Lori Schmon

Worked as a field producer and shooter in a demanding and fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include: capturing video and audio as a one-man-band, coordinating shoot schedules, clearing locations, conducting interviews with talent, tracking story developments, writing daily field updates with detailed story developments and creating field logs based on shot footage.

Produced innovative corporate video projects from concept development to final delivery for Fortune 500 companies and universities. Oversaw budgets, wrote film treatments, scouted/booked locations and hired crews. Field produced shoots across the U.S. and Canada, coordinated shoot schedules, managed crews and acquired signed release forms. Supervised post production.

Field produced a series of videos for Hess Corporation in North Dakota. Responsibilities included: scouting locations, creating shoot schedules, working with local North Dakotans to secure locations, managing freelance crews, directing interviews and b-roll, acquiring signed talent release forms, overseeing post production schedules and selecting final music for films.

Co-directed and produced a new admissions film for The University of Vermont while employed as a staff Associate Producer at Tribe Pictures. Responsibilities included: executing creative vision of project; coordinating shoot schedules; managing freelance crews; directing interviews, b-roll and timelapses; supervising post production. Link to video: http://lorischmon.com/?p=884

Directed and produced a film about Franklin & Marshall's pre-college immersion program for high school seniors. Responsibilities included: conceptualizing a creative treatment, casting students, directing interviews, coordinating shoot schedules, co-editing the film, creating a graphics treatment and selecting music for the final film. Link to video here: http://lorischmon.com/?p=814

Produced and edited news packages for BUTV’s news magazine show Inside Boston, which won a 2010 Telly award for excellence in student programming. While in London, I shot and produced a College TV Associated Press award-winning video about violent protests during the financial crisis, which aired on Inside Boston.