Matthew Suppes

The McBee Dynasty Was one of 2 full time local PAs for full production. General PA tasks, transportation, runs, buildup and teardown of production offices, and general assistance at the production office or in the field. Would fill in for field PAs (such as field loggers) when necessary. Driver for EPs during pickup shoots.

Event still photography for the expo, rodeo and awards ceremony

General PA tasks, production runs, shuttling crew / gear in rental vans, assisting the camera assistant with packing and unpacking gear / oddjobs.

Assisted in the building and tearing down of basecamp at the start and end of production. Was a production assistant following one of the AV teams shooting b-roll and drone footage of contestants, and later a driver for key production crew to and from the hotel. On final two days of production I was the PA responsible for processing winning contestants for their required background check and other required evaluations for the contest.

I picked up a rental vehicle and shuttled the Director of Photography from the Milwaukee airport to the location in Baraboo, WI. The next day I assisted in shuttling him from location to location, moving equipment and occasionally acting as an assistant camera setting up a car rig. At the end of show shuttled him back to the airport and returned the rental vehicle.

Helped to set up spot for crew gear and batteries, then set up school library as the holding area for over 75 people making up the families of the contestants. Had to get signed releases from each family / guardian for the contestants appearing on camera. Later helped take lunch orders and provide other tasks for crew with interviews until the end of the day.