Jon Dorn
Quincy, MA
Cartoonist, filmmaker, cinematographer, live music promoter & engineer.
E-mail: jdorn23@gmail.com – Phone: 508-591-0623 (Brewster Productions business line)
Education: MFA media art, Emerson College ’12; BA psychology & studio art, Skidmore College ’09; Plymouth South HS ’05.
Awards & Selections:
• ARTY Plymouth Arts Recognition Award for Brewster Productions, awarded 2011 by the Plymouth Cultural Council.
• Official selection, Student Experimental Film Festival in Binghamton, 2010 – “Tourist”, short film.
• Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award, 2008 (1st place, Northeast Region) for editorial cartooning in a student publication.
Select artistic work:
• Writer, artist, director, “Cartland”, 2011-2012: Transmedia cartoon project, comic strip and short film.
• Syndicated cartoonist, “Over the Height Limit”, 2011 – present: Weekly single panel comic. Syndicated through Gatehouse Media.
• Director and writer, “Clean Pop”, short film, 2011: Short fiction film, HD video.
• Editorial cartoonist, The Old Colony Memorial, 2010 – present: Weekly editorial cartoons and illustrations to supplement the “Jam Session” feature in Op-Ed, which features local public figures answering a question about local issues.
• Director, DP, editor – “Antiquarian: The Story of Preserving Plymouth”, 2010 – present: A documentary film about Plymouth’s largest historic preservation group, work in progress; HD video, 16mm b/w and color film.
Select professional experience:
• 1st Assistant Camera, “The Safe Maker”, short film, 2011: Independent film, HD video, shot in Boston, MA; worked with DP Shaun Clarke, assembled and maintained Sony EX3 Letus Ultimate 35mm lens adapter kit.
• Cinematographer and editor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government CASE Program, 2011: Record and edit case study video interviews for use in classrooms at the HKS.
• Cinematographer and photographer, Acoustic Nights Free Concert Series, 2011
• Co-owner – Brewster Productions, 2007 – present: Live music, sound, and entertainment production, booking and promotion. Brewster Productions produces the Acoustic Nights Free Concert Series and the Plymouth Independent Music Festival annually in Plymouth.
Organizations:
• Board member, Plymouth Cultural Council, 2011 – present: The council is a local part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council that seeks to support the arts in the community and education system of Plymouth. Appointed by Board of Selectmen.
• Active member, Plymouth Antiquarian Society, 2011-present
Technical skills:
• Moving image: Digital and HD video, 16mm film, digital and analog editing
• Still image: digital photography, cartooning, illustration, drawing, digital image editing, print layout and design
• Web/interactive: web design using WordPress, HTML, CSS
• Audio/music: digital audio recording, live sound production; proficient in the performance of: bass guitar, guitar, drums + percussion
• Software and equipment skills: Photoshop, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, MS Office; multi-channel live audio mixing (FOH and monitors); Sony EX3, Canon 7D/60D, Arriflex SR16, Bolex H16; Letus Ultimate 35mm lens adapter; cinematic lighting, grip and electric.
Other potentially useful attributes & knowledge:
• Ambitious, friendly, focused, accepting of criticism and suggestions.
• Former basketball player, cross country runner, Super Nintendo player. Knowledge of eastern Massachusetts geography, history, and culture.