Chris Vaughn

Responsible for organizing and making sure all crew was COVID tested for all days for the poductions. Carefully organizing and properly storing all COVID Tests. Comply and enforce COVID protocols for production sets.

Communicate and enforce studio Covid-19 policies to the production team. Be the day-to-day resource and point of contact for all questions and concerns from cast and crew. Train crew and work with all departments and new employees to eliminate barriers to compliance. Serve as the principal conduit between the Producers, Studio, and Medical Experts to ensure legal and medical compliance. Work with Producers and Location Managers to develop plans for all production sites and shooting locations including shops, offices, stages, local and distant shooting locations. Coordinate interdepartmental communication, signage, and crew engagement in managing Covid-19 risk. Oversee the production’s Covid Team which may include compliance supervisors, testing coordinator, PPE and sanitization coordinators and compliance monitors.

Assist in set design, script rewrites and other tasks assigned to you by the producer or director. Communicating issues to the director or producer. Unpacking camera and rigging equipment. Laying dolly tracks. Assembling camera rigging including dollies, jibs, static rigs, cranes, and tracks. Testing the strength and safety of constructed rigs. Moving set pieces during a shoot. Spotting the camera operator. Moving light fixtures. Maintaining and repairing rigging equipment.

Responding to requests from production. Coordinating actor's makeup and costume completion. Announcing shoot starts and ends. Communicating issues to director or producer. Transporting equipment. Driving talent and crew. Supporting crew members on set. Preparing and packing items. Handling production paperwork. Protecting the set from the public (lock down) Cleaning the set and emptying trash cans.

As a producer at NewsWatch, I assisted in overseeing scripting, filming locations, actors , editing and completion of production for National Broadcasting on AMC networks. Scheduled and conducted Satellite Media Tours, with Celebrity talents such as Barry Sanders, Jordan Sparks, Maria Menounos, Tori Spelling and more. Responsible for initiating the pre-production process; to include storyboarding, set design, obtaining and organizing digital assets, distribution of relevant production information to the production team. Oversaw the preparation of production sets for non-live taping, to include teleprompter content approval, camera check, lighting check, mic check and preparing the hosts. On occasion would act and or host “Man-on-the-street” and “Movie Talk” segments for National Broadcasting. Assisted in client related troubleshooting, to include edits to videos or segments. As a videographer at NewsWatch TV, I was responsible for the filming of NewswatchTV, to include studio stand ups, capturing A Roll and B Roll, and ensuring the uploading and delivery of content to editors. Strong knowledge of camera operations, to include Canon DSLR 5D, Canon C200, Canon C300, 4k Blackmagic pocket cinema 4k, Blackmagic pocket cinema 6k and Blackmagic URSA. Assisted in filming and producing content for social media distribution. Responsible for overlooking and testing equipment prior to productions. Strong knowledge of all pre, post and on-set production. Examples of videography work can be found on NewsWatchtv.com. As the production coordinator, was the first and main point of contact for clients. My responsibilities ranged from kicking off the initial production call with clients, scheduling in-house and off-site interviews, gathering information, resources and filming notes from clients. Ensure client satisfaction from beginning of Production process to end.

As the production coordinator, was the first and main point of contact for clients. My responsibilities ranged from kicking off the initial production call with clients, scheduling in-house and off-site interviews, gathering information, resources and filming notes from clients. Ensure client satisfaction from beginning of Production process to end.

Launched freelance photography and editing business at creativeventmedia.com Relevant experience of delivering photography services on a freelance basis. Provided photography services to include weddings, engagements, headshots, artistic, street, branding and for historic records. Profound knowledge of traditional and digital photography techniques, equipment and principles. Exceptional knowledge of set up and operation of various studio and location lighting systems. Expertise knowledge Adobe creative suite and additional photo editing softwares. Ability to operate and handle a variety of digital cameras, lenses and any additional camera equipment.

Gained insight of the filming, editing, logistics, scheduling, production duties that go into major studio productions. Assisted in a variety of duties requested from production staff and superiors.