Matthew Simonis

Edit short form videos for social media posts. Clients included Arm & Hammer, Zoetis, Perdue etc.

Assisted Art Director in building stage for University of Michigan Signing Day, made production runs and stood in for event rehearsal.

Directed multiple shooters on what kind of content to capture, conducted interviews and edit final product for client.

Drive actors to and from set, help set-up crafty table, assist Gaffer in setting up lights and running cable.

Working alone or with another shooter, capture the full day of events surrounding each wedding including pre-cermony coverage, ceremony coverage and the reception.

Monitor audio, slate takes, take BTS photos along with other miscellaneous tasks.

Working as Co-Director and Director of Photography, Matthew Directed a small crew in extreme weather conditions, Co-wrote the film and edited the film. Dystopia has screened at several film festivals including the East Lansing Film Festival and the Soo Film Festival

Collaborated with the director to help construct lighting schemes for Interviews and B-roll. View the final product Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHLhHGGMWM

Come up with lighting scheme for set and operate one of the camera's during the shoot. Also worked as Post-Production Supervisor which included determining post-production workflow, making tweaks to the final edit and coloring all footage.

Working with a small video team in order to shoot live music shows in various intimate venues, responsible with editing a well constructed video for each performing band. Learn more about Sofar Sounds here in Milwaukee: https://www.sofarsounds.com/milwaukee

Helped to record foley sound as well as assisted Director in shooting Extreme close-ups with macro lens.

Operate Camera for Documentary Style Interview and Live Music Events. Also edited interviews and Operated boom mic on a few occasions.

Matthew's Senior thesis Film at UW-Milwaukee, Frame of Mine has screened in 12+ Film festivals including Chicago Horror Film Festival, Flyway Film Festival and Milwaukee Short Film Festival. View the film's teaser trailer here: https://vimeo.com/154429121

Directing a small crew, Matthew implemented creative lighting strategies in line with director's creative vision. Pax Hominis (Peace of Man) Screened at the Wildwood Film Festival.

Edited footage down to a rough cut of the film, for the lead editor to work from. Also worked as a sound editor and a Production Grip on the project. I Am Here won the Grand Jury Prize at UW-Milwaukee Student Film Festival and Screened at the Driftless Film Festival.

Film was part of the 48 hour film festival, helped manage production and make all phases of production were done in a timely matter and facilitate any tasks that the director needed to get done.