Charly Louise

Producer, Director, Director of Photography, and Editor

Producer, Director, Videography, and Editor of a 9 Day Rites of Passage Initiation and Guide Training Course offered by Earth Path Education in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.

Videographer, Documentary Consultant, Production Staff

I am the founding president of the Ben Tucker Documentary Fund LTD which was created in February of 2016 to secure funding for our feature length documentary. With the help of IndieGoGo and Friends of Ben Non-profit, I was able to raise approximately $22,000 to support our film. As Executive Producer, I am in charge of the ensuring the film is completed within the designated time frame, within our budget, and with a tasteful artistic and technical standard. Some of my main duties are to oversee and manage the account, the crew, the production and to find the correct route for distribution. I frequently work as a public relations agent to coordinate with the local news stations WSAV and WTOC to help promote our fundraising campaign and engage the public to be a part of our production. Because this is a small documentary crew I take on many roles outside of Executive Producer, in addition I am a Director and Producer. As Producer I have coordinated interviews with more than 30 people including travel coordination to New York, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, North Carolina and South Carolina. I communicate and collaborate with the crew to ensure that everyone is on time and at the proper location. I act as an investigative journalist in order to scout out the correct people to interview and the proper locations to film. As a Director, I have personally conducted and interviewed over 30 people. From December to the present time I have been filming on average once a week whether it be an interview, event or B-roll footage. On set I manage the crew making sure we are working in a professional and timely manner. I work with the videographer to set up the camera and lights to create a visually appealing shot. I work with location sound to create the highly quality sound possible. I create transcriptions of the interviews in order to prepare for the post-production process. I have written a treatment and story structure to help outline and organize the interviews with the B-Roll footage. I have helped to collect and catalogue archival footage and photographs dating back to the 1960s. In addition to my other duties, I have assisted as videographer at least once a week for the past 9 months including major local events and concerts such as the Savannah Music Festival and Savannah Jazz Festival. As Executive Producer, Producer and Director I am constantly utilizing my verbal and written communications skills to collaborate with my crew, interviewers and the public at large. With my team management skills, I have supervise and direct a team of 20 students. In all of my duties, I oversee the post-production process and work with a team of editors to stay on deadline for our Fall 2017 deadline. We will be premiering at the Savannah Jazz Festival and Savannah Film Festival as an initial release. Afterwards we plan to work with PBS to have it seen on national television.

As the Location Manager I was in charge of scouting and securing all the locations for the feature film. I collaborated with local restaurants and businesses, negotiated the fees and coordinated with the city to acquire permits. With the resources available to me I was able to secure over 20 locations in Savannah mostly free of charge. During production I was first in and last to leave. While supervising the locations I would often trouble-shoot for sound, production design, grip, crafty and transportation. When there were concerns from local businesses or neighboring citizens, I would calmly and rationally help to find a viable compromise. I created spreadsheets for the budget, agreements and locations to keep organized and on task. I attained base camps, arranged transportation from base camp to set and maintained the safety of the crew and actors.