DCASE 2014 Work Sample: Matt Lauterbach

Below you will find three examples* that demonstrate my continued interest in the field of disability and access, which I would like to further by attending the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference.

1. Video: Excerpt from Hearing Images (2010)
https://vimeo.com/83539231

This video shows the first 4 minutes of my 2010 documentary short, Hearing Images. The film, which I directed and edited, is a portrait of the Access Project at Victory Gardens Theater, where I have volunteered since 2008. The Access Project is a model outreach effort designed to make theater performances available to people with disabilities. This clip features an interview with Shayne Kennedy, who provides live description during performances of the visual-only action occurring on stage, so that audience members who are blind or low vision can follow along.

2. Article: A Voice Is Worth A Thousand Pictures (2013)
http://kartemquin.com/newsletter/5064/a-voice-is-worth-a-thousand-pictures

This blog showcases an interview I did with Ani Mercedes, an intern who I supervised last winter in my capacity as Post Production Manager Kartemquin Films. Ani interviewed me about audio description and about As Goes Janesville, Kartemquin's first audio described DVD, which I produced.  It also includes a 30-second clip from the DVD, which is first played with the original audio and then with audio description.  The clip below simulates visual impairment by not including video, and idea that I co-developed as an educational aid. 

3. Video Profile: Todd Bauer - Accountant by day, playwright by night (2011)

http://www.whatsyourcalling.org/campaign/should-your-abililtes-define-your-path-in-life

This video profile that I edited of Todd Bauer, a legally blind playwright and theater director, was part of the What's Your Calling? project, which featured over 100 profiles of various creative artists around the country.  In addition to this video, I edited over half of the profiles on the site and managed the work of four other editors to complete the collection.  This particular profile is of a friend I met while volunteering with the Access Project at Victory Gardens Theater.

* Note: Because I have been editing professionally for various production companies since 2012, my most relevant work from the last 2 years is copy-written and not available to the public.  My resume includes password protected links to some of those films.  But for an example of my editing from 2012, please see the following link to the work-in-progress, Mormon Movie.
https://vimeo.com/48479702