OVERTIME: Four Artists, Four Day Jobs
The Brief & Scale
A four-part docuseries on DMV artists building careers around day jobs, created, booked and directed from scratch. Launched as a live screening and concert at the Kennedy Center's REACH campus to an audience of a hundred plus, which opened a continuing institutional client relationship.
Production Scope
Owned the full lifecycle on all four subjects: sourced and selected them, secured their participation, wrote the interview structures, prepped each one, directed every shoot in homes and studios, and supervised the edit.
The Editorial Challenge
Four people who had never been filmed, talking about the least flattering part of their working lives, in their own homes. The series only works if the subjects trust the room enough to stop performing, which meant building the interview structure around what they were actually willing to say.
From Scouting to the REACH Stage
Sourced and selected all four subjects from the DMV scene, securing participation from artists who had never been filmed.
Wrote the interview structures and question arcs, prepped each subject, and paced episodes to a lo-fi visual rhythm shot in homes and studios.
Story-produced and supervised the post-production cuts for YouTube and social release.
Executive-produced the live screening, concert and showcase at the Kennedy Center's REACH campus, playing to an audience of a hundred plus.
Picked Them Early
- Picked them early. Alex Vaughn signed with LVRN/Interscope two years after filming. Julia Chon, working as Kimchi Juice, has since been acquired by the Smithsonian and commissioned by NASA, Apple and the Phillips Collection.
- Full lifecycle on four subjects. Sourcing, participation, interview design, field direction across multiple locations and edit supervision, with no production department behind it.
- A digital series that opened an institutional door. The REACH premiere turned a YouTube docuseries into a working relationship with the Kennedy Center that continued past the launch.