Javen Blankenship

• Document tradespeople, artists, and locals with respect to the communities they serve.

• Photograph portraits, festivals, concerts, protests, and behind-the-scenes production.

• Proficient in cropping, balancing, masking, photo merging, and color grading.

• Manage clear and concise social media presence.

• Setup of audio-visual equipment for live events and conferences.

• Operated and monitored audio levels during performances and conferences to ensure clear audio delivery.

• Collaborate with client direction, ensure department cooperation, and troubleshoot AV systems on-standby for optimal event presentation.

• Collaborated with clients to craft narratives ranging from documentaries to music videos.

• Utilized DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects), AVID Media Composer, and CapCut for various projects.

• Proficiency in color grading, motion graphics, and audio mixing.

• Experience filming stable and professional interviews, corporate events, concerts, short films, narrative B-roll, behind the scenes footage, and music videos.

• Proficiency in delivering clear audio levels.

• Sought and documented community-level narratives to highlight local stories and perspectives.

• Collaborate with clients to expand on ideas through storyboards, consultation calls, and edit-focused pre-production.

• Organization, upkeep, troubleshooting, and GigaTrak Management of production equipment check-in and check-out across the University's teachers and students.

• Successfully pitched and procured SnorriCam rig for student use.