CONTACT Mobile: (314) 956-9327 Address: 4446 Westminster Place
Email: the_hyacinth_girl@hotmail.com Saint Louis, MO 63108
SUMMARY I am a graduate of Messiah College who holds a double major in English and Film & Media Studies. Over the past four years, I have worked on numerous short films at my school, and I have been developing my own style as a visual artist and storyteller. I am most interested in writing, directing, and editing films, but am also eager to work as a production assistant or wherever help is needed. I am excited to learn from other people. I have worked with Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Pro Tools, Photoshop, and After Effects.
EXPERIENCE
June 2014- Aug 2014
May 2014
April 2014
Feb 2014
June 2013- Aug 2013
Sep 2012 Jan 2013
Oct 2012
Intern Video Editor for Grain Inc. I returned to work as a full time video editing intern for Grain Inc. I used my editing skills to contribute to the online magazine STL Curator, Stevens Institute of Business and Art, Varsity Tutors, and other internal and client projects. I collaborated with fellow editors frequently in order to effectively accomplish company goals. Internship Portfolio: sarahstevensonportfolio@weebly.com
Selected Poet and Photographer for the Minnemingo Review Messiah Colleges literary magazine selected one of my poems and one of my photographs for publication in the spring 2014 edition.
Short Film Selected for Best Editing Award at Splice Film Festival My short film The Sleeping Mask was screened at Messiah Colleges film festival and won the award for best editing.
Presenter at the 2014 Humanities Symposium at Messiah College On February 28 th 2014, I presented my research paper about T.S. Eliot on a literature seminar panel titled Sustaining Memory: Re-Imagining the Past.
Intern Video Editor at Grain Inc. In the summer of 2013, I worked full time as a video editing intern in the media production department for a company called Grain Inc., located in St. Louis, MO. I spent the summer efficiently editing videos for the company Varsity Tutors and for the online magazine called STL Curator. This involved cutting 40-minute video interviews down to 3-4 minutes and color correcting C100, Canon t3i, and 7D video footage.
Screenwriter for the short film Palace For his senior film project, Rolando Vega requested that I adapt his story into a screenplay. I produced a 20-page screenplay about a bankrupt movie theatre and the power that movies have to bring many generations together.
Producer for a TV Studio Project For a videography course at Temple University, I was in charge of producing a short comedic TV segment about a talk show. The filming took place in a studio at Temple over a four-hour period. I coordinated a large group of people, including camera operators, the director, actors, the floor manager, etc. The production was a success, as everything came together for the project and everyone worked well as a team.
April 2012 May 2013
Oct 2011 Dec 2011
Aug 2011 May 2012
Copy Editor & Contributor for Cinemablography.org Under the leadership of a film theory professor at Messiah College, I became one of the original contributors to our film theory website, cinemablography.org. I have written and co- written several articles for the website, and have been in charge of editing other articles for publication.
Production Designer for the short film Waiting Room For Rebecca Rinkers senior film project, I worked as the production designer/art director. I did many things on set but mainly focused on set dressing.
Secretary for Messiah Filmmakers Society I served as secretary for MFS as a sophomore at Messiah, so I mostly dealt with coordination and emails. I have been involved with the film club at Messiah since my first year there, so I have given multiple presentations on film-related topics.
April 2011 Music Supervisor for the short film We Need to Talk I am a trained pianist, and I used my abilities to perform the score for Joshua Wackers senior film project, We Need to Talk. I used MIDI software to record Debussys Arabesque and then I worked with the director to edit the music in Pro Tools. I supervised how the music was edited into the film. I am credited under the music department on IMDb.
A link to my IMDb credit for the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946510/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
March 2011 Production Assistant for the short film We Need to Talk I worked on the set of We Need to Talk. I assisted the director in constructing the set. During filming I assisted the director of photography, and in the absence of the boom operator I would sometimes take over.
Oct 2010 Feb 2011 Assistant Art Director for the short film Metamorphosis I worked on the set of a short film titled Metamorphosis, the senior project of Messiah student Sammi Leigh Melville. I assisted the art director on many tasks, mostly involving set decoration. I also helped with green screen work.
EDUCATION Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA Bachelors degrees in English and Film & Media Studies, expected to graduate May 2014 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Spent one semester, Fall 13, studying film at Temple University through a special program offered by Messiah College.