Gabrielle Gatdula

Assisted creative and production management on and off the field in all stages of production through booking and scouting locations, story producing, logging hot sheets and field notes, handling releases, organizing deliverables, coordinating rights and clearances, and liaising between production and talent

Cast principal subjects through research, cold calls, social media outreach, Skype interviews, writing casting pitches, and editing casting reels

Assisted creative and production management on and off the field in all stages of production through booking and scouting locations, story producing, logging hot sheets and field notes, handling releases, organizing deliverables, coordinating rights and clearances, and liaising between production and talent

Cast principal subjects through cold calls, research, social media outreach, Skype interviews, writing casting pitches, and editing casting reels

• Cast season two of Food Network’s Chopped Junior through cold calls, research, networking, screening applications, and conducting first round phone, Skype, and in-person interviews • Prepared casting pitch packets for network by collaborating with casting director and producers • Organized paper work and application materials for potential candidates

Produced season two of Science Channel’s All-American Makers through assisting and collaborating with field producers on segments, shipping, locations, and props; logging hot sheets, wrangling talent, acting as a liaison between production and talent, and gathering video elements for post production

Cast twelve episodes of Science Channel’s All-American Makers season two through booking main talent and extras, screening casting videos, writing pitch sheets, maintaining paper work, and supervising casting interns

• Assisted casting for unscripted television development deals through cold calls, casting videos, and research • Conducted research and brainstorming pitches for unscripted television development • Helped manage production office by organizing tasks, ordering supplies, and other administrative needs

• Oversaw film promotional material for video on demand through logging tapes, transcribing, quality control, assisting with tape library needs, and loading footage into production system for edit sessions • Assisted editors and producers in gathering elements, maintaining barker traffic logs, and VOD scheduling • Researched upcoming film releases for VOD promotional opportunities

• Produced two scenes for Antarctic Edge: 70° South, a Netflix documentary about climate change, through editing and assisting camera and producers on shoots • Directed and edited a short film on climate change for Rutgers Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences