for lighting used a three point lighting system. I worked in DaVinci Resolve, Premier Pro, AfterEffects, and tiny bit in Audition. I cut, color corrected, color graded, enhanced audio, added animation and effects when necessary, cut and edited background music.