Video Production
Aside from experience gained as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor roles in sports media for the Villanova Athletics department and VUBenchMob.com, Eugene has also made a few short films. Footage was recorded using either a Canon 60D, Sony NXCam, Sony FS-700, or BlackMagic Design 4K Cameras.
State of the Nova Nation
Before it was rebooted as an audio podcast, State of the Nova Nation began as a video show that was featured on VUBenchMob.com. It was a video series that I produced, directed, edited, and was on-air talent for. It was completely student organized, from pre-production to post, including the behind the scenes work of coordinating interviews, filming locations, and attending games to gain footage used for the show. A 20-minute episode was released each week, with 13 episodes being made in total. State of the Nova Nation ran from Fall 2015 to Spring 2016 before it was brought back as the much more successful audio podcast in October 2016.
These are a couple of interview segments that I did, followed by a full episode as an example.
The first video jumps to an interview with eventual 2016 Summer Olympics participant and 2017 National Champion, Villanova Cross Country star Patrick Tiernan. The second is an interview with former Fall Festival Director Bobby Reiff before Special Olympics. The third is one of the last episodes made in the video format.
State of the Nova Nation - Episode 7 (Dec. 1, 2015)
State of the Nova Nation - Episode 3 (Nov. 3, 2015)
Wrecked (2015)
A class project in which we were tasked with making a short film that only used music and no live sound.
State of the Nova Nation - Episode 12 (Apr. 12, 2016)
The Last Man on Earth (2016)
A short film set in a post-apocalyptic setting that focuses on a man's search for survivors and companionship, and his journey in this new setting.
Starring: John Lopacki, Alicia Stanton, Asim Ahmed, and Alborz Lordgooei
Directed and written by Eugene Rapay Produced by Sarina Shibata
Edited by Lindsay Cometz
Cinematography by Dan Mengel
No Copyright Infringement intended.
Around the Corner (2011)
An assignment for my IB Film class, where I was tasked with having to adapt a poem into film.
Poem: "Around the Corner" by Charles Hanson Towne