John Cappello

I was a Preditor and Animator for War Stories, the popular interview series about the video game industry.

I was hired to key out green screen for 20+ interviews in this 2-hour Special that aired before the BET Awards. They had hired someone before who couldn't finish the work, but once I arrived we all agreed that that person's work was bad, so we scrapped it and I had to start from scratch. I also did it in one day. Additionally, I aided in creating last-minute GFX assets for the show.

I was hired by the ad agency Cycle Media in January 2018 for a month long project creating motion graphics for Snapchat videos about the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The Client was EuroSport, the European media company with broadcast rights of the Olympic Games. I was part of team Great Britain. At our height we had over 6 MILLION views on our Snapchat story for a given day!

What She Said is a feature documentary about the legendary film critic Pauline Kael being developed by director Rob Garver for a premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. I was hired to convert the feature film project files from Final Cut Pro X to Premiere Pro. I did additional Editor duties beyond that.

Graphic Designer working on Episodes 15-23 of Season 1 of the President Show. Responsible for making several still and complimentary graphics in coordination with the Creative Director, including PhotoShopped images, Title Cards, UTS/OTS, Full Frame Animations, and pieces for the set. Responsible for coordination of graphics delivery to post-production team and Viacom headquarters, as well as creating the credits for every episode.

I became a freelance Editor for Buzzfeed in August.

Videographer and editor making weekly musical promotional/documentary videos documenting their summer camp experience. I had to average filming and editing 3 videos a week.

I shoot and edit news segments for this network in the making.

I was the 2nd Camera Operator, capturing all the content from a second angle and working in correspondence with the DP to achieve that.

Editor on 2 episodes of Season 2 of East Coast Mecca. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulcpz7DzupY&t=17s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Y_pS-8Mck

Additional Editor brought on to help with the completion of Generation Iron 2 and additional editing duties for the Generation Iron fitness network. For GI2, I was responsible for marking and syncing interviews, pulling selects, editing together assemblies for additional scenes, and making edit changes to the film. Some major accomplishments that I was responsible for were assembling and finishing the End Credits, assembling the Official Trailer for the film (which you can view here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpRzkYKt-Q) and making additional edits to the entirety of Act 2 of the film. Additionally, I would edit weekly series that were uploaded to the Generation Iron fitness network on youtube, including episodes for their series East Coast Mecca, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulcpz7DzupY&index=4&list=PLauOJ7JaOcH5fBu0Q1lMOX3CeK_wdCkuO

I was responsible for editing content released on this Youtube channel starting February 2017. This included trailers, promotional videos, featurettes, and Youtube series.

I was the Co-director, DP, and Editor of this short comedy film. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma9h-zExAC4

I edited their videos for a time. But nobody was watching their content, so I moved on to a better opportunity.

Freelance Videographer. I left because nobody watches their videos.

For the past year I have worked for StarShop, an app and online marketplace where I was Video Editor, Shooter, and Motion Graphics Artist. There I generated 1- 2 minute informational videos on a daily basis, most often related to celebrities in some way, either advertising products that we sold through the app or advertising movies or television shows that we did promotions with. There, I was responsible for reducing our average video length from 4 minutes to less than one, and for integrating motion graphics. Here you can find examples of my videos made for StarShop: https://vimeo.com/user46881981

I was responsible for picking up cast and crew in New York City and driving them to and from set locations in New Jersey every day of production. I would then be there all day as a Set P.A.

Assist with the set up of the Camera, a Canon C300, and other camera equipment.

Sarah Potempa, Inc is a company that creates top of the line hairstyling products that are distributed all around the nation. I was hired as a Video Editor and Shooter there. Here is an example of the kinds of videos I made there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ujC0HlrM8

Filming Interview segments for this documentary about cemeteries in Richmond, VA.

Dualed between a Production Assistant and a Grip on this Indie flick.

Film live performances from a variety of bands throughout the day.

Senior Thesis Short Film. Winner of Best Cinematography at Columbia University Undergraduate Film Festival.

Small production company in Richmond, VA that I worked at during my final year in college.