ALYSSA CHOATE RUSCHE

Create and manage shooting schedule from pre-light through show completion of a 21 episode TV series for Sony. Work with camera, art, and puppet department heads to prevent conflicts and streamline shooting. Act as Assistant Director when 1st AD was unavailable. Work with Line Producer and directors to simplify shooting.

Assist producers with numerous M&M’s commercials. Manage calendar and day-to-day schedule; cover dailies with director, artists, and editor. Create shot tracking notes for internal use and client communications, create deliverables documents for mastering, and oversee client deliveries.

Create and manage pre-production, production, and post-production schedule and pipeline for 8, 1-minute shorts, for Warner Brothers International Marketing. Conducted hiring, rate negotiation, and management of all crew. Act as liaison between Warner Brothers and Starburns from pre-production through delivery. Hire and manage all vendor relations. Run production floor as Assistant Director during production. Create track reads for all shorts in 7 different languages.

Create and manage pre-production, production, and post-production schedule and pipeline for 6 Farmers Insurance commercials. Hire and manage all crew. Maintain client relations throughout project. Act as Assistant Director during production. Manage all deal memos, POs, and invoices.

Act as production department during production of a series of Star Wars Go Rogue shorts for Disney Consumer Products. Maintain big board and assist directors with staying on schedule and meeting deadlines. Create production schedule for chapters two and three; maintain shot lists and shot information for all chapters. Liaise with Producer on budget and schedule. Maintain P.O.’s and invoices for all crew and purchases.

Assisting 1st AD in running production floor, and managing production of 40+ crew members when 1st AD was unavailable. Manage/create production schedule; working with department heads to maintain production deadlines and production efficiency. Maintain big board; create and populate shot information within File Maker. Create lip synch track reads, x-sheets, and face libraries for animators in DragonFrame. Create, export, and wrangle all shots and footage for production. Create and maintain production pipeline between stages, editorial, and VFX. Act as production coordinator during pre-production; coordinating and managing voice record sessions, handling contracts and deal memos with agents, scheduling sessions with recording studios, creating sides and assisting director during voice record sessions.