Sokolova
Animated Series Development
Featured
work
Jana Findlay Patrick Biela Zuzana Stavná Vojtěch Hajek
Senior Thesis:
Octavio Vourvoulias Marie Fadeyeva
Kolobok
(The Little Round Bun)
Logline:
A loaf of bread, Kolobok, laments on the love of his life—his Baker.
An absurdist horror
rom-com based on the Slavic folktale, Kolobok.
Access Director’s
Statement Here:
Production
Experience
On Set
2023 - FAMU International Shorts,
Sound Tech/Boom Operator,
1st Asst. Camera on ARRI Flex 416
2022-23 - Writer, Director, Producer, Editor of short films
2021 - Bloomers, Documentary Production Assistant/CCO
2019 - KNME (NM PBS), Camera Operator and Production Asst.
2019 - Guild Mortgage Co., Commercial Developer
2018 - Scary Good Marketing, Production Assistant
Behind the Scenes
2024- Untitled Entertainment,
Talent Management Intern (Lit Department)
2022-23 - Columbia Musical Theater Society, Writer, Director, Asst. Stage Manager
2022 - FOX, Ad Sales and Marketing Intern
2019 - KNME (NM PBS), Production Intern and documentary development researcher
Softwares
Self taught in Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Animate, After Effects), Final Draft 11, Live2D Cubism, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel & Word)
Writing
Projects
Inspired by literature
The
Patchwork Girl
How the Grinch
Saved XMAS!
Feature length screenplay adapted into a modern, micro-budget surrealist thriller:
Logline:
After her father’s job loss, horror game streamer, Felia (19), struggles with her new financial responsibility as the sole provider, but her pursuit of stability takes a dark turn when she gets involved with the Patchwork Girl, a local urban legend rumored to be the cause of the missing person cases of her small-town.
Wrote a full-length musical comedy satirizing corporation, highlighting the modern-day experiences of students through pastiche. Columbia students worked to direct and produce the project to put it on stage in December 2022.
XMAS! link
Original source material by
Frank L. Baum, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz"
Animated Series
Development
ROYA
Developed concept art, character design, four season show bible , and pilot episode for animated YA fantasy series, ROYA. Pilot episode and four season show bible available upon request.
ROYA: Logline
ROYA: Logline
When Agge’s compulsory isolation is broken, the truth about
her native city state, Roya, is revealed. On the run from her
Captain-of-the-Royal-Guard sister, Adela, she must now join
forces with an ex-samurai, a poet, an inventor, and their
band of pirates to eradicate the dark legacy of the
technological supercenter.
When Agge’s compulsory isolation is broken, the truth about
her native city state, Roya, is revealed. On the run from her
Captain-of-the-Royal-Guard sister, Adela, she must now join
forces with an ex-samurai, a poet, an inventor, and their
band of pirates to eradicate the dark legacy of the
technological supercenter.
Awards &
achievements
Film Awards
Spaghetti and Lipstick
Concept art for ROYA won:
First Place in Digital Illustration and
Honors in Watercolor and Illustration in the
2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Competition
"Save the Years" Storyboard
Working in storytelling
Captivating through design
Get in
touch
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New York, NY, 10027
masha.sokolova101@gmail.com
@marieok177
@masha.s.uselessart
