The team
RACHEL BRACKER
Director & Editor
Rachel has been creating 360 videos for several years as an editor and producer with 360 Labs. She is passionate about giving viewers access to places and points of view via 360 video. With her background in journalism and documentary filmmaking, Rachel enjoys research and regularly gives presentations about 360 storytelling and women in aviation. She also teaches classes about immersive media at NW Documentary, Portland Community College, and Open Signal Community Media. Her idea of a good time is going to an air show and watching fighter jets zoom by.
JESSICA RIDGWAY
Associate Producer & Assistant Cinematographer
Jessica Ridgway is a writer, editor and producer who uses her skills to help others tell their stories. She has a background in multimedia journalism and experience creating content-in-all-forms for a wide range of industries: news, tech, retail, public transportation, nonprofit. Throughout Jessica’s career adventure, one thing always rings true—good stories are powerful and have the ability to create universal connections and inspire change.
ANNA SWANSON
Story Consultant
Anna Swanson (they/them) is a nonbinary trans filmmaker, youth educator, prison industrial complex abolitionist organizer, and drag king based in Portland, OR. They hold an MFA in Film/Video from the University of Iowa, and are privileged to survive capitalism by doing things they love: teaching writing classes at NW Documentary, mentoring houseless youth filmmakers through Outside the Frame, and working as a freelance story consultant for nonfiction filmmakers in the PNW. They are passionate about helping communities tell new stories, and old stories in new ways, and devote their professional and personal time to making nonfiction drag, film, and creative containers for healing and collective liberation.
COREY CRAWFORD
Sound Supervisor
Corey has worked in traditional recording studios, audio post-production film/broadcast, and location audio. Not being afraid to experiment and be at the forefront of technology led him on his journey into spatial audio and VR. When VR hit the market, Corey knew that audio was going to play a major role in fully allowing the viewer to immerse themselves in the experience. The idea of working with spatial audio in its infancy where there is no set rules truly got his creative mind ablaze. He jumped right into this new expression of sound and has gained valuable knowledge working with not only post processing spatial audio, but various different ways to capture audio for 360/VR on location.
FORREST BRENNAN
Post-Production Specialist
Forrest is a visual effects guru, working in the 360 world since 2016 after several years with traditional media before that. He focuses on the many aspects of VFX, but enjoys filming as a licensed drone pilot and scuba diver.
KERRI LYNNE THORP
Contributing Producer
Kerri is an artist, futurist and feminist, exploring story and culture through documentary, virtual reality and public engagement with a desire to expand access to technology and use of storytelling as a crucial way to affect social change. She is a documentary Producer/Editor and has worked in post production on major motion pictures. Kerri teaches 360/VR documentary storytelling at NW Documentary and is the creative director for the youth programs Produced by Her and Recording Resilience at NW Documentary in Portland, OR.