Brian Smith

Low budget short film all rounder. Coordinated set-ups, rehearsals & filming.

Captured & pre-edited video game footage of their unreleased game using GeForce & Premiere.

Directed & Produced all Behind-the-Scenes footage, including booking studio, rehearsing with performers, and conducting interviews; Worked with Producer and legal on contracting of actors and crew; Developed marketing plan for online and traditional media (in local territory); Created powerpoint decks and drafted correspondence to festivals and sales agents; Assisted in negotiation on sale of film to US distributor; Managed wind-down of production entity and hand back to rights holder. PLAGUE screened at the Marche’ du FIlm of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Developed and produced this 10x5 Youtube animation series; Example of machinima animation that create a humorous fictional world around an existing video game property. Managed relationships, contracts & payments with gamers/animators. Led production team meetings. Story editor during post.

Low Budget Short Film. All Rounder on-set primarily attached to camera department (lens wrangling and slating). CURVE had its world premiere at the 2016 TriBeCa Film Festival.

120x90sec online educational module production for large corporate client. Developed and scripted each module with assistance from corporate marketing; Managed casting and crewing; Oversaw production on-set and script continuity; Processed QC for client delivery.

Low budget short film all rounder. Published call sheets and production schedules. Drafted budgets and tracked POs.