Josh Abramoff

Produced, directed, filmed and edited short-form and long-form episodes of captivating unscripted video content for Super Deluxe's YouTube and Facebook audience. Responsible for organization and payout of filming budgets, research, talent scheduling, releases, travel arrangements, gear rental, insurance and location scouting for each assigned video subject and for new ideas pitched. Travelled by air to fascinating filming locations across the country as a one-person crew, operating cameras and setting up tripods, lights, and sound equipment with the goal of attaining peak cinematic effect. • Coordinated directly with many company owners and managers in order to gain trust and permission for filming product manufacturing on their factory floors and kitchens. Edited and color-corrected the footage filmed alongside other assignments, such as multi-cam editing of comedic game show and talk show episodes, delivered in 16:9 with square-format versions for social media.

Directed, produced, edited, filmed and animated spots for Branded Video's Purina, Citibank, Budweiser, Autodesk and Jack Daniels campaigns featured on BuzzFeed’s YouTube channel, reaching over 1,000,000 views. Budgeted and lead teams of 2D and 3D animators towards creating visually ambitious and comedic content. Created customized motion graphics, seemless VFX and compositing, and character animations. Storyboarded and rendered concept art, maintaining stylistic consistency and cohesion. Collaborated with other producers, directors, and writers in delivering engaging and entertaining content.

Composited and color-corrected highly-detailed and realistically executed visuals for Tosh.0 “Web Redemption” segments. Keyed, tracked, and rotoscoped extremely complicated shots using After Effects and Mocha AE. Recreated the stage and show graphics of “Wheel of Fortune” for parody, integrating live-action wheel, host, and contestants. Digitally extended sets and cloned out otherwise problematic elements in efficiently inventive ways.

Brought to life the creators' and producers' vision for the centerpiece of the show’s gameplay: colorful visual riddles and puzzles composited for play on a touchscreen. Helped lead an on-set team of graphic artists, building over 600 comical images pieced together by stock photos and original imagery.

Animated graphics, kinetic text, and transitions for the opening segment of the “2014 MTV Movie Awards” (Conan and 50 celebrity cameos).

Composited VFX for many scenes throughout season one of the “Deadbeat", which involved intensive, careful keying and rotoscoping of complex layered ghost visuals in AfterEffects. Conceptualized and executed inventive visuals under supervision of Director Troy Miller. Digitally created and composited 3D signage over footage of building exteriors for establishing shots.

Created broadcast quality 2D & 3D titles, lower thirds, logo animations and graphics packages for popular segments and series. Provided creative direction for graphics and VFX intensive clips. Seamlessly keyed, composited, and animated complex scenes, with 2D & 3D elements in AfterEffects. Edited segments and promos using Final Cut Pro.