Derek McNeill

Worked with writer to develop story and brand voice. Directed, shot, and edited.

Worked with writer to develop story and brand voice. Directed, shot, and edited.

Worked with writer to develop story and brand voice. Directed, shot, and edited.

Worked with writer to develop story and brand voice. Directed, shot, and edited.

Worked with writer to develop story and brand voice. Directed, shot, and edited.

This was a quick video for a software startup to use in it's fundraising pitch to investors, and to post on their web site. Stock footage was the only thing there was time and budget for, but I colored the footage for a consistent continuity. I also did light animations replacing pictures, text, then animating them in the software screens to match the UI animation.

Directed, shot, and edited this 8 minute long short film on The Low Income Housing Institutes Tiny houses project to be shown at conferences nationwide, and eventually leveraged for broadcast and internet PR campaign ads.

Took ownership of project from beginning to end: Scoped time, negotiated budget, produced contract, scheduled shoots, interviews, and edits.

Directed, shot, and edited this 8 minute long short film on The Low Income Housing Institutes Tiny houses project to be shown at conferences nationwide, and eventually leveraged for broadcast and internet PR campaign ads.

Directed, shot, and edited this 8 minute long short film on The Low Income Housing Institutes Tiny houses project to be shown at conferences nationwide, and eventually leveraged for broadcast and internet PR campaign ads.

Directed, shot, and edited this 50 minute documentary on homelessness in Seattle Washington. Also designed and edited the title sequence. Trailers at www.trtn.film

Took ownership of project from beginning to end: Scoped time, equipment, scheduled shoots, interviews, edits, and festival submissions.

Directed, shot, and edited this 50 minute documentary on homelessness in Seattle Washington. Also designed and edited the title sequence. Trailers at www.trtn.film

Directed, shot, and edited this 50 minute documentary on homelessness in Seattle Washington. Also designed and edited the title sequence. Trailers at www.trtn.film

Worked initially as Video Art Director with Creative Director to develop script. Developed look and feel to correlate to story. Edited multiple drafts selecting clips and music. Edited final piece.

Worked initially as Video Art Director with Creative Director to develop script. Developed look and feel to correlate to story. Edited multiple drafts selecting clips and music. Edited final piece.

Developed story and concepts with Creative Director. Created concepts and boards for live action story, and post production applied effects for story. Edited rough cut for final editor reference, and worked with editor to match story.

Developed concept and story as Art Director, and edited this promotional video for multiple corporate uses, primarily for new business presentations.

Researched and developed competitive analysis on competitions approach to videos and advertising. Developed distinctive point-of-view on Windows videos and TV spots. Developed boards with specific story-arc types. Shot and edited prototype for reference.

Developed TV spot concept to integrate sponsored Olympic skier Kikkan Randall, wrote the script, developed boards, selected locations, selected and directed VO talent, worked director on set, edited draft for editor, and directed final edit.