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LAUREN MCCOY

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EDUCATION

Connecticut College, New London, CT B.A. expected May 2027 Intended Major:Theater · Film Studies Cumulative GPA 3.4 Honors/Awards: Posse Fellowship · Donna Holman Award · Charles O. Hartman Prize for Excellence in Verse Computer Skills: Adobe PremirePro · Canva · Google Suite Relevant Courses:Intro to Film Production · Film Theory · Music at the Movies Saint Saviour High School, Brooklyn, NY Diploma awarded June 2023 SELECT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Fundamentals of Motion Picture Production, Film Studies, Connecticut College August 2024 - December 2024 Student • Examine key technical terms and relevant concepts via their application

• Write and produce three narrative-based short films in collaboration with my peets using Canon XF605 camcorder and other professional equipment in response to a given brief

• Encode, label, and organize footage to ensure cohesive workflow in post-production

• Present screenplays and primary then final cuts of short films for constructive feedback in class

• Display best works at end-of-semester Connecticut College Film Exhibition WORK EXPERIENCE

Educational Video Center, New York, NY Summer 2023 Media Arts Apprentice (via 2023 New York Summer Youth Employment Program)

• Create short film on how societal factors inform the current rise in body dysmorphia and negative self-image

• Collaborate with peers to film, encode, organize, and edit footage, B-roll, sound effects, and music

• Final cut premiered at the 2024 Nou Aroma Nou Sinèrji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Fall 2021 - Spring 2023 Senior Member of InterseXtions: Gender and Sexuality

• Organize and curate free public event for LGBTQ+ youth with live performances, arts and crafts, music, food and drinks, and keynote speakers centered around an existing art gallery at the museum

• Mentor queer youth on gender, sexuality, intersectionality, and personal and professional development

• Lead insightful dialogues about relevant artistic and social movements

• Conduct tours for museum patrons and host educational workshops for special events (e.g. First Saturday) Soul Collections LLC, Brooklyn, NY Spring 2019 - Summer 2024 Sewing Shop Assistant

• Instruct a variety of age groups on how to construct garments and craft projects (beginner to advanced)

• Design and alter clothes and other commissioned items

• Monitor collective health and safety for use of equipment and tools (sewing machines, pins, needles, etc.)

• Construct and repair equipment such as sewing machines, tables, chairs, etc.

• Organize, monitor, and maintain cleanliness of shop and fabric inventories LEADERSHIP AND CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE

TRAC Arts Connection, Film Reviewer/Writer, New York, NY Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 CCSingers, Member, Connecticut College Fall 2023 - Present Varsity Swim, Co-Captain (50&100m free, 100 backstroke, 200 & 400 relays), Saint Saviour HS 2019 - 20, 21 - 23 Voices Poetry Magazine, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Saint Saviour High School Fall 2021 - Spring 2023 Student Government, Vice President, Saint Saviour High School Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Spencer Street Community Garden, Volunteer (50+ hours), Brooklyn, NY Fall 2022 - Summer 2023 PERFORMANCE/DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Director, Dramaturgy Eurydice, Loomis Theater, Connecticut College March 2025 Zuzu Dance Nation, Tansil Theater, Connecticut College November 2024 Denise Uyehara & Vicky We Are, Tansil Theater, Connecticut College April 2024 Tiny Tom Urinetown, Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College March 2024 Horatio, All of the Ophelias Ophelia Run Amok, Tansil Theater, Connecticut College October 2023

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