Jen Elkington

Talent wrangling, running errands, airport runs.

As an Associate Producer, I provide a high-level of assistance to the Producer and Executive Director. I tracked and gathered acquired assets for the completion of three short documentary pieces, and 47 professional development videos, assisted in the project management of the professional development website (www.pushingthelimits.org), facilitated the flow of information and feedback between the client, the producers, and the editor, designed and built keynote slides to augment the professional development videos, and communicated schedule changes to the client, editor, and web developer.

Managed appearance releases, crafty, equipment load-in and load-out, supply runs, and any additional on-set requests.

I directed the short documentary, "Dreamworld." I wrote the treatment, and hunted the story.

I was an Intern in the Art Department for The Brain That Wouldn't Die Remake. My duties included painting sets, purchasing set decoration and props, building sets, laying flooring, and going on shopping runs.

I was the Production Coordinator for the short indie film, "The Cutting Shadow" directed by Vu Pham. My duties included building the pre-production schedule, soliciting donations, acquiring rentals, coordinating the pick-up of rental gear, organizing crafty and catering, assisting in the casting of minor roles, and completing filming permits.

I was the writer and director for the short film, "Invention of Life." I developed the script and the story, cast the production, found locations, managed the crew, built the schedule and the call sheets, and was the on-set director.

As the Field Production Coordinator for Dawson Media Group, I was responsible for a variety of logistics for a documentary shoot in Ely, Minnesota. I booked travel, made hotel reservations, organized catering and crafty, assisted in developing call sheets, gathered crew paperwork as well as location and materials releases. I also researched the town of Ely, mapped out routes to the shooting locations, and familiarized myself with restaurants and rental facilities.

Primary responsibilities included managing crafty and catering, managing releases, providing assistance with equipment set up and breakdown, supply runs, managed the interns, and wardrobe assistance.