Examples of Credited Work
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Title: Doomtree "Traveling Dunk Tank" (Music Video)
Director: Maria Juranic DP: TJ Schwingle
My Credit: Director of Photography
Notes: Shot overnight on the shortest night of the year, with only 2 days of Pre-Pro, an all-volunteer crew, and a very small budget. Ambitious. Thanks to all who helped!
(Clip Info: 520x260 px, .mov format, 69.5 Mb, H.264 Codec)

Title: Love in October "A Day in the Life of..." (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith and Myself
My Credit: DP for 1st day of shooting; 1st AC afterwards
Notes: All the opening shots until the lyrics start are my own, and any shots of dancing on red carpet. The rest belong to Randy.
(Clip Info: 320x180 px, .mov format, 26.3 Mb, Sorenson 3 Codec)

Title: "Open House" (48 Hr. Film Festival Competition)
Director: K. Hurley & B. Terrell DP: TJ Schwingle
My Credit: Director of Photography
Notes: Written, shot, and edited in a 48-hour period, this film won for best script, best director(s), best actor, and audience favorite in 2007 for the city of Minneapolis. (Language!)
(Clip Info: 480x260 px, .mov format, 30.2 Mb, H.264 Codec)

Title: The Loved Ones "The Bridge" (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: Chief Lighting Technician

Notes: These guys are awesome to work with, and this was a fun video to make. Thanks to the crew who spent hours squeezing dimmers for me!
(Clip Info: 540x304 px, .mov format, 51.3 Mb, H.264 Codec)


Title: No Use for a Name "Biggest Lie " (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: Chief Lighting Technician

Notes: All green-screen. Studio shoot. Lots of big lights. And then Justin Staggs works his graphic-magic in post.

(Clip Info: 540x304 px, .mov format, 50.5 Mb, H.264 Codec)


Title: Stacy B. "Let's Go" (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: Chief Lighting Technician
Notes: This video was shot using a limited lighting package (par cans, a couple fresnels, a couple Kino units, and whatever practicals we had available)
(Clip Info: 320x180 px, .mov format, 22.2 Mb, Sorenson 3 Codec)

Title: A Farewell Rescue "Pretty, Cut and Dry" (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: Chief Lighting Technician
Notes: Many standard Flo tubes rigged to flicker. Done in a building under construction with only 2 active circuits (had to patch into lighting fixtures to gain a few more)
(Clip Info: 320x180 px, .mov format, 52.5 Mb, Sorenson 3 Codec)

Title: The All-American Rejects "Tournado" (Performance)
Director: Jeff Richter DP: Bobby Eras
My Credit: Camera Operator
Notes: A short clip from the full show. In this clip, my camera is the overhead view (as pictured)

(Clip Info: Crop 320x240 px, .mov format, 7.4 Mb, H.264 Codec)

Title: Against Me! "Stop!" (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: 1st Assistant Camera

Notes: Shot on both film and HD video. Guest-starring "Paddy" of Dillinger Four. Hilarity ensues.

(Clip Info: 320x240 px, .mov format, 30 Mb, H.264 Codec)


Title: Limbeck "Big Drag" (Music Video)
Director: J. Pierre & S. Nelson DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: Assistant Camera
Notes: A long-take video. (Ignore the cropped title screen; the video itself is not cropped)

(Clip Info: 480x256 px, .mp4 format, 41.1 Mb, H.264 Codec)

Title: Love Arcade "Keep It Comin'" (Music Video)
Director: J. Pierre & S. Nelson DP: Mike Hartzel
My Credit: 1st Assistant Camera
Notes: Shot in a large studio apartment without air conditioning or operational windows in the middle of summer with at least 12 tungsten fresnels burning: Hot
(Clip Info: Crop 320x240 px, .mov format, 25.6 Mb, H.264 Codec)

Title: Echo Screen "This Letter Bomb" (Music Video)
Director: Justin Staggs DP: Randy Smith
My Credit: 1st Assistant Camera
Notes: Full green-screen video and the camera is always moving


(Clip Info: 320x180 px, .mov format, 67.3 Mb, Sorenson 3 Codec)

Title: POS "Bleeding Hearts Club" feat. Slug (Music Video)
Director: Bo Hakala DP: Bo Hakala
My Credit: Grip/Electric
Notes: I worked on this video back-to-back with the Love Arcade video listed above to make a long (but always fun) week

(Clip Info: 480x270 px, .mov format, 28.5 Mb, H.264 Codec)