Brandon Dennis

Current

• Owner at Oxhorn Brand Movies (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Creative Director at WeGame.com
• Freelance Writer, Producer, Video Editor at MTV Networks

Education

• University of Washington

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Games

Brandon Dennis’s Summary

I am an award winning machinima author, with a YouTube viewership of 30 million. Machinima is film set in video game worlds, and it is a new and innovative way to market a game. I am the creative force behind Oxhorn Brand Movies, which caught the attention of WeGame.com, where I have worked as the Creative Director for the past year and a half. I edit video using the Adobe Creative Suite, and have mastered Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro. I write, sing, act, record and edit my own songs and scripts, and produce my own audio using Audacity. I am a jack-of-all trades when it comes to animated film production, which made me valuable to WeGame as a “studio-of-one”.

Proficient with industry standard motion graphics and visual effects software.

Creative visually, verbally and on paper.

Amiable personality / works well with others.

Relishes responsibility / willingness to tackle any project.

Community builder / company ambassador.

Hard worker / project finisher.

Communicates well with a team.

Experience directing a team of animators and musicians.

Versatile / master of numerous skill-sets

4 years experience with animated gaming film production.

Brandon Dennis’s Specialties:

* Video and audio editing.
* Directing: musicians, voice actors, video editors, 3D modelers.
* Lyricist and song writer.
* Producer of short to medium-length original comedies, tragedies and songs.
* Adobe Premiere Pro
* Adobe After Effects
* Adobe Encore
* Adobe Soundbooth
* Audacity
* WoW Model and Map Viewer
* Valve Faceposer
* Crazy Talk by Reallusion
* Adobe Dreamweaver

Brandon Dennis’s Experience

• Owner

  Oxhorn Brand Movies (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  August 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  Oxhorn Brand Movies is run by Brandon M. Dennis. OBM has produced 30+ award-winning short animated "machinima" movies, including the popular Inventing Swear Words and Oxhorn's Short SHORTS! series. Brandon has been hired to produce material for mtvU of MTV Networks which aired on MTV2 and mtvU in November of 2006.

• Creative Director

  WeGame.com

  (Computer Games industry)

  January 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  WeGame.com is a game-video sharing website that produces its own client for screen capture. While many machinima authors specialize in only one thing—audio editing, screen writing or video editing—I have mastered all necessary tools to produce compelling machinima, which is why I was hired by WeGame.com. During my time at WeGame, I was responsible for making the website popular through my movies.
  
  Responsible for a substantial amount of traffic to WeGame.com.
  
  Produced dozens of highly popular original machinima movies.
  
  Collaborated with company CEO and marketing team.
  
  Helped build community and establish WeGame culture.
  
  Organized and administrated contests with $8,000 in prizes.
  
  Produced and co-hosted a weekly show.
  
  Directed and trained other video editors / directed a musician and 3D modeler.
  
  Public relations liaison to a number of game developers and machinima artists.

• Freelance Writer, Producer, Video Editor

  MTV Networks

  (Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)

  November 2006 — May 2007 (7 months)

  MTV Networks operates a number of TV channels and Internet brands, including mtvU, which is a broadcast aimed at college-aged young adults. I made two projects for mtvU. The first was a series of four commercials to promote their “Gam0rz Ball” campaign, which aired on mtvU and MTV2 in the fall of 2006. I was hired again to produce an educational machinima video about college-age depression for their “Half of Us” campaign, which aired on their website in May of 2007.
  
  Animated video production suitable for TV publication.
  
  Collaborated with writing staff at mtvU.
  
  Produced compelling comedies targeting college-aged young adults.
  
  Timely production under deadline.

Brandon Dennis’s Education

• University of Washington

  History , Ancient and Classical History, Scandinavian Studies, Ancient Greek, Latin, Swedish , 2004 — 2007

  I graduated in 2007 with a BA in history with an emphasis at ancient and classical history. I was a weekly op-ed columnist and reporter for the student campus paper, The Daily, from June of 2006 to March of 2007. I am a member of the Phi Alpha Theta national history honors society. I presented a paper entitled "Herodotus' Charming Masterpiece" at the 2007 Phi Alpha Theta conference in Lincoln City, Oregon.

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Alpha Theta, The Daily at the University of Washington

Additional Information

Brandon Dennis’s Interests:

Film, Animation, BBC, music, writing, scripts, novels, history, Christianity, apologetics, mythology

Brandon Dennis’s Groups:

Phi Alpha Theta

•    Linked:Seattle
•    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
•    University of Washington Alumni Group
•    3dWeb (MMO, virtual worlds ..)
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Casual Games
•    World of Warcraft & Warcraft Player Group
•    Game Developers
•    Machinima Producers
•    National Eagle Scout Alumni
•    Eagle Scouts of America
•    VideoGame Professionals
•    National Eagle Scout Assoc. (NESA)
•    Machinima
•    Voice Over Professionals
•    Games Jobs - The original Iinkedin jobs group for the Games Industry
•    Casual MMORPG & MMO GAMES| MMO LIFE
•    Gamesrecruit
•    Animation and Film Jobs
•    Eagle Scouts of Western Washington
•    Jobs In Games
•    Game Media and Fansites
•    Seattle Job Social
•    OPM Games Network
•    Social Entertainment Professionals
•    End to End Web Developers
•    Social Game Developers

Brandon Dennis’s Honors:

Invited by the Machinima Filmfest to produce a short machinima satire entitled Behind the Scenes for the Machinima Filmfest, 2008.

Nominated for Best Song by the Machinima Festival Europe 07 for my World of Warcraft machinima movie, Hark! Hear the Wails.

Nominated for Best Commercial Machinima by the Machinima Festival Europe 07 committee for my World of Warcraft machinima movie, 4 Commercials for mtvU.

Official selection during the Machinima Festival Europe 07 for my movie, Inventing Swear Words 3.

Received second place in the Action / Adventure category during the Blizzcon 2007 machinima contest for my movie Associate Professor Evil Kills All Gold Farmers.

Nominated for best original song by the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences for The Anti-Elf Anthem, 2006 Machinima Festival, New York, NY.

First and Third place winner in the 2006 Blizzard and Xfire World of Warcraft Machinima Contest for The Anti-Elf Anthem and Inventing Swear Words 2.

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