Jessica VanDeusen

Served as a PA during the casting call for America's Got Talent held in Providence, RI. Collected and checked participant paperwork, and directed groups throughout their audition with a producer. Also operated the camera during a group of auditions.

Aided production team gathering behind the scenes footage and interviews for potential DVD release. Captured photos of the production team in action for use on their Facebook. During the concert, I served as communication point between the production team's Stage Manager and the crew, and assisted with directing performers backstage.

Served as a PA for the pilot episode of the art inspired series More about the series can be viewed on the show's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NewportRITheSeries/info

Handled release forms for location, talent, and members of the public, at a shoot taking place in a local restaurant. Also served as a stand-in for talent and in b-roll shots and assisted with props as well as set-up and break down of equipment.

Served as an extra in the audience for a Chicago concert scene in Larry David's HBO movie "Clear History"

Volunteer Logger/Runner during America's Cup World Series Event in Newport, RI. I assisted with equipment and set-up for pre and post-race interviews with team skippers. I also clipped ‘live’ incoming footage, sourced footage for editing / hard drive compilations and logged end of day melt reels.

Developed Promotional Tourism Video for the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitors Bureau website in Ithaca, NY. I shared, with groupmates, the duties of Director, Producer, and Director of Photography.

Project Look Sharp is an organization dedicated to media literacy education. I created F.A.Q. videos for Project Look Sharp's website and managed all aspects of the process from pre- through post-production. Through this, I also established a model for future video work.