Jon Groat – The First Official Videographer to an American First Lady

Tag: 2022

  • Republicans for Beto

    Republicans for Beto

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    While following Beto O’Rourke on the campaign trail, I noticed a number of Republicans coming up to Beto in photo lines, restaurants, and even parking lots to tell the gubernatorial candidate that they were “card-carrying Republicans” and were voting Beto. I immediately turned on my camera, interviewing and filming the GOP-ers about their support for…

  • Gun Owners for Beto

    Gun Owners for Beto

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    Like the “Republicans for Beto” series, I noticed a recurring theme of responsible gun owners approaching Beto and showing support for Beto’s gun reform position. I filmed on-the-fly interviews with the gun owners and cut the pieces into social media videos to help combat Republican scaremongering. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor, Cinematographer Run…

  • Daily Recaps

    Daily Recaps

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    For Beto’s Drive for Texas 2022 tour, the campaign reprised daily recaps, a format the 2018 Senate campaign had embraced. In addition to filming each day’s events, I edited and published recaps at night in my hotel room before resuming filming the next day. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor, Cinematographer Run Time: 0:56…

  • Rapid Response

    Rapid Response

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    When news broke I jumped into action and created rapid response videos, sometimes to show the contrast in choice for Texas voters and at other times to reinforce positive themes. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor Run Time: 0:40

  • Contrast

    Contrast

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    I created social media contrast videos between Beto and Greg Abbott’s extreme positions as governor including his ban on abortion with no exception for rape or incest, his failure to act after any of the multiple mass shootings in Texas, and his failure to fix Texas’s electrical grid. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor…

  • Animations

    Animations

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    I combined footage of Beto speaking on the campaign trail with simple animations to help bring the spoken word to life. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor, Cinematographer Run Time: 0:56

  • Memorable Moments

    Memorable Moments

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    I traveled with Beto on the campaign trail, filming all events and interactions, and editing “moments” from the trail for social. Most of these were lightning fast turnarounds with an emphasis on authenticity over production value. Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor, Cinematographer Run Time: 2:58 Client: Beto for Texas Role: Producer, Editor, Cinematographer…