Jack Dodson
Freelance Videographer
Brooklyn, NY, USA
207.504.6269
jdreporting.wordpress.com
native mainer, documentary enthusiast, & i basically keep ll bean in business.
I’ve done everything from writing grants to hard academic research, and I have extensive experience — that is, for a 22-year-old — in newsrooms and documentary production. In the past two years, I’ve completed work on two long-form documentary films that I worked on from beginning to end — projects that brought me to farms in Sri Lanka and slums in Bombay.
I’ve done everything from writing grants to hard academic research, and I have extensive experience — that is, for a 22-year-old — in newsrooms and documentary production. In the past two years, I’ve completed work on two long-form documentary films that I worked on from beginning to end — projects that brought me to farms in Sri Lanka and slums in Bombay.
Work Experience
Jigsaw Productions
Production Assistant & Researcher
January 2013
- April 2014
New York, New York, United States
Bowdoin College
Freelance Videographer
I help the communications department make & edit videos as needed.
October 2012
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Brunswick, Maine, United States
Health For All - A Documentary
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
"Health for All" is a short documentary about health issues in rural India -- focusing on the organizations that attempt to make health accessible to even the poorest of the poor. We filmed for five weeks in December - January 2012, and began screening the film in the fall.
We were honored to partner with the Turkish bid for Expo 2020 to screen a short cut of our film as part of their presentation at the BIE meeting in November 2012.
We were honored to partner with the Turkish bid for Expo 2020 to screen a short cut of our film as part of their presentation at the BIE meeting in November 2012.
October 2011
- November 2012
Mumbai, India
The Elephant In The Room - A Documentary
Co-director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Elephant in the Room was a short documentary about three American college students trying to understand the role of climate change in a small island country. Over the course of three weeks, I worked with two other students to film, interview, and travel around the country.
We made the film on a Park Foundation grant & screened it in fall 2011.
We made the film on a Park Foundation grant & screened it in fall 2011.
November 2010
- October 2011
Colombo, Sri Lanka
PineStraw Magazine / O.Henry Magazine
Freelance Writer/Photographer
January 2009
- August 2012
Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
The Pilot
Multimedia Reporting Intern
May 2010
- September 2010
Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
The Pendulum
News Editor, Multimedia Editor, Senior Reporter
August 2009
- February 2011
Elon, North Carolina, United States
The News & Record
Freelance Reporter
September 2010
- February 2011
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Education
Elon University
B.A. - English (Professional Writing & Rhetoric)
Minor in Communications.
September 2008
- May 2012
Elon, North Carolina, United States
Languages
Spanish (Advanced),
Skills
Adobe Aftereffects,
Adobe Bridge,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
DSLR Photography/videography,
Final Cut Pro,
Logic,
Motion,
Professional Video Cameras,
ProTools,
Writing For Print & Web,