Dylan McClung

Background

About Dylan McClung

I have spent the past two years in Liberty University's Cinematic Arts Program. Here I collaborated with my classmates to make films every week. We learned the in's and out's of production and what goes into making a short. After that we all worked on a feature film where I was in a Production Assistant position. This taught me the skills to multi-task and listen in a chaotic environment. It also helped me understand how it is to be a PA on professional sets in the industry. Shortly after that production in the summer of 2019, I worked on a Low-Budget film where I was a PA-Runner. In the meantime I was writing, producing, and starting the process of directing my own short (this will be my senior project). During this process I cast actors, signed on locations, and put together a crew. Liberty gave us over dollars worth of equipment to go film my short. We filmed for 10 days, and here was where I grew the most. I had to learn how to managed a cast and crew of twenty people, while also managing the project its self. It was a truly humbling experience and would not have been possible without the wonderful cast and crew I had. After that production I began writing a TV Pilot and worked on other classmates films as a Director of Photography or Gaffer. Now with the first draft of the Pilot done, I am working on the Story Bible for it, on top of other writing projects. My latest job was a PA position on The Walking Dead: World Beyond. It was only a day playing gig but it humbled me even more on the way union sets are done. This helped me realize I would love to work in a writers room and be apart of the creative minds that come up with amazing stories that move people.