About: As a senior at Juniata College, I was able to take on an incredible project: Making an educational video about Northern Map Turtles.
With the help of professors Ryan Gibboney and Roy Nagle, I led this project from pre-production to delivery. I was able to go on site b-roll, and I wrote a script for the video’s narration. I also challenged myself to learn a little bit of Adobe After Effects.
Equipment: Canon 80D, Rode Shotgun Mic, GoPro
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
About: Our team worked with the East Broad Top Railroad this semester to produce a documentary film about its history and the important people involved with its restoration.
In the Fall of 2020, we released the trailer, and we plan to premiere the full-length documentary in May 2021.
Team: Tatum Poirier and Hayley Purvis
Equipment: Canon 80D, Canon 90D, Mark II, Three-point lighting kit with soft boxes, Rode shotgun mics, Drone,
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects
For more information; East Broad Top Railroad
About: As Multimedia Specialist at Simmons University, I work closely with the Director of the Brand to execute video and photo projects for the university. Here is the highlight reel from commencement, which I filmed and edited.
Equipment: Canon 6D Mark II
About: Mother’s Day, 2020. My mom decided to make a strawberry and blueberry tart. With this video, I started to challenge myself to create videos about my life at home during the pandemic.
Equipment: Canon DSLR 80D, handeld.
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro
About: My mom bought chicks when we got back from school, amid stay-at-home orders. They were small and fluffy. Now, since the coop is finished (the yellow paint matches our own house) I decided to film them.
Equipment: Canon 80D, handheld
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro
What’s the story?: The challenge with Home was to create a short scene without any dialogue. Home tells the story of a woman asking to go back home for a little while.
Filmed in Huntingdon, Pa.
Written & directed by Ashley Purvis
Starring Hayley Purvis and Colin Brislawn
Equipment: Canon DSLR 80D, Gimbal, Tripod, Light & Gels kit.
10.23.19.
Congratulations to two theatre-loving, adorably sweet people! Captured in Spokane, Washington.
Filmed by: Hayley Purvis & Hannah Clavette; Edited by: Ashley Purvis; Hand-rendered text: Hayley Purvis
About: Filmed in the summer of 2019 in Eastern Washington.
Team: Hayley Purvis
Equipment: Canon 80D, Canon Rebel T7, Manfrotto tripods, Gimbal, Manfrotto monopod
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro
About: I achieved multiple promotional trailers and videos for The Rude Mechanicals by understanding the organization’s mission to enhance, educate, elevate, and entertain the surrounding community and beyond. I captured interview and b-roll footage, all within strict deadlines. I organized footage, music, and asset files, and I shared finished deliverables across social media to promote theatre productions
I was also an actress at the Rude Mechanicals in productions such as, The Comedy of Errors as Dromio of Ephesus, Macbeth as a Witch, and The Tempest as Iris.
To learn more about The Rude Mechanicals, please visit: rmtheatre.org
Team: Hayley Purvis
Equipment: Canon Rebel T7i, Monopods
Programs: Adobe Premiere Pro
About: Sarah & Eric’s wedding was a dream to capture; from the venue, the lights, to the grassy scenery. It was fun to help them tell their own unique story.
Filmed in the beautiful Eastern Washington area.
Team: Hayley Purvis and Hannah Clavette
What’s the story?: Filmed during a day in early March, around 1:00pm, (before stay-at-home orders were in place) and it was finally sunny and warm. We had been waiting for a day like this. Hayley and Laura swung their skates over their shoulders, I grabbed my camera, and we all walked up to the Juniata tennis courts.
Equipment: Canon DSLR 80D & Zhyiun Gimbal.
You’re Just Fine is a short film I wrote, directed, and shot for an end-of-the-semester project in my Digital Video Production class. I wanted to create dynamic lighting by creating colored gels out of transparent folders.
Starring: Abby Schroding & Ben Josefson
Black Sheep was my first short film. Written and directed by Hayley Purvis and me, it’s the story of two friends who rob a string of gas stations before settling down in a field in the middle of nowhere.
Cinematography by Ethan Shotz.
It won the Double Excellent 2nd Place Award at the Washington State Thespian Festival in 2014.
Filmed in the summer of 2019.
Some b-roll I captured for a project to show my camera and editing skills. I wanted the footage to be warm and the music to be nostalgic.
Filmmaking in the midst of a pandemic. Due to the coronavirus getting worse, many students were leaving or had already left campus, and I was going stir-crazy. Since there was nobody on my floor, I decided to film and edit this short video.
I wanted to capture anything that would make a compelling shot. It was interesting because I had never previously thought about filming in that building - never saw the beauty in it before? Regardless, I found it a fun project. It kept my mind busy.
