Lucas M. Abbott
Digital Media Portfolio - Spring/Summer 2024
I’m a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Digital Media Collaboration from the College of Arts and Sciences and a minor in Marketing from the Lindner College of Business.
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A. R. Siciliano Mini-Doc
A mini-documentary on a local Cincinnati artist and fellow University of Cincinnati Graduate, Anthony Siciliano.
Four Teens and a Party
A short film from a Post-Production course, edited by myself and University of Cincinnati Media Production student, Logan Moore, using Avid Media Composer. It portrays a group of contemporary teenagers at a costume party, at which they are speaking in iambic pentameter.
CCM Frankenstein BTS Documentary (Release TBD)
Head Editor on this behind the scenes documentary on the process from script to stage for Frankenstein, put on by the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.
BURN-E Audio Edit
A project in which I received a 50-second clip from the Pixar short BURN-E without any audio and was tasked with sourcing all sound and effects and editing it with the video clip in Adobe Audition.
Post-Production Projects
A handful of small editing projects in Avid Media Composer utilizing footage and elements provided by and for the most part created by Professor Stacey Doose.
Billy Joel - Artist Research and Opinion Portfolio
A digital portfolio I made for an English Composition class revolving around music in which we chose an artist or band and did deep, semester-long research, presented in a number of professional documents that I compiled as a website portfolio following the link below.
Gateway and Ambient Ad
A music video and (TikTok) advertisement for two of my friend, Anthony Siciliano’s ambient music projects. The first revolves around the Heaven’s Gate Cult, titled “Gateway”. The second is a simple ad for an album he made, titled “Music for Liminal Spaces, Vol. 1”.
First Act Film Script
The first act (around 30 pages) of a film script I wrote for my Intro to Screenwriting class, based on a film idea I’ve had for years.
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“In The Hall of the Mountain King” Audio Scene
An audio project of an extended sequence from my script utilizing Logic Pro.
Essays
The first is the final essay from an East Asian Film class, in which I am comparing the two films Rebels of the Neon God and Fallen Angels. The second essay is a film editor study in which I wrote about editor Louise Ford.
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Thanksgiving Traditions
A short video project I made on Thanksgiving 2021, showing just a handful of moments from the day.