Film & Music

media portfolio

BY Emma Connor

Emma Connor is an Oregon-based videographer and musical artist. She has graduated from Corban University in 2023 with a BS in Media Arts / Film Studies.

She has written, shot, and self-produced several short-films for her university and occasionally filmed videos for her church.

Emma is also an aspiring musician. She is a guitarist, bass guitarist, songwriter, and singer. She has played for events and church functions, and has self-recorded several songs.

She is currently looking for potential band-mates. :)

Short film allows you to tell a small, palatable story, and make it very visually impactful.

short film…

IRRATIONAL

-Written, directed, edited, filmed, and produced by Emma Connor.

-Winner of Corban University 2023 Film Festival’s “Best Picture” Award.

-Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Bailey Brown is a new employee at a rehabilitation center for people with strange phobias. He is given a tour of the patients’ rooms by a senior worker who is always prepared for the unexpected. But each room the two orderlies enter just gets weirder and weirder!

Miss Pygmalion’s Monster

-Written by Emma Connor, Katie Dara, and Lydia Yang. Editing and Animation by Katie Dara. Direction, Costuming, and Music by Emma Connor.

-Recieved “Art Direction” Audience Award, as well as the “Art Direction” and “Screenplay” Rob Yanike Award for the Short Film Practicum class in 2022.

-Genre: Whacky supernatural.

Synopsis:

Miss Pygmalion's Monster is a tongue-in-cheek dark comedy about the perils of love and science. Set in a suburban dystopia, maniacal scientist Urrma Pygmalion tries to create the perfect companion when she realizes she has no friends.

When advertising in visual format, you are more likely to keep the attention of potential customers and engage with them on a new level.

Advertising Videos…

Ad Spot - The Offspring

- A 60 second concert ad spot made for Studio Voice & Audio Production class.

- Voiced, written, recorded, and edited by Emma Connor. This is particularly in the style of a “puker” radio ad.

Corban Campus Video

-Won Third Place in a contest at Corban University to show off the Campus to incoming freshmen in 2020.

Pro Counseling Group Advertisement

-A short ad for social media for Oregon business, Pro Counseling Group.

-We used real actors and practitioners. Directed, lit, voice acted, and edited by Emma Connor.

Music is a powerful tool of influence and an expression of the realities of nature and people.

Music…

I am a songwriter and performer. I also have basic recording equipment.

I can play guitar and bass guitar, and am also a proficient alto singer.

Check out my insta!

@emma.sings.stuff

Hyde Prevails

- Original song written, recorded, and produced by Emma Connor for a Creative Writing assignment in college.

-The song is based on the book Jeckyll and Hyde.

- The only instrument Emma does not play in this recording are the drums, which are a free track.

- All vocals are also done by Emma. Recorded through Bandlab, using personal recording equipment.

Ghost Kid

-Original song written and performed by Emma Connor for her High School Senior Project.

-Recorded at The Shop Recording Studio in Dallas, Oregon. All instruments done by Emma Connor, except drums by Ryan Connor and guitar solo by Jared Caywood.

-A part of a 4-song EP posted on Bandcamp.