FRANCES K. MINIGAN
Hey, I’m Frances and I am a video editor and motion designer based in San Francisco.
It might sound a little esoteric, but at the core of my work, I harness and direct energy. Hear me out.
Simply put, everyone and every thing on this planet has a powerful story inside, riddled with twists, turns, push, pull, devastation, and inspiration. Just as we learned in our high school physics class, everything carries a potential energy, but! It requires a bit of work to take that potential and transform it into power and influence on the people and things around it.
Throughout my life, I have found that I am naturally productive when I harness the energy of my joy, pain, problems, and inspirations, and alchemize it into something useful for myself or my peers. Be it: becoming a distance runner to manage the feelings that came with a difficult life event, curating a playlist of songs to spark joy and promote peace, or designing a sticker that (now scattered on numerous phone cases, car bumpers, folders, and water bottles) reminds me and my friends that life is short, and to not take a second of it for granted. Personal life aside, my professional work is equally propelled by my intrinsic drive to problem solve towards a desired outcome in a creative and abstract way.
I think rather than necessarily creating, my calling is in strategically channeling imagery, music, shapes, colors, and voiced ideas, into experiences that move people to feel, think, and ultimately act. While my chosen mediums are video and motion graphics, I have a natural curiosity for music composition and production, photography, and illustration, and I am excited to continue to explore and integrate various media into what I do.
Currently, alongside a few projects, I am pursuing my MA in Motion Media Design, while working part-time at a local running store, where I film and analyze people’s running gaits and get them ready to run. On the other side of my degree, I plan to focus my work on serving small businesses, brands, artists, and nonprofits whose missions I admire.
Thanks so much for checking out my story and my portfolio, I hope you dig it.