Gayatri Bajpai

Producer of the documentary about Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema experiment at UCLA during the summer of 2016. Pre-Production: I was responsible for coordinating with UCLA, Zoetrope and our director to come up with a satisfactory creative treatment/direction for the documentary. I was responsible for ensuring our production crew received technical training, and for coordinating a preliminary schedule with the producing team from Zoetrope. Production: I oversaw the production of a unit that filmed behind-the-scenes footage of Francis shooting 'Distant Vision'. I was responsible for heading a team of five personnel--videographers, sound mixer, editor and director. I coordinated their schedules with the producing team of Distant Vision. I ensured that we had all the necessary permissions to film a gigantic cast and crew on a day-to-day basis, often picking up the camera myself. Post-Production: I organized the post-production timeline of the documentary, and was the main mediator of communication between UCLA, Zoetrope, and the team on executive producer notes for our edit. It was also my responsibility to pick new hires (post-sound editor, composer, colorist, etc).

Co-directed a feature film adaptation of James Franco's Actors Anonymous, along with two other directors for Rabbit Bandini. James Franco led us as Executive Producer. Co-wrote and directed one-third of the feature, taking it from pre-production through post as both an integrated part of the feature to be interweaved with the other two directors' work into a full-length feature film, and also to be separately edited as an independent short of the same name. Was responsible for a vision that told a whole story but also worked with two other creative collaborators' visions. Worked with three other writers to bring this vision to life, as well as maintain the essence of James Franco's novel Actors Anonymous. Worked with three cinematographers to ensure that the tone and mood of the various parts would cohere into a visually satisfying whole.

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