Bugashane Mugoovi

B.S. Game Development, Animation & VFX | Minor in Film Studies

Original live-action + animation short | In post-production

• Wrote and revised the original script, and built the shot plan, mood boards, and storyboards for an independent live-action and animation short.
• Led casting, location scouting, equipment planning, crew hiring, and scheduling, then directed actors across live-action and animated sequences.
• Now leading post-production as editor, colorist, and VFX artist, including a self-built 3D animation sequence.
• Built the promotional strategy and social content concepts driving audience awareness ahead of release.

Class-wide hybrid 3D animation + live-action short | Completed

• Co-directed the story and produced across animation, rigging, live-action/broadcast, and storyboarding teams, overseeing the creative vision from development through final delivery.
• Built and ran a Google Forms/Tasks master-tracker workflow to manage task delegation, locations, equipment, and team assignments.
• Balanced creative and organizational responsibilities, keeping a 30+ student crew aligned on visual direction while managing schedules and deliverables.
• Helped the production wrap roughly one week ahead of deadline.

IMDb-credited editorial department role | Drama omnibus film | In production

• IMDb-credited editing assistant on a drama omnibus feature; logged scene and take continuity and flagged visual and dialogue issues to the AD.
• Supported lighting and set needs while coordinating across a multi-department production in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Managed on-set DIT workflow, organizing and backing up footage and audio with scene/take folders, metadata tracking, and integrity verification.
• Built continuity PDFs and communicated with cast, crew, and department heads to keep the production organized and on schedule.

Experimental live-action short | Completed

• Mapped dialogue and sound needs in pre-production and scouted locations for noise issues ahead of shooting.
• Recorded production sound and supported lighting on an experimental short built around visual rhythm, tone, and narrative contrast.
• Edited the film from raw footage through final export, making deliberate creative choices about pacing, color, and audio to serve the film's concept.
• Built post-production sound notes and delivered a polished, export-ready final cut.

Senior capstone and narrative short productions

• Served as primary production sound lead across multiple senior capstone and narrative shorts, planning boom, windscreen, and mic placement across indoor, outdoor, crowded, and wind-sensitive set conditions.
• Captured dialogue, room tone, and environmental sound on location, managing gain levels in real time to deliver clean, production-ready audio.
• Built ambience, Foley, and SFX layers in post-production, organized stems for editorial, and assisted with ADR support and dialogue sync.
• Solved a basement band scene with a two-take strategy so post could blend separate instrument and crowd-reaction layers.