Vivien Schütz

I dream of making a one-hour audio documentary without any narration
Member since 2018

Location

  • New York City, NY

Portfolio

Languages

German

Contact Vivien

Vivien is available for

I am happy to help with audio editing, co-producing of a podcast or translation (German/English)
  • Editing
  • Engineering
  • Producing
  • Recording
  • Reporting

About Vivien

I am a freelance audio storyteller (from Berlin) now living in Brooklyn. I produce narrative audio stories, documentaries, and short audio dramas. I have a Bachelor in Journalism and a Master in Experimental Radio.

Vivien's Portfolio

Not in the cards
"Not In The Cards" is a non-narrated documentary that tells the story of an elderly gay man from Brooklyn, who was born blind, and his search for interpersonal contact. It poses the question, if and to what extent people can be happy without romantic relationships? Over the course of many weeks, I went to visit Robert in his one-room apartment, which he rarely leaves these days. His only contact with the outside world exists through phone calls and visits from in-home aides whom he considers friends.

Recorded, edited and mixed by Vivien Schütz, 2019

Featured at Transom, German public radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur, SONOHR Podcast Festival 2020, and at Berlin Hörspielfestival 2020 (3rd place, category: The Burning Mic)

Duration: 18'44''

bedstuystories
A sound collage about the everyday anxieties and reflections of locals in Bedstuy, Brooklyn.

Duration: 7'30''

Recorded, edited and mixed by Vivien Schütz, 2018

Featured on German public radio (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Kurzstrecke)

Experience

Skills

  • Field Recording
  • Interviewing
  • Mixing
  • Producing
  • Scrubbing and Audio Editing
  • Sound Design
  • Story Editing
  • Tape Syncs
  • Translation

Equipment

  • Adobe Audition
  • Rode NTG2 microphone
  • ZOOM H5 recorder