Jack Stopka

Jack Stopka

Videography in Chicago, He/Him

About

Hello I'm Jack,

I am a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology. I am very passionate about telling stories and documenting my life. My ultimate goal is to make documentaries full-time.

I love all things art including, photography, cinematography, music, design, architecture, etc...

Education

2020 — 2024
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Champaign

Minor in Spanish Language

FLAS Fellowship Recipient for the study of Portuguese

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Champaign

Documentary film production, video editing, camera operation, audio engineering, interviews

2023 — Now
Videographer at McKinley Health Center Marketing
Champaign

Videography, video editing, video production, photography

2022 — 2023
Chicago Area & Champaign

Portrait photography, sports photography, candids

2022 — 2023
Multimedia Assistant at Illini Union
Champaign

Live audio engineering, sound, lighting

Projects

2024

This Big Ten Network documentary chronicles 100 years of Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

I worked as a production assistant on this project and worked on creating b-roll.

2024

Video project to educate students at the University of Illinois about the various options students have available at the University to get through the cold and flu season

2023

This is a project I'd like to share about the talented musicians of the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I created this project for a final presentation in an ethnomusicology class I took this past semester. I hoped to explore with this project the cultural transmission between the Brazilian and non-Brazilian musicians of this ensemble through the performance of Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova.

2023

Images documented from my time in the beautiful country of Spain

2023

An inquiry into how memories affect us and create who we are.

2023

A project made for educating students at the University of Illinois on methods and tools to help reduce stress

2022

A short documentary intended to recount the events of a concert hosted by the Iranian Music Heritage. It features the performance of famous Iranian singer and actress Leila Forouhar

2022

Assistant in capturing video for the Circular Fashion Expo hosted at the Siebel Center for Design on October 29, 2022

2021

Promotional Video for August Productions RSO at UIUC

2021

A short film using footage I took while in Venice Italy in 2019

Exhibitions

2022
Champaign

I exhibited my film project '2021 | Portrait of a Time'

Side Projects

2022

Contact

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