Rachel Wiederhoeft

Focus pulled, built the camera, media managed, gear load in/out, etc

Loaded 35mm, maintained inventory, managed truck for a five camera second unit for new TV show with a co-loader.

Loaded 35mm film into 400' and 1000' magazines, maintained camera truck/expendable supplies, assisted camera assistants, maintained film inventory and ensured production had enough stick was available.

Assisted multi 35mm film camera team with all daily tasks

Assisted DP & Ops with all camera needs

Assisted with load in/out, camera building, reloading, batteries, video village and any other various camera dept. related tasks for the day.

I was the DP, need I say more?

Assisted director/DP with all tasks from load in/out, lighting, building the camera, media management, etc.

DP on a highly stylized short about a young model who faints during a photo shoot.

2nd AC for 2nd Unit on a feature

Assisted David O. Russell's "Joy" camera dept in all capacities including running film mags, batteries and maintaining the truck, etc.

Assisted entire camera dept with all needs

All typical second AC tasks

All general AC duties (swap lenses, build camera, etc.), plus media manager position including downloading & backing up of files and setting up video village.

Assisted a 2-camera department, plus DIT, with all duties associated with digital film production.

Assist two camera operators, producers and other crew in shooting pick ups for a new HGTV show.

Assisted production manager on a commercial production

Assisted with operation and logistics of a 5 camera shoot

Assisted camera department in all capacities from moves, gear swapping, slating, logging, etc

Assist DP & camera crew during pre-pro and on set in all assigned tasks for feature film. Assisted with 2nd AC duties such as setting up SteadiCam & studio B cam, slating, camera reports, loading, gear swaps such as lenses & batteries, etc.

Assisted with travel for team - coordinating vehicles, gear transport, heavy releasing of public and locations, crafty setup/maintenance, etc.

Manage first team, assist with lock ups, out times

Prepped crafty, metals, load in/out, Call times, etc

Driver, runs, lock ups, assisted DIT with cable running, monitors and company move

Assisted with check out, load in/out, logistical prep for managing a 35 camera shoot

Lock ups, Runs

Load in/out, runs, stand in

Picked up camera gear, drove to location, load in/out, assisted with slating, cable wrangling, runs, lock ups, helped manage first team, stand in

Loaded in/out of locations and studio, assisted with driving to and from locations, used light panels & other gear to help with a more run & gun style for pick-ups.

Driver, Runs, Load in/out, Stand in

Operated camera for lecture sessions

Assisted in production of small music video, including playback and load in/out

Load in/out, company moves, firewatching, lens and filter swaps, cable runs

Assisted DP and Camera Operator in lens swaps, battery and card loading, equipment maintenance, load in/out

Assist with driving of crew & gear, load in/out, meals, releasing, reconcile receipts, etc.

Driver, runs, lockups

Assisted on a four person crew as the G&E/Camera PA. Worked with Kino and Lite Panels, plus a micro dolly.

Focus pulls, building up/down camera, location moves, dolly moves.

Assisted with cable wrangles, slate, dolly moves, video village monitors.

Assisted with very heavy releasing in a public setting, and gear load in and load out.

Assisted DP with Polecam, lens changes, interior lighting, handheld & sticks

Managed all media - 5 cameras and audio - over the course of two days. SxS cards with Sony EX3, EX1 and DSLR & GoPro footage on SDHC cards.

Set Pa doing Lock Ups, Background PA managing paperwork, leading BG to set, placing BG in frame and giving them direction, etc.

Assisted with meals, driving and camera work like swapping lenses, moving sticks, etc.

Filmed wedding events with team of three.

Script supervised for comedy web series.

Assisted with all levels of production

Develop animations and video content with small crew for industrial videos

Edit high end, luxury wedding video productions for clients

Managed all digital footage files including logging for both video and sound in Final Cut Pro 7.

Operated camera for a baseball game in Belmont, MA as part of a 5 person production team.

Edited 2 short promotional pieces about LGBTQ rights for organization Get Equal.

On-going production coordination of all video and audio recordings for three day conference; plus supervision of webinar sessions for remote conference participants

Directed talent, interviewed activists, lead crew for a promotional video short about LGBTQ rights for the organization Get Equal.

Lit and shot interviews, broll with LGBTQ activists for a promotional short for the organization Get Equal.

Set PA, Driver

AP for feature length documentary on LGBTQ issues in the US.

Edited feature length documentary about LGBTQ issues in the US.

Assisted edited a documentary web series about women taking risks across the country.

Worked as the DP for documentary web series about women taking risks in their lives across the US.

Directed a documentary web series centering around women taking risks in their lives.

Assisted edited for wedding videos for three seasons.

I operated the camera both as first and second camera on wedding shoots over the course of three seasons.

Coordinated production of thousands of lecture videos to be filmed by me, interns and community members for online distribution. I also facilitated all post-production including archival of all raw footage and finished videos.

Imported, logged and archived thousands of hours of footage for an online web series of lectures for PBS.

Operated the camera on thousands of shoots of lectures in the Greater Boston area for online distribution through PBS.

Edited thousands of lecture videos for online distribution through the PBS platform.

I worked as lead editor on this short film in Final Cut Pro 6.

Worked as lead editor on short film project.

Logged, transcribed, organized and archived footage for boutique NYC production company

Animated graphics for various web based commercials with boutique NYC production company.

Production Assistant for boutique production company in NYC for nearly 1 year. Assisted in driving, equipment pickup/ drop off, crafty pickup/ drop off, assisted with small Grip & Electric tasks and camera assistant when needed

Drove crew to and from location shoot in the Poconos, PA, assisted on set with various PA roles, including fetching crafty, etc.

Transcribed raw interview footage for a Jimmy Carter documentary about his work with Habitat for Humanity.

Lit and filmed an interview with world renowned composer and singer about one of his composed works.

PA'd for a Spanish Crew while they filmed for 5 days in NYC. Drove 5 person crew to various locations in the city. Booked local Makeup Artist for them as well.

3 Day Pickups: Drove to CT to retrieve costumes and props with Costume Manager, Assisted on set with various tasks as assigned by the UPM

Assisted director and talent with props in stock footage shoot

Drove NYC crew to NJ and assisted with day shoot, including obtaining crafty, etc.

Loaded a 35mm Arri film camera for a one day commercial shoot in Milwaukee, WI.

I worked as 2nd Camera Assistant on a one day commercial in Milwaukee, WI.

Operated boom for short film, plus set PA when needed.

I worked as the Assistant Locations Manager directly under the Line Producer on this ultra low budget film. Additionally, I filled in as 2nd Assistant Director and Set Production Assistant at various times when those roles needed filling in.