Whitney has been producing films since 1996.
She created ENGAGE Productions summer of 2000 and has since made several shorts under the title.
Whitney and ENGAGE also produced a pilot, in association with Orpheus Productions, for a prospective TV show called "The Howie and Dan Show" in 2001. Starring fellow Emersonians Howard Kaplan and Dan O'Shea, Whitney helped write and film the episode. Sadly, the show was never aired.
Projects at Emerson College:
October and Novemeber 2002: 1st Assistant Director, undergraduate student project, 16mm
October 2002: 1st Assistant Director, actor, undergraduate student project, 16mm
A college jock gets angry when he finds a guy in his dorm room smelling his secret stash of woman's panties.
March and April 2002: 2nd Assitant Director, stand-in, undergraduate student project, 16mm
A black and white "sixties instruction film" about a girl's simultaneous good girl-bad girl behavior.
Feburary and March 2002: 2nd Assistant Director, actor, graduate student project, DVCPro
December 2001: 2nd, 2nd Assistant Director; Production Assistant, Frames Per Second project, Super16mm
October 2001: 1st Assistant Director, undergraduate student projects 16mm
A man twists his words around to give an interviewer the right impression, while the audience is shown the truth behind his lies.
Smaller Projects:
April 2002: Director, Cinematographer, and Editor; undergraduate class assignment, MiniDV, IMovie
A short documentary exploring college students' ideas on sex and virginity
April 2002: Cinematographer, co-director, and co-editor; undergraduate class assignment, MiniDV, Media 100
A short, comedic video addressing the process (and difficulties) of making a film
March 2002: Cinematographer, co-director, and co-editor; undergraduate class assignment, MiniDV, Media 100
A parody of the Levi jeans "crazy legs" commercial.
February 2002: Photographer, co-director, and co-editor; undergraduate class assignment, Digital Mavica, Media 100
Digital stills of Boston set to the rap song "Boston"
Just for Fun:
Whitney is also very interested in acting and takes advantage of every opportunity that comes along,
January 2003: Producer, writer, director, and cinematographer; project with the Stone family - Tory, Cameron, Graylan, and Nancy.
Two children home alone are horrified when they mistake their grandmother for a killer.
May 2001: Producer, editor, and cinematographer; video yearbook for best friend Sarah.
January 2000: Producer, writer, director, cinematographer, in-camera editor, actor; project with the Stone family - Tyler, Brittany, Cameron, Graylan, and Poco.
When they discover their babysitter murdered by her Lime Green VW New Beetle, four children fear for their lives as they seek out the killer.
both in her own productions and in that of colleagues. "Major" roles include the following: