Founded in 2015, MAVN supports small businesses and artists with creative and media services, focusing on diverse hiring. Led by Lesley Marshall, MAVN operates in Canada and the U.S.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR for video and photography
DIRECTOR for video and photography
PRODUCTION
-Camera Dept: Director of Photography, Cinematographer, Camera operator, 1st AC, Assistant Camera, 2nd AC, Focus puller, Camera Utility
-Camera experience: 16mm, 8mm, 35mm, RED Raptor, Scarlet, Magnum, Sony A7S, FS7, F8, Canon 5D, C100, C200, C400, Arri Alexis, BlackMagic 6, Pocket, etc.
-Locations: Transport Manager, Driver, PA
-Director’s Assistant, 1st AD, Assistant Director
-Production Designer
-Art Department Manager
-Audio: Location Audio, Field recordist, Boom operator
-DIT
-Photographer, BTS photography, BTS video
POST PRODUCTION
-Editor, Assistant editor, assembly editor
-Animation (stop motion, boil line)
-Audio editing, audio mixing (stereo, 5.1), scoring, composing, sync licensing
-Captions for language and accessibility
-Color (colour) correction, grading, Davinci Resolve and Luminati, Adobe Premiere Pro
PROJECTION ARTS
-Dance and theater (theatre) visuals, creative cationing, captioning
-VJ for musicians, DJs
-Installation, pre-programmed, interactive
Available to work world-wide
-US Citizen
-Canadian Citizen
-Locations include: Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, Nashville
An award-winning filmmaker with films appearing in 50 festivals nationally and internationally, music videos works by Lesley have been featured on Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Vice, Exclaim!, Brooklyn Vegan, Aux, Rookie Mag, Stereogum, ClashMag and UPROXX. Cinematography and editing of the 2019 Inside Out selected webseries “Village Legacy Project” can be seen on OutTV. Lesley’s first documentary web series “Dollar Bin DJ” was shortlisted for Telefilm Talent To Watch and WIFTV IDM Accelerator in 2018.
In 2022, received full funding for documentary, the “Underground Midwives of Vancouver Island" from the BC Arts Council and was supported by CBC Creator’s Network for the short “The Colour Orange.” In 2023, Lesley received the emerging directors’ grant from NSI Telus StoryHive for a local short about generational knowledge and midwifery in Sooke, BC. Lesley is the founder of MAVNetwork, a production company focused on inclusive crews working with Netflix, Vox Media, TD Bank, MLB, YMCA and many more. Projection art by Lesley has been performed at the National Art Centre, Montreal Jazz Fest, CentrePHI, toured nationally and presented in galleries in NYC, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and the Netherlands.
Lesley started with training as a communications and media major at Ottawa University (minor in geography and environmental studies) with an expanded video and audio art practice through Digital Arts Resource Centre (formerly SAW Video) and video co-ops in Canada. Lesley works developing anti-oppression based filmmaking practice for others to train in and has presented on these practices at the Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival and Conference London UK 2023, University of Ottawa, CineVic, Carleton University and Surveillance and Society Conference in the Netherlands. Lesley with MAVNetwork contributes to the feature film industry in multiple departments including camera and post, teaches camera, post-production and projection workshops privately, at community arts centres and at a university level. Lesley is the 2023 CMPA Mentorship Recipient for the CBC/PBS feature Animal Pride and MFA intermedia arts candidate on scholarship at University of Victoria. Sound art sculptures have been commissioned for short films and art galleries. Lesley also performs in indie bands Bonnie Doon, LES666 and DIELECTRIC.
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