MICHAEL SHEA

BRAND COPYWRITER & VIDEOGRAPHER in NYC

Video

[DIRECTING & SHOOTING]

Created as a producer & videographer.





Pantoum
[SHORT – Directed & Shot]
What do you call the gay man that sleeps in your bed? 
Finding the right label is harder than you’d think.

Based on Pantoum by Randall Mann.

Responsible for: directing, adapted script, visual treatment, camera, and video editing.

Produced with
Ryan King

Featuring
Myself
Ryan King



Levi’s (:30) [SPEC – Directed & Shot]
Thousands of jobs, one pair of Levi’s.

Responsible for: script treatment, storyboarding, directing, camera, and editing.

Produced with
Kate Harkins
Erica Mendel

Featuring

Erica Mendel



Divine Magic[INTERVIEW – Directed & Edited]
An interview with Woo, proprietor of Divine Magic in Richmond, VA.

Responsible for: editing, camera assist, interview.

Produced with

Kaitlyn Finch
Melanie Huey
Mat C. Burnet





eHarmony (:30)[SPEC – Directed & Shot]
When you’re faking it, everyone can tell.
Find something real.

Responsible for: co-concepting, script treatment, storyboarding, directing, camera, and editing.

Produced with
Ryan King
Calyssa Kremer

Featuring
Ryan King
Alley Steele
Kendall Boron



eHarmony (:06)

[SPEC – Directed & Shot]



Drop-in Dance[PROMO FOOTAGE – Shot & Edited]
Sizzle for VCU Drop-in Dance, a free community dance class taught by a VCUarts classmate.

Responsible for: camera, editing.




Dance

[DIRECTING & SHOOTING]



Hue
Directed, & Edited by:
Michael Shea
Performance & Choreography:
Chaunci Hannibal







Tercet
Produced by:
Michael Shea
Ava Blakeslee-Carter
Chaunci Hannibal




Apophenia
Apophenia (n): the phenomenon which causes humans to seek representational imagery within patterns.

*Screened at the Virtual Anderson’s
Kinetic Imaging: Crown Shy
exhibition, July 2020.
Directed, & Edited by:
Michael Shea
Performance & Choreography:
Chaunci Hannibal
Thanks to:
Kate Sicchio






Motion

[ANIMATION & DESIGN}

Created as an animator & motion graphics designer.




Underbrush
[SHORT – Created & Animated]
Proof of concept for an animated television pilot I wrote.
Inspired by Samurai Jack, Pikmin and Redwall.


Responsible for: writing, concept, design, and animation.

Thanks to
Pam Turner


Healthy Bones
[SPEC – Created & Animated]
Spec ad created for Brandcenter application, 
using the provided line “Drink Milk for Healthy Bones”.


Responsible for: design and animation



Maxwell House
[SPEC – Wrote, Created & Animated]
Part of a campaign produced at VCU Brandcenter. See the rest of the work here.

Responsible for: writing, rigging, animation, voiceover

Produced with Rose D’Amato (AD), Alley Steele (CW), Caroline Hastings (XD), Kennedy Thompson (ST), and Mia Douglas (CBM).