Portfolio — Carson McCay

Featured Projects

5 minute long original sci-fi

“After an awkward man repeatedly uses a simulation to practice talking to his crush, he must brave the real world to do it on his own.”

Roles: Writer, director, and editor

3 minute long original sports drama

“Two young men play a game of pickup basketball. After one of them receives an aggravating phone call the other is there for him as a friend.”

Roles: Writer, director, and editor

5 minute long original romantic drama

“When a couple breaks up, they go through the memories of when they were happy and push themselves to move on.”

Roles: Producer and editor

2 minute long adapted thriller

“A ghost resolves their past by fulfilling a promise.”

Roles: Director and editor

Comedy/Court Drama UT undergraduate thesis film
Roles: 1st Assistant Cameraman
Series of short commercials promoting Expo markers for UT advertising student
Roles: Director, producer, and editor
3 minute original short film about a runner
Roles: Director of Photography
3 minute original drama/comedy short film
Roles: Director of Photography

5 minute original drama short film
Roles: Editor and colorist
Recreation of a scene from the film The Graduate
Roles: Producer, assistant director, and editor
Original short film by two UT graduate students
Roles: 2nd Assistant cameraman
2 minute original dramatic short film
Roles: Actor
3 rehearsals and a concert in Bates Recital Hall
Roles: Director of photography and assistant producer
2 minute original thriller short film
Roles: Co-director and actor
Acting audition for upperclassmen RTF student’s directing project
Roles: Casting assistant

Comedy UT undergraduate pre-thesis film
Roles: 2nd Assistant cameraman and production assistant
Compilation video of gamey experience for the saxophone section of the Longhorn Band
Roles: Videographer and editor