Cinematography/Editing reel
This reel shows off some of my best shots and is creatively edited to display editing skills. Video was shot on a Canon C100 Cinema EOS camera, but I have experience shooting with Sony NX series cameras, Panasonic GH series cameras and Canon EOS series cameras. This was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.
motion Graphics reel
This reel is a compilation of many motion graphics for video that I have created for many different projects, some for my own and some for larger scale projects for clients.
These graphics were created in a combination of Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Major projects
The following projects are mini documentaries that focus on storytelling and cinematography. i contributed to the majority of work on each of these projects.
beneath the badge
Beneath the Badge is a documentary series I conceptualized for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. This program tells stories to shine a light on top notch law enforcement officers of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office through their personal, extraordinary stories and interesting side-gigs. It digs deeper into deputy’s lives, showing these LEOs and COs as more than just cops by exposing their hearts and humanizing law enforcers.
DEPUTIES OF DELAWARE COUNTY
Deputies of Delaware County was a creation during my college years with the help of the Delaware County Sheriff as explained in my anecdote above. This series introduced me to the world of law enforcement and taught me how to make a documentary. At last check, the video has around 1.25 million views on YouTube and 55.5 thousand views on Facebook.
DEPUTIES OF DELAWARE COUNTY: Series trailer
This series trailer was put together at the conclusion of my time making Deputies of Delaware County to put a nice bow on the series I was so proud of.
introducing chase morrow
The idea for this mini documentary came from Chase Morrow himself. He was a local musician that came to me and asked if I could help him create a video about himself to get his name out there. Since this video was released, he moved to Florida to start some music production and was featured in an HBO special about country music production. Some extra shooting for this video was done by my good friend Dylan Query from Query Productions.
WRTV Toy Drive Promo
This WRTV Toy Drive promo was a creative, stop-motion project. With limited time to build this project, myself and a fellow team member found an innovative way to quickly shoot stop-motion in a rapid method. The results were fantastic, paired with a funny script I wrote and some good music and snappy editing, you have a successful promo that won an Emmy Award and helped set the record for the most successful WRTV Toy Drive as of 2020.
WRTV Jefferson awards for multiplying good
For this news special, I wrote, arranged, edited, shot and created the motion graphics. This large-scale special was my first 30-minute special I was assigned to produce. Having the chance to put the stories together, finding the best way to write copy to transition stories and creatively compile these inspiring stories was a great experience.
From idea to script to deliverable content
The heroes run project started as a jumble of information from my client, the hamilton county sheriff’s office. They asked me to create some promotional material for the agency to get the community’s interest in signing up for the heroes run. this run benefitted the community foundation of the sheriff’s office and only had 30 or so participants signed up before the promotional material was sent out. after the campaign, over 100 people signed up.
Original proposal of information sent to me in an email.
Script for a video promotion to run on social media to attract community members to sign up for the run.
Below is the video for the Heroes Run campaign as well as one of the web banners created for the campaign.
Graphic Design
with graphic design, i like to create, follow and maintain strong brand identity throughout every project. reinforcing a brand to external and internal clients is an incredibly important part to grow brand awareness and recognition.
Cub Fun Days
Cub Fun Day Flyer
Cub Fun Day Social Media Graphic
Cub Fun Day Promo Video
ActiveCampaign Email Communication Design
Scouting for Food
Portfolio of Promos:
All of these promos were written, shot and post-produced by Ryan McClain.
click on the thumbnails of the scripts for a larger view.
indiana alarm commercial package
Indiana Alarm commissioned me to create two commercials, one thirty second and one fifteen second, for their social media. These ads were used for one year on social platforms, often as paid ads.
Click the images below to read the two column scripts written for these commercials.
ray dudley for sheriff campaign spot
This is one of two 30 second campaign spots I created for Sheriff Ray Dudley’s 2018 re-election campaign in Delaware County, IN. The spot was written to focus not on Sheriff Dudley as a candidate, but to dig deeper into his community policing and community engagement through the Kids Camp he put together. These aired on local cable in Delaware County and on paid Facebook ads through Dudley’s campaign page.
Click the image below to read the two column script written for this campaign spot.
deputies of delaware county - episode 1 trailer
This 30 second trailer was created to introduce the community of Delaware County, Indiana to their sheriff’s deputies and a brand new show that would go on to captivate the community and be a talking point every time a new episode was released.
As the show was created to run solely on social media, these ads were targeted for release specifically on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. As many people scroll through their feed without opening videos and hearing the audio, flashing words were chosen to display what would typically be a narration track. This trailer performed well upon its release with 14,000 views and attracted over 45,000 views on YouTube to the full episode.
Deputies of Delaware County overall garnered over 574,000 views and nearly 7,000 shares. DCSO’s Facebook page rose from 9k Likes to 16.2k Likes during my tenure.
Click the image below to read the two column script written for this campaign spot. Due to no more money in that episode’s budget, the narrator track had to be scrapped and was reinforced only by the words on screen.