travisdmathews
I'm a San Francisco based video journalist with a penchant for social justice issues and anything that is weirdly interesting.
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activity // travisdmathews
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A look into the emerging field of fat studies and the fat is healthy movement. In this story, VC2 follows some young fat-is-healthy activists as well as academics who are spearheading the movement... more-
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San Francisco is experimenting with gang injunctions as a way to curb violence across the city. While gang injunctions can vary from city to city and neighborhood, they generally involve... more-
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This is basically the first thing I ever made of any note. Back in 2001 I discovered that there was a whole community of people self-described as drive-in movie enthusiasts. These are people who... more-
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In 2005 I completed a feature documentary called Do I Look Fat? about gay men, body image and eating disorders. This sample includes the trailer for the film and a chapter from the film. The... more-
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Father Dominic, a British-born Catholic priest living in Belize is a colorful and outspoken guy who noticed, after arriving in Belize, that virtually every week he was attending funerals for... more-
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This was meant to be something entirely different. I had wanted to make a cheeky 'how to make your own music video' piece that would accompany a music mix that i posted on my website... more-
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The following are clips from 6 unique pieces, pods, and mini-documentaries that can be seen in their entirety at travisdmathews.com 1. CA Proposition 98 2. Fat Activism Goes Big 3. Music... more-
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By bridging performance and academia these Bay Area activists are bringing attention to fat bodies and then asking, so? But their serious ambitions aren’t without a certain flare for fun and... more-
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Election night party in San Francisco as presidential results come in on TV/web. more-
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skills // travisdmathews
- Lighting ok
- Camera good
- Editing awesome
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- Graphics ok
- Sound good
- Producing awesome
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details // travisdmathews
- What I would Change About the World:
- I'd like to spearhead a bill that mutes commercials for those of us who can't afford TIVO
- Location:
- San Francisco
- Political Bent:
- devil's advocate
- Favorite Bands:
- Radiohead, Air, Boards of Canada
- Favorite Directors:
- Ken Russell, David Lynch, Wong Kar Wai
- Favorite Movies:
- Don't Look Now, Halloween, Midnight Cowboy, Chungking Express, Annie Hall, Holy Mountain, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Darwin's Nightmare, The Devils, Eternal Sunsine of the Spotless Mind, Blue Velvet
- Favorite TV Shows:
- The Hills, The News Hour
- Celebrity Crush:
- Lieve Schreiber, Oliver Reed
- URL:
- http://www.travisdmathews.com
