A fun, DIY music video for the Tufts band Frog People.
[Director, Cinematographer, Editor]
"Distinct Rhythms" is a shortform documentary highlighting the voices and experiences of three Tufts musicians and their collaborators. Directed, filmed and edited by Kayla Avitabile for the Spring 2021 Advanced Documentary Course.
The OVV is an online music venue born from ONCE Somerville, an independent music venue in the Boston area that has since shut its doors from the pandemic. As ONCE navigates booking shows at different locales in the Boston area, the OVV hosts regular livestreams of pre-recorded as well as live performances by musicians. Featured below are a few of the sets I filmed and/or edited.
Camera: myself, ONCE interns and Treebeard Media
Editing: Kayla Avitabile
Animation: Willow Machado
Audio: Dead Moon Audio
Camera: Kayla Avitabile
Editing: Kayla Avitabile
Animation: Willow Machado
Audio: Dead Moon Audio
Featured are some additional sets that I edited for the OVV. The OVV is intern-run. I work alongside other students to plan, market and run these livestreams
A creative marketing motion graphic to promote upcoming shows (ie. livestreams) on the OVV.
Weekly "Tonight on OVV" promos are posted on the ONCE Virtual Venue socials.
Each promo features the acts that will be on that evening's livestream.
Animated marketing assets and promotional posters using After Effects for NICE, a fest for ONCE x BOYNTON YARDS
Footage taken from NICE, a fest to promote the remaining shows in the 2021 outdoor summer music series
Using Soundstage footage from the old ONCE Ballroom, this video promotes Ezra Furman's performance at the summer series.
I acted as producer and editor for Studio B Sessions Season 3 at Arlington Community Media, Inc. a public access station in Arlington, MA. Studio B Sessions is a live-sessions music series of the likes of MTV Unplugged, KEXP and NPR Tiny Desk featuring local artists.
After being the featured performer in the first episode, I went on to direct many of the future episodes in this season. Working with other interns and Arlington youth, I got a handle on live directing camera operators and a technical director.
Throughout the summer, I also had a chance to take on the producer role by acquiring talent for the series, helping to redesign the set, and working with another intern to revamp the intro graphic.
Studio B Sessions was filmed live-to-tape to simulate TV production. After filming, I had the opportunity to polish episodes in Adobe Premiere Pro. You can check out the rest of the season here:
The department of Film & Media Studies held a virtual film competition for the Fall 2020 semester asking students to make a film reflecting on their experience during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Also submitted for TUTV Pocket Docs 2020, a mini documentary project.
Horrorfest is an annual horror short film project for Tufts University Television (TUTV).
Editor and DP in "Cult 3zza." Editor for the 2021 trailer.
Horrorfest is an annual horror short project for Tufts University Television (TUTV). Mentor and credited in "Attachment: 1 Image" and editor for the 2020 trailer.
Mentor and credited in "Don't Do Drugs Kids"
Credited in "Ride Scare"
Producer and contributing editor to a new online series featuring Melisma Magazine members' musings on their favorite albums during the pandemic. The first episode features editor-in-chief, Ethan Lam, discussing Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music for Nine Post Cards.
A colIaboration between TUTV and Melisma Magazine, the series will continue even as the pandemic unwinds as a recollection of how music always seems to fit the moment we are living. The second episode features editor-in-chief Lola Nedic's top picks from her CD collection.
The Athena Project is a TUTV Docu-series featuring the voices of female, GNC and trans students at Tufts. I composed an original song, "Play the Game," for the credits in the episode "Confidence."
Director and editor for a filmed interview in collaboration with Melisma Magazine and Applejam Productions (a student organization that hosts concerts on campus) to feature the quirky headliner Matt Farley. Created through TUTV.
Camera Operator for a filmed interview with Marcela Cruz, opener for Tufts 2019 Spring Fling.
A short documentary, day-in-the-life style, depicting my encounters with music on a daily basis. Created for Documentary Film: History & Practice in Spring 2019.
Shot Through the Heart is an annual Valentines scripted project. Sound crew and editor.
Director/Crew and role in "Zoom Crush."
Crew and contributing editor for "Waiting."
Crew and contributing editor for "Artificial Confessions"
As a Spring 2021 intern for Boston Free Radio, the radio and podcast network within Somerville Media Center, one of my first projects was to create content on social media marketing for members.
Any good radio or podcast needs a promo! This video provides a step by step process for BFR members including an example.
Community Builders is a series that features women entrepreneurs in Somerville, MA that shape our community.
JJ Gonson is a photographer, the owner of a "locavore" catering company, Cuisine en Locale, and is the proprietor of the local music venue, ONCE Somerville.
Yvette Wilks is the host of a local radio show, "Wats da Wurd Radio", producer for SMC's very own "The Somerville Line," and a cofounder of the annual Evolution of Hip Hop Festival.
Allison Tanenhaus is a digital artist and graphic designer whose work spans a variety of mediums from stickers to music videos.
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