02/06/2025
Last week a group of film/tv folks met at the Star Theatre to talk about their skills, equipment and projects.
With their permission, I list those folks here along with my notes on them:
Brenna Vega;
Exec Director Hilltop Haven, PHD research,
Erik Yount;
Substack artist. Film program, gaffer, writing, animation.
Mark Schwenk;
Commercial videos, location scout, talent producer,
Mark Winiarski;
Audio/video, works with live bands, recorder, performs live streaming including local productions such as International Waster Tasting, Transition Talks. Facilities manager at Morgan Arts Council. Skilled in computers and networks.
Matt Hovermale;
Camera work. Production Assistant. Freelance photography.
Nelson Jacobsen;
Podcasting, extreme videos, content distribution. record label experience. Crypto and Blockchain technologies.
Nick Langan;
For his short film, he needs a glade setting and babbling brook. This group connection may have solved this need already. His education is from Stevens University. Nick does writing, ads, acting and communications for a 501c3 with social media.
Walt Olen;
Audio, gaffer, stunts, extreme driving, set lighting / power, sound, generators, light towers. Physical storage. Connected to video production folks. Experienced with auctions and cross country moving.
Rick Watson;
Currently shooting a reality TV series about efforts to bring TV and film project to Morgan County WV and enable folks to tell their local stories.
We'll be meeting again from time to time to see if we can progress these projects.