Volchan Productions, LLC produces video (standard, drone, 360) and virtual tours. Below are a few work samples.

Trailer for Techstars Venture Deals Online Course

In Fall 2021, I produced, shot and co-directed the video production of Techstars’ revamped Venture Deals course. Based on the book Venture Deals, written by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson, the course was created with the goal of eliminating the massive information asymmetry between the entrepreneur and investor. It features six venture capitalists with diverse background who discuss topics ranging from venture capital transactions and navigating through the venture capital ecosystem, to negotiating strategies, investor engagement, founder wellness, and best practices for individuals interested in entering the venture capital ecosystem. These are two trailers that I edited.

Producer/Cinematographer/Co-Director/Editor

Colorado Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Ascent Program

The Colorado Early Hearing Detection and Intervention system is a joint effort between the Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind and Early Intervention Colorado. These 2023 videos promote the important work of COEHDI’s Ascent Program, a free program for Colorado families with deaf, hard of hearing and deaf blind (DHHDB) children, ages birth to 3, to connect with DHHDB adults. DHHDB adults provide parents with support, perspective and guidance.

Producer/Cinematographer/Director/Editor

University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Music

Since 2022, I have been producing video content to highlight the innovative programs at the CU College of Music including the New Opera Program, the Entrepreneurship Center for Music, and the Emerging Composers Project. This progamming aligns with Dean John Davis’ mission to develop CU College of Music students into ‘Universal Musicians’ who are well-equipped to participate in the 21st century as broadly-based professionals with flexible career options.

Producer/Cinematographer/Director/Editor

Universal Baby Project - South Africa

Universal Baby (UB) uses video, mobile technology, and social media, to put the science of infant brain development directly into the hands of parents and caregivers, while, it simultaneously models explicit examples of local caregivers interacting with babies in the responsive and nurturing ways that boost brain development and strengthen early attachment. UB is designed to catalyze other health and parenting support interventions, and it can be flexibly customized for in any geographic location, any language, any culture, and any child-rearing tradition.

A Seat at the Table

This film depicts the experience of two infant mental health home visitors from South Africa who traveled for the first time to a global conference to share the model of support that sustains them as they strive to contain the stress and hold up fresh hope for the young families in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg, that they serve. Around the world in areas of high violence and trauma, frontline paraprofessionals like Zanele Mokolutlo and Thandiwe Khumalo represent the future of the global social service workforce. Produced and directed by Jane West of Clarity Jane Productions in association with The Two Lilies Fund.

Editor

Boulder Library Foundation Fundraiser

The 2021 fundraiser video for the Boulder Library Foundation highlights many of the community programs run by the Boulder Public Library and supported by donations made to the Boulder Library Foundation.

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Techstars Chicago Demo Day Sizzle Video

Techstars offers entrepreneurs 3-month accelerators to gain funding, mentorship, and access to the Techstars network for life. At the end of each program, founders pitch their businesses on Demo Day. I offer services filming or advising founder pitch setup, editing, color correcting, sound mixing, and stringing together all of the Demo Day segments, and creating ‘sizzle’ videos that offer audiences a glimpse into the process that founders go through to prepare for Demo Day and the people they are.

Editor

M13’s & Pepsico’s Launchpad

Launchpad (PEP13), M13’s in-house venture studio, brings strategic partnerships (Pepsico’s expertise) together with in-house innovation and talent access to ideate and build scalable companies that meet the consumer trends of tomorrow. This video explains how the 12-week founder-in-residence program works, and the process through which Launchpad’s goals are met.

Editor

Corporate Founder Story, Customer Testimonial, Product Overview: Goally

Goally (Techstars Boulder 2018 cohort) is a support system that helps children with cognitive challenges, such as ADHD or Autism, complete their daily tasks without the need for prompting and nagging from parents. Goally uses behavioral science techniques to coach parents and children to develop the child's executive functioning skills, while also decreasing anxiety and stress in the home. With Goally, the path to independence is in your child's hands.

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Non-Profit Fundraiser: Roundup River Ranch

Roundup River Ranch enriches the lives of children with serious illnesses and their families by offering free, medically-supported camp programs that provide unforgettable opportunities to discover joy, friendships, and confidence.

https://www.roundupriverranch.org

Video by: Erika Volchan O’Conor

Artist Statement: Rosane Volchan O'Conor

Volchan O'Conor is influenced by both music and biology. Her installations are a three dimensional rendition of her narrative paper monoprints in which she visualizes the idea of rhythm and most of all, the idea of polyphony; where each melodic line has an autonomous function but also synthesizes perfectly within the whole. She organizes structural lines, symmetric and asymmetric, to produce a sonorous visual layer. Like in a polyphonic texture, these linear structures aid in the perception of themes and motifs, creating a distinctive rhythmic identity. Just as counterpoint techniques give melody depth, so do the multiple linear planes in her work create visual depth. As with the composition of a contra punctual piece, she employs the techniques of selecting a small segment of my work and manipulating it to create retrogrades, augmentations and diminutions, and inversions. She is inspired by the microscopic; protozoa, cells, nerves, and by the macroscopic; land formations, planets, galaxies. Her monoprints and site specific installations present an environment that is both micro and macro, organic and linear, large and detailed, harmonious and chaotic.

http://rosanevolchanoconor.com

Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Web Series: AmeriCooking

The AmeriCooking Show is a 262 (four-minute) episode English-language web series introducing American food culture to a young Chinese audience.

In the kitchen, young American chefs demonstrate how to prepare their favorite home cooked meals, snacks and regional treats (think Jambalaya, Fish tacos, Funnel Cake, S'mores, Matzo Balls, Meatball Subs, Horchata, Gingerbread Cookies, etc).

Out on the streets of Los Angeles and Boulder, the audience takes a bite out of fusion food trucks and farmers markets, quenches their thirst at craft breweries and tea factories, sees where it all comes from in urban gardens and dairy farms, and chows down at hotdog stands and chocolateries.

As director/producer/editor, my responsibilities included:
Casting, location scouting, shoot schedule, budget, equipment rental/purchase, costume, directing crew, communicating with the Beijing-based client in solely in Chinese, post-production.

240 episodes shot in 20 days of production. The remaining 22 episodes were hosted by Erika Volchan O'Conor