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Resume & Portfolio RESUME & PORTFOLIO . FILM / Seeking a position in Production for Camera, G&E, or Art Dept WESLEY CAVINS Gulfport, MS Mysterious Circumstance – 2nd AC - SAG Feature – Tishomingo, MS ‘21 - IMDb • Duties inc prepping equip, assisting rigging A & B cameras Phone: 323.762.0994 • Setting up video village, swinging lenses, camera setups, and driving camera truck • Pulled focus for multi-focus point shot in low light without marks, focus assist, or Email: rehearsal. Provided camera carts / Magliners. [email protected] Ref: Robbie Fisher (UPM), Katrina Kinder (1st AC), Konnor Megginson (A Cam Op) nd Portfolio: wesleycavins.com Demigod – 2 AC - SAG & DGA Feature – Lumberton, MS ‘20 - IMDb • Duties inc prep and wrap of pickup & returns from Panavision • Assisted rigging Arri A & B Cam Alexa Minis with cage, mounts, plates, rods, etc. Experience: Art, Grip, Gaffer, • Responsible for swinging 35mm, 50mm, 80mm Lomo Anamorphics as well as Zeiss 75mm Writer, Director, Producer, PA & 100mm Master Anamorphics; repo O’Connor head, sticks, magliners, monitors / village Ref: Nathan Tape (Dir. Of Photo.), Katrina Kinder (1st AC), Jordan Marable (A Cam Op) Awards: Best Use of Genre “A Day Without Magic” - Director I Still Believe – Set Dresser - Tier III Union Feature – Mobile, AL ‘19 - IMDb 48 Hour New Orleans, LA • Duties inc pickup & return from All About Props ATL, NOLA Props, RJR Props ATL. • Dressed multiple sets in multiple locations: hospital, museum, ball park, main house set, Socials: outdoor festival stage, indoor arena stage, apartment, beach wedding. Twitter /wesleycavins Ref: Elle Langford (Art Dir), Leonard Spears (Set Dec), Dayton Douglass (Leadman) Facebook /wescavins SuperCool – 1st Unit G&E – Tier III Union Feature – Mobile, AL – ‘19 - IMDb Instagram /wesleycavins • Duties included unloading and loading 10 ton & shorty 40 for array of setups. Linkedin /wesleycavins • Rigging H2 with speedrail for Electric to mount motion tubes IMDb.me /wesleycavins • Rigging camera to picture vehicle Porsche with suction mounts on H2. • Assisting Electric with rooftop Arri Skypanel s60, s360 Condor rig w/ m40’s m80’s. Relev. Skill: Tying a cowboy hitch Ref: Danny Abbott (BB Grip), John Coyne (Key Grip), Thomas Semple (Dolly Grip) to a trucker’s hitch. The Vanished – PA & Art Dept – Tier I Union Feature –Tuscaloosa, AL – ’19 - IMDb Addt’l Experience: Designer • Duties inc assisting depts on set: G&E, Sound, Art, Transpo, Locations, Crafty. • Stayed on after wrap to assist Art Dept with wrapping and striking sets. Ref: Dayton Douglass (Leadman) Peter Winter (1st AD) Wed – Graphic – Production Extensive list of subcontractor Hallowed Ground – Gaffer – SAG & DGA Feature –Hattiesburg, MS – ’18 - IMDb and in-house design contract • Arri 650w+ CTO flicker box rig w/ scrims, 1200w HMI on a combo riser experience dating back to ’05 • Rigging 2ft four bank Kinoflos, exterior 750w source 4’s , and overhead Flexlights. available upon request. • Hanging visqueen & duvetyne for day for night setups. Ref: Miles Doleac (Dir) Digital and physical mediums; Payment Received – Gaffer – SAG Feature –Jackson, MS – ’18 - IMDb Web, front-end & UX design, • Exterior fiilex and leico lighting as sodium vapor lights. Poor man’s vehicle rig. product, screen printing / • Rigging 1k HMI, Arri 300w, single & four bank Kinoflos, Dracast & Flexlights. apparel, marketing materials, • Rigging practical DMX stage light LEDs. Ref: Michael Williams (DP) costumes, film sets, and events. A Day without Magic – 48 Hour NOLA Short – Director, Producer – ’18 - IMDb Glass Talons – SAG Feature – Writer, Director, Producer - Biloxi, MS - ’18 - IMDb Languages: HTML, CSS, PHP Light & Shadow – SAG & DGA Short – G&E – Hattiesburg, MS – ’17 - IMDb SEO, XML, SQL, JavaScript Cedar Chest – Non-Union Short – Writer, Director, Prod – Forest, MS – ’16 - IMDb Software: Adobe CS/CC, Avid, Producer – TypoDuctions – Client Productions – New York, NY DaVinci, Office 360, Win / iOS Film Equipment Manager, Side Show Props 2.0 – Gulfport, MS Designer / Marketing – Film - ExploreTalent.com – Los Angeles, CA EDU: Jacksonville State University, AL – Film & Video Production .
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