joseph buszek

One of two promotional videos used for recruitment of potential students to The University of Chicago Law School, highlighting the city of Chicago.

Client: The University of Chicago Law School

Marketing video created for McDonald’s, welcoming franchisees back to the Innovation Center in 2021.

Client: McDonald’s

A montage of the events I produced, shot and edited for UChicago Institute of Politics' Speaker Series, highlighting the program's first year and how it has impacted currently enrolled students.

The series features Institute Director David Axelrod's discussions with some of the world's most prominent political minds, including David Plouffe, Rahm Emmanuel, Lisa Madigan, Newt Gingrich, Elie Wiesel and Tom Brokaw.

Contemporary artist and Chair of DOVA at The University of Chicago, Jessica Stockholder, discusses 'Color Jam'  - her large-scale art installation in downtown Chicago.

Shot with Sony EX-1 and Canon 5D. Edited in Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Client: The University of Chicago News Office

One of two promotional videos used for recruitment of potential students to The University of Chicago Law School, highlighting the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Client: The University of Chicago Law School

Intro for The Becker Friedman Institute's "Economics Amplified" video series.

Client: Becker Friedman Institute

Marketing video for Communication Expert and Keynote Speaker Stacey Hanke.

Shot with Sony EX1 in green screen studio. Edited with Adobe After Effects.

Client: Studio HAMMER

Advertising video for The University of Chicago Spanish-English Dictionary: Sixth Edition app for the iPhone.

Graphics created with Adobe After Effects, Motion and Final Cut Pro.

Client: The University of Chicago Press

60-second Marketing and Recruitment video for the BabyLab program at The Center for Early Childhood Research.

Client: The Center for Early Childhood Research

One of several 30-second Parent Testimonial videos I created from one day's worth of parent interviews as they answered various questions about the BabyLab at The Center Center for Early Childhood Development.

These shorter videos were created specifically for social media outlets and on the CECR website in the FAQ section for prospective parents signing up their young children for the program.

Client: The Center for Early Childhood Research

The Assistant Director for Entrepreneurship for UChicago Career Advancement, Jerry Huang, discusses the role of entrepreneurship on campus and the many unique opportunities the Booth School has for it's students.

Client: The University of Chicago News Office

1 of 2 marketing videos which I produced, shot and edited for The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. Used for Joffrey's broadcast and online advertising campaign for their world-famous holiday performances of 'The Nutctacker'

Shot with Sony Z7U. Edited in Final Cut Pro.

Client: The Joffrey Ballet

On the 70th Anniversary of the event, members of Enrico Fermi's team, as well as current University of Chicago faculty and staff, share their thoughts and memories of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

Client: The University of Chicago News Office

This is a sample of the editing work I did as Lead Video Editor for Playboy's Special Editions. Most was also produced and directed by me.

All of the video was shot using Canon DSLR cameras. Edited with Final Cut Pro.

Music by Flying Lotus.

Introduction and Installation of The University of Chicago's new MIDWAY High-Performance Computing Cluster.

Shot with Sony EX-1.  Edited in Final Cut Pro and Motion.

I shot this for Playboy's Uncovered series - where current artists play acoustic cover songs of their favorite musicians. For this installment, Phosphorescent covers Willie Nelson's 'Permanently Lonely'

Shot at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL in 2009

Working in collaboration with Hugh Hefner on this project, I was given rare access to his personal collection of photos, film reels and scrapbook comics.  We created this video to promote his new book set on Playboy.com.

Edited in Final Cut Pro.

Family, friends, alumni and local aldermen celebrate as The University of Chicago Charter School kicks off the school year with a BBQ and time capsule parade.

Shot with Sony EX-1. Edited in Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Client: The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute