Website FILM MAKERS RANCH
If you want to spend your days on a 12-acre film campus, camera in hand, surrounded by filmmakers, chaos, and great stories, this might be your spot.
Filmmakers Ranch in OKC is looking for a self-starting shooter–editor to capture the life of the Ranch:
- Social media content (short-form vertical, reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts)
- Mini documentaries about the people and projects on campus
- EPKs (electronic press kits) for productions shooting at the studio
- A new interview series on indie film budgets with special guests from across the film world
Who We Are
Filmmakers Ranch is a 12-acre indie film campus and creative community in Oklahoma City.
On site we’ve got:
- Sound stages
- Standing sets
- A film equipment rental house
- Dolby Atmos mix rooms
- And pretty much everything an indie production needs to make an amazing film
Productions come here to shoot. Crews train here. Filmmakers hang out here. We’re building a place where storytellers can work, learn, and collaborate — and we want you capturing that world from the inside.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is a hands-on, “run-and-gun” filmmaker role. On any given week, you’ll be:
Shooting BTS & campus life
- Behind-the-scenes content on our stages, back lot, classrooms, and events
- Mini docs about the people, productions, and strange little stories that happen around the Ranch
Editing our Indie Film Budget Interview Series
- Cutting a recurring series where guests break down real indie film budgets
- Shaping episodes into engaging, educational content for filmmakers
- Creating short-form social hooks and cut downs from each episode
Creating EPK & promo content
- EPK-style coverage for films and series shooting at our studio (interviews, BTS, b-roll, social cut downs)
Following our founder, Richard Janes
- Capturing content as he sits down with filmmakers, grows the studio, and pulls back the curtain on running a film campus
- Occasionally traveling with Richard to Los Angeles and to film festivals/markets like Cannes and AFM, filming in a Gary Vee–style, documentary way
- Turning that access into content that shows where the film industry stands today, who’s defining its future, and where the opportunities are
Crafting social-first edits
- Cutting engaging social media pieces: strong hooks, smart pacing, scroll-stopping opening frames, and fun transitions
- Experimenting with new formats, ideas, and story angles to see what resonates with our community
You’ll be trusted to spot stories, shoot them, and shape them in the edit. No one will be standing over your shoulder. This is your playground.
How to Apply
Fill in the application and send in along with:
- A short video intro: A short video under 2 minutes telling us why this role is perfect for you. Make the video stand out as if it were a social media piece for us to send out to the world. This should include: Who you are, where you’re based now, and why Filmmakers Ranch excites you.Who you are, where you’re based now, and why Filmmakers Ranch excites you.
- Links to a piece of work you think will show us what you can do: Pick a piece you’re most proud of and that best reflects what you’d like to be doing here (reels, mini-docs, BTS, EPK-style content, social edits, etc.).
- If you have them, a link to one of your social media channels that shows who you are (Instagram/TikTok/YouTube) or portfolio site.
Tools & Skills We’re Looking For
We don’t care about official qualifications. We care about what you can make.
You should be comfortable with:
- Shooting high-quality video on iPhone and/or DSLR/mirrorless
- Capturing clean location sound (interviews, verité, room tone, basic mic technique)
- Editing confidently in Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro
- Doing basic color correction and audio sweetening to get a polished, professional feel
You live and breathe social content, so you understand:
- How to craft a great hook in the first 1–3 seconds
- Why cutting rhythm and pacing matter
- How opening frames can stop someone scrolling
- How to use transitions, text, and sound to keep people watching
- The difference between a “nice video” and a “shareable, save-worthy” one
Bonus points if:
- You’re comfortable shooting in fast-paced, unpredictable environments (festivals, markets, events)
- You have (or can get) a valid passport and are excited by occasional travel
Most importantly, you’re resourceful. If you don’t know something, you look it up, figure it out, and try it.
Who You Are (Personality & Vibes)
We only care about two big things:
- Your Work
- You’ve made things you’re genuinely proud of — short films, reels, docs, vlogs, BTS, anything.
- Your portfolio shows taste, story sense, and effort. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it has to feel you and show real potential.
- Your Energy
- You’re positive, kind, and good to be around on long days.
- You want to grow your filmmaking career and see this as a launchpad, not just a job.
- You love being part of a community—cheering others on, helping out, and being helped.
- You’re proactive: you don’t wait to be told what to shoot; you pitch ideas and go grab them.
Compensation & How We Work
We’re an indie film studio — read: low budget, not Warner Bros pay scale.
This will suit someone early in their career who wants serious access, credits, and experience more than a corporate salary.
You’ll live and breathe building this indie film studio with us and be part of the history books of a new way of making movies.
In return, you get flexibility and trust:
- We’re a results-oriented workplace, not a clock-in/clock-out culture.
- You’ll manage your own time and output: there’ll be some long shoot days and occasional weekends, and some quieter edit days where you can schedule yourself long weekends to balance out the crazy weeks.
- We offer unlimited vacation/time off, as long as the work is happening, deadlines are met, and you manage your schedule like a responsible adult.
Location & Relocation
This is an on-site role at Filmmakers Ranch in Oklahoma City (not live-in). You’ll have your own place in OKC, but the Ranch will be your creative home base.
- We welcome applications from anywhere as long as you’re willing to relocate.
- We’ll help you find accommodation and plug you into our indie film community — crew, directors, actors, and misfit storytellers who’ve made OKC home.
What We Offer
- A front-row seat (and backstage pass) to a working film studio on a 12-acre campus
- Constant opportunities to shoot real people doing real creative work
- A supportive, no-ego environment where your ideas are genuinely welcome
- Room to grow into bigger projects, bigger responsibilities, and bigger credits as the Ranch expands
- Occasional travel to major film hubs and festivals/markets for real-world access you can’t get in a classroom
- A community where it’s completely normal to find people around a firepit after hours, talking shots, swapping scripts, planning short films, and setting up script reads — not sprinting to the car the second the clock hits 6pm.
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