Lauren Patton

Recruited, auditioned and selected talent; organized shooting schedules, costuming, and talent agreements. Evaluate actor submissions against role descriptions and present casting options, recommendations and analysis to episode Producer for review, and to the Executive Producer for final network approval. Provided and organized estimates, managed budget, and a cast of over 30 actors per shoot with a limited 5 day casting preparation timeline and a 5 day shoot schedule.

Provided support to three Associate Producer (AP)/ Producer teams and their respective crews. Booked travel and accommodations for three AP and Producer teams and their respective crews. Performed research to support Associate Producer’s script annotations, Producer’s shots sheet. Researched case details using Lexis-Nexis and other resources. Submitted Public Records requests and FOIA requests for information related to court cases. Reviewed stock footage options for editors and production teams. Created deliverables binders and templates; uploaded and organized legal releases on server and field original copies of legal releases in deliverables binders. Supported two reenactment teams with casting options, auditions, identification and procurement of props, wardrobe and set dressing.

Worked directly with Producer on three episodes of BET’s first true crime docu-series. Booked travel and accommodations for Producer, crew and myself. Transported production equipment and obtained meals/snacks for field shoots. Acted as primary contact for interview participants and organize interview logistics. Obtained, uploaded and organized legal releases on server and filed original copies of legal releases in deliverables binders. Performed research to support script annotations and Producer’s shots sheet. Researched case details using Lexis-Nexis and other resources. Submitted Public Records requests and FOIA requests for information related to court cases. Research, request and aquire any necessary film permits for field shoot. Reviewed stock footage options for editors and production teams. Identified and licensed news footage. Manage finances of field shoots within individual episode budgets provided by the program manager. Collaborated with Producer to create and distribute call sheets for field shoots. Conformed and annotated scripts from rough cut to final delivery, address legal notes from network in script, create and distribute narration script, time narration for post-production. Managed media, submitted footage and other primary materials for ingest. Supported two reenactment teams with casting descriptions and photos for principal roles and crime scene photos for recreation. Provided on-set support to Producer/Director to ensure interpretation was factual and within legal constraints. Deliverables: Log all interview and reenactment footage, Create deliverables templates and binders, Complete all required network deliverables.

Supported two reenactment teams with casting options, auditions, identification and procurement of props, wardrobe and set dressing. Created deliverables templates and binders; uploaded and organized legal releases on server and field original copies of legal releases in deliverables binders. Completed music cue sheets and deliverables logs for final delivery to network.

- Responsible for pitching stories for the daily online newsletter companion to Bethesda Magazine. - Conducted in-person and phone interviews with influential members of the local community. - Utilized knowledge of photography and Associated Press style writing