About Make48
Make48 is a nationwide invention competition and docuseries where teams have just 48 hours to design, prototype, and pitch a brand-new product around a sponsor’s real-world challenge — a fast-moving, multi-team shoot with a literal ticking clock. For Seasons 9 and 10, I ran on-site production end to end, from the first planning call to the final YouTube cut.
Various
Make48
Film Crew Directing / Camera / Drone
2 Years
On Going
What I Handled
Pre-production & coordination — Planned each shoot in advance: hiring and briefing crew, locking locations, sourcing rental gear, and building schedules tight enough to keep a 48-hour event on track.
On-site direction — Directed the crew while operating camera and drone, capturing every shot each episode needed: team interviews, build and prototyping progress, the pitch, and the aerial and B-roll that give the cut its pace.
DIT & delivery — Managed all the data on location — offloading, backing up, and organizing footage — then handed clean, editor-ready media to the post team.
Post & YouTube — Edited the episodes for YouTube, combining two or three episodes into a single video with calls-to-action and optimized titles, descriptions, and metadata.