Happily: Freelance Director of Photography (Live Events) required New York, United States

Director of Photography is needed in New York, United States.

Happily is looking for a Director of Photography. This job has been crawled from the web.

Location : New York, NY

Contract : Part-time, Contract

ABOUT HAPPILY

Happily is a global events and livestream media production company that represents the work of over 60,000 independent specialists across our departments of Strategy, Creative, Web, Broadcast, and Experiential. We join together on a shared mission to bring the best of humanity to live and virtual experiences for clients such as Airbnb, Adidas, B Corps, H&M, TikTok, TED, and YouTube. We care about the future of our planet and use technology to create unique, fun, carbon zero events.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The director of photography works alongside a technical director and is responsible for the event’s visual elements. Their primary duties include developing an event’s visual style, determining lighting and composition and planning camera angles.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing an event’s visual style.
• Determining lighting requirements on set.
• Deciding on the best camera angles and frames for the event.
• Ordering and testing lighting and camera equipment.
• Supervising a camera crew and directing camera movement.
• Selecting the appropriate film stock.
• Determining camera aperture settings.
• Controlling natural or artificial lighting conditions.
• Liaising with electricians to ensure adequate electrical supply.
• Determining elements such as filters, shutter angles, focus, depth of field and camera distance.
• Editing visual elements in post production.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in film, art or photography advantageous.
• A reel of visual work.
• Creative visual thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good technical camera operating skills.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required for this role. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: From $100.00 per hour

COVID-19 considerations:

All persons will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 for onsite work and will need to present a Vaccination Card at the venue.

Experience:

• director of photography: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: One location