Documentary Work
"Plastic Crowns" (2024)
"Plastic Crowns" brings the true realities of Miss America pageants to light through the parallel journeys and desires of two vastly different women competing for a local crowns. It explores what it means to be a woman in a particularly stigmatized part of the public eye.
Official Selection | Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Award Winner (Most Inspirational Film) | Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Best Short Editing | London Women's Film Festival, Best Documentary Short | Top Indie Film Awards, Best Message | Top Indie Film Awards, Finalist | Student Los Angels Film Awards, Semi-Finalist | New York Independent Women Festival, Honorable Mention | Milan Indie Film Festival, Nominee | NIFA Awards, Nominee (Best Editing, Best Student Film) | Top Indie Film Awards
"Sunbleach" (2025)
"Sunbleach" examines the abandoned building epidemic in the rural midwest through the history of an old school building in Leland, IL and the man trying to restore it to it's former glory.
Expected Release Date: Summer 2024
Social Media Snippets
This is the kind of content that my digital team and I wanted to create at Northern Star Media, where the video tells the story along with some supplemental text. Due to chain-of-command issues we did not get to accomplish this, but a few videos (such as this one) did get to be created. We worked to capture the news as it was happening to provide a real-time snippet of events in articles that would be subsequently published. As a manager, this is one of the few videos that I got to be completely hands-on with.
I worked with the social media team to design posts for my chapter of Psi Chi. Posts on the page with the light blue color scheme are mine. I wanted to make a palette that was compatible with the national logo, but still something that would be unique to our individual chapter.
I have also worked on social media freelance projects. The photos from the above post are a part of a two video contract for @official_anniekamps. One is a dramatic retelling of her relationship with fitness and the other is a bubbly, lighthearted picture of her work with the community. I have also done some video work: one of my favorite projects was for a local coffee shop showcasing one of their new holiday blends.
For the past while I have been doing more pre-production work. I have been the lead on the research, planning, and outlining processes for the videos on this channel with the new light academia aesthetic. These videos consistently get over half a million views. To create these successful outlines I need to keep a constant eye out for internet trends across multiple platforms and consider which ones would be the most successful with our current audience.
Education, Academics, and Papers
Northern Illinois University
Bachelors of Science | Psychology
Bachelors of Science | Communications – Media Studies Emphasis
History Minor, English Minor, Media Production Certificate
Scanlan, Anna "How Changes in Women’s Film Representations Reflect Changes in Society and Feminism: The Case of Modern WWII Spy Film and Modern Feminism"
Scanlan, Anna. “Time Marches On: Connecting Kurt Weill and Geoffery Hill’s ‘September Songs.” Stonehouse Academic Journal, Vol. IV, May 2022, pp. 61-72.
Scanlan, Anna. “Historical and Emotional Authenticity: Which is More Damaging?”Stonehouse Academic Journal, Vol. V, April 2023, pp. 83-98.
Arcadia University
Masters of Fine Arts | Creative Writing
Est. Completion May 2026
Resume
I have experience in many sides of the social media industry at a variety of levels. I also have hands on experience in the fashion retail and design space which informs the content I make.
Buy Lead | Style Encore, Schaumburg (Current)
In order to work as a Buy Lead for a clothing resale shop, I need to have an accurate picture of trends over the past few decades to make sure that we are only buying items that suit our clientele. I pay close attention to current trends and how they relate to trends of the past.
Communications and Marketing GA | Arcadia University
As the Fall 2024 Communications and marketing Graduate Assistant, I researched and wrote articles for the University's news feed. I also designed and created posts for various university social media accounts.
Pre-Production Manager | D'AngeloWallaceInc. (Current)
As the head of pre-production, I work to create outlines that will make the production and post production process easier. I research video topics, stay in touch with trends, create outlines, and give script pointers for almost all content that comes out of the channel.
Digital Managing Editor | Northern Star Media
As a Managing Editor, I oversaw all digital content coming out of the organization (video, podcast, photo, social media) and helped create strategies for long-form video content. I also did a lot of work with social media metrics and analysis.
Production Intern | Premier Travel Media
In this position I helped with site design and corporate video making for a travel media company. I worked with a number of editing and website softwares and learned how to do this kind of work in a remote enviornment.
Reality Bytes Film Festival | Film Database Manager
As the Film Database Manager, I organized and managed a database of submitted films, votes, and filmmaker information for the festival. I also coordinated the schedule with the film watching committees and analyzed the final qualitative and quantitative data to reach a conclusion about each film.
