Ultimate

Ultimate from Rebecca Adams on Vimeo.

Created as a marketing piece for Austin's Ultimate Frisbee Winter League, this short "doc" captures the fun and excitement of playing Ultimate.

Beauty

Beauty from Rebecca Adams on Vimeo.

Very Young girls in beauty pageants - Just speaking this phrase aloud can garner objections from feminists and mothers, and it's the subject of this short documentary. But the practice of competing for "prettiest" isn't always as insidious as it might seem. I edited this documentary in 2009.

Night Swim

Nightswim from Rebecca Adams on Vimeo.

Night Swim is a short documentary about a young woman's phobia of sea creatures, and her reluctance to dive into Austin's famous natural-spring pool, Barton Springs. Shot and edited in 2008.

Surf Escape

Surf Escape from Rebecca Adams on Vimeo.

Surf Escape is a documentary I made in 2009, following a group of Texas surfers up and down the Third Coast for about a week. In this doc, the main character, Christine, explains why surfing is not only a sport, but can be a spiritual experience. Her personal take on surfing as a meditation shows that the shallow, beach-bum stereotype of surfers doesn't always hold true.

A little about myself

I am Rebecca Adams - an editor and videographer with dual degrees in Government and film production from UT-Austin. Mostly, I'm interested in producing documentary, because I enjoy the human connections made in the production, and the synthesis of information on a grassroots level that seems to accompany it. (I also think the practice of editing documentaries makes you a better editor.) Overall, though, I think Documentary as a genre can be a little too heavy and cerebral. I want to make movies that inspire rather than depress. Most of the media posted on this site will be documentary work.

I am also interested in television production.

Currently, I work at KLRU as...
a grip at ACL tapings,
a camera operator for Central Texas Gardener and Overheard with Evan Smith,
Assistant Director for ACL Satellite Sets,
a live graphics producer and Chyron operator for Pledge events, and
a Master Control/Videotape Operator on days in between.

These days, when I'm not busy at KLRU, I'm editing a documentary about John Nance Garner (former House Speaker and Vice President for FDR) which is funded by the Briscoe Center, produced by Hans-Martin Leibing, and directed by Nancy Schiesari.

I'm also a video producer and Media Master Extraordinaire for the amazing and unparalleled Pinnellis - Janis and Joe - of the J. Pinnelli Company, and love them both (and their dog Sadie) from the bottom of my heart.