This is not an complete listing of my work, just a cross section.  Details on these projects can be found throughout this website.  Thanks for taking a look!

• IMDB Page  (Link to IMDB website)
• James Tuverson – Marketing Resume (PDF)
• James Tuverson – Screenwriting Resume   (Awards and Loglines, PDF)
• James Tuverson Screenwriting Portfolio (Summaries and Sample Scenes, PDF)

Produced Short Films & Videos

• Mother’s Day  (Narrative Drama, 6:56 min) — Writer, Producer
• Heart Says It All  (Narrative Dark Comedy, 5:07 min) — Writer, Producer
• Hours Before  (Narrative Drama, 16:43 min) — Writer
• Zombies Take The Schoolyard  (Narrative Comedy-Horror, 9:55 min) — Writer, Director, Producer
• SHOCKBOX TV Kickstarter Promo Video  (Promo, 4:11 min) — Cast, Writer, Producer
• SHOCKBOX TV Holiday Music Festival & Toy Drive (Promo, 5:35 min) — Producer, Live Event Manager
• Santa Monica Mirror Coverage of SHOCKBOX TV’s “Rock Goddesses Unite” Benefit Concert  (News, 1:17 min) — Camera, Live Event Manager
• “Jurassic Park III Scan Command” Video Game and Toy   (Aired 30-sec TV Commercial and 15-sec Cartoon Network Bumper)  — Writer

Produced Web Series

• SHOCKBOX TV “On Tha Beat!” The Heavy Heavy Hearts @ Molly Malones  (News, 2:39 min) — Camera, Producer (28 episodes total)
• SHOCKBOX TV “Kick A$$ Band of the Week” Vintage Trouble  (News, 2:47 min) — Producer (16 episodes total)
• “The Nanny Interviews” – Episode 1: The First Interview  (Narrative Comedy, 2:52 min) — Camera, Producer (15 episodes total)
• “The Apocalypse Diaries” – Episode 1: Pilot  (Narrative Drama, 2:51 min) — Camera, Producer (16 episodes total)

Shorts (Scripts)

• “A Promise Kept” Chevrolet Commercial (Non-produced TV Ad, 2 min.  Finalist in a Super Bowl Commercial contest, poignant and inspiring) — Writer
• Parody Commercial: “The ‘Kardashi-Don’t’ Celebrity Wannabe Correction Collar (Non-produced Sketch Comedy, 2 min) — Writer

Blog  Posts

Here are some of my favorite posts from my personal Blog, which I’ve had for over 6 years. I have also contributed regularly to the SHOCKBOX TV Blog, but I ceased writing for that a couple years ago.  Those posts were mainly re-gurges of press releases I received from bands so I’m not reprinting any of them here.

• How I Deal with Rejection (One of my all-time favorite posts.)
• The Film Festival Survival Kit for “Heart Says It All”  (This post has an excellent “infographic” I created in Photoshop that was very popular– check it out!)
• Cast-er Blaster: “Mother’s Day” Auditions, Day 1
• Stuff I Use: The JAG35 Pro Depth-of-Field Adapter
• Stuff I Use: Talk Out Your Scripts with Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking
• It’s Just the Most Awesome Cake Ever
• Zombies: What a Cast-tastic day
• Zombie Pre-Production: Adding Backgrounds
• Never Give Up. Never.
• Secret Door Pitch Fest–My First Pitchfest Experience
• Talent Spotlight: Andreas Wigand

Tweets

Websites

• SHARE — Self Help and Recovery Exchange — Wrote and edited copy for self-help website.  Interviewed key personnel, managed process and acted as liaison between  developers and client.  Also chose stock photography to communicate messaging.
• Road Runner Bags and Cases — Developed branding and website copy.

Powerpoint Presentations

I’ve developed literally hundreds of Powerpoint presentations over my career; most were proprietary work product.  Here are a few of my favorites that I can share:

• “Vintage Racer” — Reality TV Show Pitch Presentation
• “The Hours Before” — Indie Film Investment Proposal
• “McQueen” — Film Investment Proposal
• “Tiny Twilight Zones” — Webisode Pitch Presentation

Business Proposals

• “The Tomb” — Graphic Novel Proposal

Press Releases

I’ve written hundreds of press releases in my career and worked with PR Newswire for digital propagation.

• SHOCKBOX TV: Intro Press Release
• APMG Publishing: “The Mighty Titan” Comic Released
• RoughSketch Films: Short Film “Heart Says It All” Released

Packaging Copy

• Jurassic Park III PC Games
• Butt-Ugly Martians Games for PC and Console

Published Magazine Articles

• Cash Box Magazine Feature Article:  “Getting A Grip on Aerosmith”
• Internet Marketing and Technology Report Feature Article: “PR and Internet: Making It Work, Making It Pay”
• The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Music (Book Contributor)
  • Article: “Amplification”
  • Article: “Arrangers”
  • Article: “Lionel Bart”
  • Article: “Jacques Brel”
  • Article: “Britpop”
  • Article: “Cy Coleman”
  • Article: “Manu DiBango”
  • Article: “European Jazz”
  • Article: “Marvin Hamlisch”
  • Article: “Highlife”
  • Article: “Fela Kuti”
  • Article: “Art Tatum”
  • Article: “Zouk”
• Music Connection Magazine Feature Article:  “Taking It On The Road”
• Music Connection Magazine: Band Reviews

SKILLS     

• MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Adobe Creative Suite CC (Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat, InDesign)
• Social Media (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Linked-In)
• Content Management Systems: WordPress and Drupal
• Google Analytics 360
• Photography and DSLR Film Production (Canon 60D and Canon HFS100)
• 3-Point Lighting
• Final Draft & Tagger
• Power Production StoryBoard Artist
• Gorilla Film Budgeting and Scheduling
• Speak Conversational German