Sean Hixson

I shot live singers at an event.

I recorded basketball games and graduation ceremonies.

I recorded and took pictures of Columbia College Chicago's Kwanza festival, and am currently putting together a two minute trailer for their website.

I recorded sound using a boom and a wireless mic for a PSA for a dating website for disabled people with the graduate marketing department at Columbia College Chicago.

I recorded sound using a boom and a wireless microphone for this Graduate Thesis film.

I set up a notice on Breakdown Express/Actor's Access, as with on Now Casting, to sort through and schedule actors to come in an audition for this Advanced Practicum Film. One character was an old man on the verge of death, the other a young security guard.

I made the call sheets, sent them out to each of the cast and crew via email along with a copy of the map with directions. I kept track of the schedule, as well a distributing and trespassing the crew deal memos.

As best boy, I made sure all lights were properly routed so that a fuse would not be blown. I also made sure stingers were safely placed on the ground. I also performed the normal tasks of a grip and electrician on set, such as setting up and shaping lights.

I was in charge of rigging light shaping equipment, designing the light alongside the Director of Photography.

I operated the shotgun microphone on a boom pole on this three-day shoot.

As a Production Assistant, I set up lights as well as rigs, both for light as well as the set department. Anything involving G&E and set design was on my to-do list. Before production I also organized the storyboards into the order they were to be shot.

On this Practicum, I was in charge of keeping all the other Production Assistants in line and serving as a communicator between the AD's and PA's.

I directed and was the interviewer for this short documentary about my (at the time) current boss who had several dramas surrounding his family business. Here is a link: http://seanhixson.virb.com/documentary