Ryan Smith

This was a small budget, small crew, an non-union music video production with scenes shot at night and during the day. Held both grip and electric responsibilities such as running camlock, working with generator, setting up lights, positioning diffusion, etc.

Writer, director, and producer. Shot on ARRI SRII out in the desert near Barstow, California. Production responsibilities included, among other things, location scouting, gear rental, accounting, crafty logistics, and transportation needs to move a cast and crew of thirty individuals from Los Angeles to a rented ranch in the desert.

Helped pull and stage a large variety of rented lighting and grip gear orders for Loyola Marymount University film students, building a strong knowledge of on set equipment in the process.

2nd AC on Camera 1 for a 10 minute film shot on two Red I's over the course of 5-days in the desert near Palm Springs, California.

Worked grip and electric on a daytime shoot featuring a variety of unusual natural lighting conditions for a short 10-minute film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

2nd AC for 8 minute film shot with an ARRI SRII on super 16mm.

Worked grip and electric on a 3-day daytime shoot for a short 10-minute film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Worked grip and electric on a 4-day indoor daytime shoot for a short film shot on digitally on RED I.

Produced short 6-minute limited budget comedy film shot on Cannon-7D with a small team of cast and crew over the course of 3-days.

Gaffed and lead a team of grips and electric on a 3-day nighttime shoot featuring a variety of intricate set ups and unusual lighting conditions for a short 10-minute film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Produced short 5-minute limited budget comedy film shot on Cannon-7D with a small team of cast and crew.

Produced a 5 minute promotional film highlighting the Scooter Store's employee outreach services within their corporate offices for an application in the Forbes Top 100 Companies to work for application.

PA for a national 30-secondspot for the Scooter Store Corporation.

Digital shoot with multiple Cannon 5Ds for a short digital drama.

Worked dolly grip, grip, and electric on a daytime shoot for a 7-minute film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Gaffed and lead a team of grips and electricians on a 2-weekend shoot featuring a variety of day and nighttime set ups for a short 10-minute film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Worked grip and electric on a 3-day stage shoot shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Worked non-union key grip gig on a multiple day independently shot TV-pilot/spec shoot shot on multiple RED I's.

Worked grip and electric on a primarily indoor/nigh time short film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Worked grip and electric on a multiple all-nighter short-film shot on ARRI SR II Super 16mm.

Worked grip and electric on a stage shoot and location shoot over the course of a few days.