ALL SERVICE PRODUCTION GAL

Johanna has worked on nearly every type of production. From live televised events to reality series to commercials/PSA/EPKs, feature films, news and to the frontier of online productions, she has worked in nearly every role. However, her greatest passion is on-set directing and overseeing and advising cuts in the bays. She thoroughly enjoys the process of going through development, production and post to ensure high quality, entertaining, "must-see" media that exceeds expectations and delivers a strong viewership and renewal.

Creative Development

  • Writing episodic scripts | script editing (short or long format)
  • Overseeing Writer's Rooms
  • Creating TV Formats
  • Drafting Treatments | Pitch Decks via KeyNote, Powerpoint, Pages
  • In-Depth Research
  • Casting Outreach via social media, personal contacts, cold phone calls, in-person pitching
  • Skype | FaceTime Recording
  • Writing One-Sheets, Beat-Sheets, Hot Sheets
  • Directing Documentary Scenes and Cast Interviews
  • Pitching to Networks, Production Companies and Agents

Budgets, Contracts, Operations

FINANCIALS + LEGAL
  • Creating $25K to $4.9M budgets and estimates via EP Budgeting, Movie Magic, Hot Budgets and Excel/Sheets
  • Drafting client Bid Letters + SOWs
  • Tracking and reconciling costs
  • Managing POs, invoices and payroll
  • Reviewing contracts and edits
  • Overseeing operations at studio

Field + Studio Production

DIRECTING + INTERVIEWING
  • Directing scripted (comedy + drama), highly stylized commercial and verite documentary scenes
  • Directing re-creations | re-enactments
  • Multi-camera directing (up to 10 cameras)
  • Interviewing talent
  • Creating storyboards and shot lists via Shot Designer
  • Setting visual styles | tone with DP
  • Leading with decisive, forward thinking, positively
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PRODUCING
  • Overseeing creative and logistics of project
  • Writing scripts, outlines, host copy and other creative production documents
  • Casting Actors (union and non-union)
  • Creating positive relationships with talent, agents, and other representatives
  • Setting the production and post schedule
  • Hiring Below the Line Crew  Vendors
  • ​Supervising | Motivating Key Department Heads
  • Location Scouting and booking
  • ​Negotiating with vendors and trade-outs
  • Managing legal issues, as well as clearing music, footage, artwork, people, locations
  • Collaborating with and addressing network needs
  • ​Maintaining and modifying the format, as needed

CAMERA OPERATIONS
  • Shooting on Canon 5Ds, Panasonic HVX 200, BlackMagic cameras
  • Lighting scenes, when necessary
  • Running sound via lavs, when necessary
  • Owns camera, lighting, sound package for rental

Post Production

  • Editor and advance string-outs on ADOBE PREMIERE, FINAL CUT 7 and AVID MEDIA COMPOSER.
  • ​Writing Voiceover for Talent
  • Overseeing multiple story producers and editors on multiple episodes, characters and storylines
  • Hiring GFX/VFX artists, Sound Designers, Online Color Correctors and Composers.
  • Stylizing show open titles, bumpers, animations, music cues, general visual and audio show elements
  • Providing constructive and motivating notes to editors, composers, animators, colorists, sound designers
  • Collaborating with Post Supervisors and other post staff
  • Delivering deliverables on time
  • Addressing network or client notes

Project Management

PROJECT ORGANIZATION
  • Utilizing Asana, Wrike and Monday.com
  • PMP Certified