Products and production workflows
Production problems turned into working products.
My role
Product & Workflow Development
I design and build software for creative development, editing and production. My background in filmmaking and engineering lets me take a problem from the production floor through product design, development and testing.
Documentary stories are built from what people say. Conventional editing systems make it difficult to find the right words without repeatedly playing and listening to the footage. That slow search inspired PaprCut: read across interviews, shape the story and carry the decisions into the edit.
I identify the constraint, define the product and workflow, design the experience, build and test it, and decide what to release, revise or stop.
I check source accuracy, output quality, rights, cost and whether the product fits the existing workflow. Testing and user feedback guide the next iteration.
PaprCut and Pitch Dept are working products for editors and directors. I’m also developing workflows for tracking the effect of editorial changes on VFX and for managing large numbers of delivery versions.
Product & workflow development / 23 Pacific
Software I’ve designed and built for editorial and creative development.
PaprCut
PaprCut is a Mac workspace for finding a documentary story across interviews. Search transcripts, shape chapters and scenes, and export a source-linked rough cut to Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Original video remains local.
Native Mac application · in use
Inside PaprCut
Pitch Dept
Pitch Dept brings the brief, research, visual references and treatment development together. It uses the director’s brief and creative choices to draft a treatment they can edit and develop.
Used repeatedly by paying customers.
Inside Pitch DeptProduction systems
A workflow build comparing editorial versions and connecting changes to downstream VFX/post schedule and cost implications.
A workflow build for tracking and checking hundreds of outputs across branding, localization, content and size requirements.
For film projects, creative collaborations and studio leadership opportunities, get in touch. I work across directing, original IP, creative teams and production innovation.
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