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The challenge started “sanely” enough…I wanted to write a screenplay.

I had wanted to for a very long time, but didn’t know how. I had a good storyline, some experience in acting and watching others work behind the camera, but no idea where to start in writing a screenplay. So I bought a couple books and started reading.

Roughly 27 rewrites, countless revisions, God knows how many hours, and a year later, I finished writing the screenplay for DONOVAN.

And then the really crazy idea hit me—I could make this happen. Not just a screenplay, but I could make this film actually happen.

So I found some investors, we put a company together, and little did I know the ride I was in for…but we did it.

Watch the trailer here

PRE-PRODUCTION

“It takes a great amount of structure to provide safety in the chaos.“
          – A nugget of my own

Pre-production is to filmmaking what wireframes and mood boards are to great design. The more structure you provide, the more creativity and spontaneity you get within, and out of it. 

Budgets, storyboards, schedules, planning, contracts, hiring, auditions, rehearsals—all of this and more happens in pre-production. I wore so many hats, I lost my hair…true story.

WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Once the movie was complete, it was time to get it out into the world. I designed and built a full eCommerce platform site (using Woo Commerce within WordPress), and voila*, people started buying and watching the film.

“Voila” – Ha…that’s funny. I had no idea what I was doing in building a WooCommerce platform website. But that is one thing I like about myself—I will dig my teeth into something until I figure it out. 

Voila!

Bee, you are one bad motherf***er!

- Robert, Creative Director

I was working on some ad concepts for Match.com. One of the concepts was about finding long-term commitment through the service along with the challenge of not using stock imagery of people. The CTRs had been declining on all the “people” ads and were getting lost in the noise.

My thought was to use a pair of wedding bands as a focal image around the search boxes built into the banners we were doing. 

The second challenge was that all the stock imagery of wedding bands were incredibly cheesy, and mostly yellow gold which wasn’t what I wanted. So I found a couple of volunteers nearby who were married and had platinum wedding bands, borrowed their rings, and took a picture of them right there on my desk. 

Here’s the original image…

Fluorescent lighting, no flash, texture on the men’s band that doesn’t translate at all in the photo, atrocious coloration on the desk—the whole 9-yards of “why the hell would you use this picture in an ad?“

In fact, that’s exactly what my creative director, Robert asked me.

I spent some time with the image in Photoshop, created the ad, and then showed this to Robert…

He smiled and said, “Bee, you are one bad motherfudger.”

Only he didn’t say “fudge.” He said THE word. The big one. The Queen Mother of dirty words. The ‘F dash dash DASH’ word!

I laughed and asked, “can I use that as a testimonial?”

“Damn right, you can!”

If you could use a bad motherfudger on your team, let’s talk.

You're a nut!

— More than one person

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- Your Sister

About Bee

Bee, you are one bad motherf***er!

Robert, creative director

Funny story...

A diverse creative and marketing background in video, print, and digital media for in-house teams and agency environments has cultivated a strong passion to evolve ideas into stories, and stories into brands.

Was a cute kid too.

CONCEPT | EXECUTION

You execute ideas in
a masterful way.

Amanda, copywriter

I am an artist with an entrepreneurial spirit. In my twenty-ish years, I have been everything from copywriter, production artist, art director, creative director, to VP of marketing for an audio imaging company in Dallas. Plus, I wrote, produced, and directed a full-length feature film which won several awards in the indie film festival circuit. My focus on design and marketing has been a constant throughout my career, but I do enjoy having the breadth of scope in my skills to bring to the table.

I have worked in agency as well as in-house team environments with such brands as GlaxoSmithKline, Match.com, Pep Boys, and Meritage Homes to name a few. I am well versed in the various types and structures of organizations (B2B and B2C) and the branding needs and details that come with each.

I am seasoned (more than I’d care to admit), incredibly self-disciplined, creative, and I love things like brand integrity, attention to detail, and communication (which is evident in my writing more than you probably care to read).

From concept to execution, let’s connect and find out how I can help with your creative needs.

AWARDS | RECOGNITION

AAF Dallas ADDY

Project: Michael Johnson Performance Center Website thru GDD Interactive
Role: UI Art Direction

ePharma Awards

Project: eDetail for Altabax, GlaxoSmithKline
Role: Concept, Art Direction, Storyboarding

TM Century

2x Employee of the month: March and August, VP Marketing

Best Picture,
Best Dramatic Feature,
Only Human Award

Project: DONOVAN Feature Film Recognized by Bare Bones Int. Film Festival and Ft. Worth Indie Film Showcase
Role: Writer, Producer, Director