COLT COOKSON
307 West Walnut St. Hallsville TX, 75650 | - |-|
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dove Christian Center – Rapid City, SD
01/2004 – 2015
Director/Camera Operator Live Church Services (Live & Broadcast)
• Learned under a former News Director & Operations Manager of KNBN NewsCenter1.
• Assisted with camera set up and dvd burning
• Learned all the basics of operating a camera and operation of NewTech Tricaster video switcher.
Lifeway Church – Rapid City, SD
05/2019 – 12/2019
Producer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor Church Messages (Video Content Creator)
• Lead key creative for content for Lifeway Church.
• Helping a church and become known in the area by making content available to viewers.
• Working audio team during production and working solo in post-production.
LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL/PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
LAFS Productions – Hollywood, CA
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor “For Love” (Short Film)
• Wrote a Romantic/Drama, shot this story in a total of 10 hours with 2 hours of re-shoots.
• Female actor quit at the end of shoot and had to work with a replacement to voice for ADR.
• Make the whole project possible with two actors and no crew while filming in the Black Hills.
08/2018
LAFS Productions – Hollywood, CA
11/2018
Director/Producer/Writer/DP/Editor “Black Hills Story: Stephen Peot” (Short Documentary)
• Documentary style shoot with interviewee.
• Worked with a friend who needed a type of artist profile.
• Original plan to shoot a different project fell through & was able to do a last minuet story on a local
filmmaker.
LAFS Productions – Hollywood, CA
07/2019
Producer/Writer/Director/DP/Editor “We Are Who We Are” “A Permanent Experience” (Commercial
Campaign)
• Got first hand experience of a real world shoot.
• Expanded my skills by shooting a commercial campaign for a local business.
• Worked with award winning tattoo artists.
EDUCATION
The Los Angeles Film School – Hollywood, CA
Bachelor of Science, Digital Filmmaking
06/2016 – 07/2019
