Dana Blevins (he/him)
Video Editor · Multimedia Storyteller · Creative Developer
I create and edit stories across video, audio, and written formats, bringing ideas from concept to completion through multiple forms of media.
Featured Work
A selection of video, audio, and storytelling projects that represent the kind of work I most enjoy creating.
The Stallion
Music Video
Director · Editor · Performer
“The Stallion” is a song about anxiety that I wrote and arranged in my old band The Think Tanks. This music video, which I created in my Television Production course in 2026, follows two characters’ search for the source of a strange sound in a house. The performance of the song becomes more intense—through lighting, camera work, and overlapping action—and visually reflects the growing frustration of their search. Ultimately, the two storylines converge when the main character discovers the performance space in the basement, revealing that the song, and the chaos surrounding it, had been a manifestation of his own internal anxiety.
I personally conceived the premise for this music video and planned the majority of the shots. I performed in the video alongside my project partner Mike, who handled the majority of the camera work and lighting. After production was completed, I edited the entire video myself, paying close attention to the interacting beats between the parallel sequences of the characters searching the house and the character performing the song. The synchronized segment where the cascading plastic bags upstairs are tightly mirrored in the performance space downstairs is a particular point of pride.
Nervous Wreck
Preacher ✕ Fall Out Boy — “West Coast Smoker”
Editor
Content Warning: Violence, blood, and irreverent religious imagery.
This video was purely a passion project of mine. I got hooked on Preacher early in its run on AMC. I was also a huge fan of Fall Out Boy during their pop-punk era, and I knew this song had an energy very similar to Preacher. The image of the six heavy-hitter characters flashing one by one during the interlude got burned into my mind for a long time, and I knew I had to try and make that imagery a reality. Starting with the highlights that I couldn’t get out of my head, I filled in each section of the song with clips and set pieces that matched its musical energy. What I ultimately ended up with is a tribute to AMC’s Preacher that starts with the origins of the main character, Jesse, before blasting through wild, larger-than-life vignettes of the show’s eclectic cast and their crisscrossing missions to demand answers from a version of God who has left them all behind.
The beginning of the video uses the ominous spoken-word intro to hit critical beats in Jesse Custer’s origin story, from losing his father to running away from home to finally getting possessed by the God-like powers of Genesis. During the verses of the song, I wanted to show the characters’ unique energies set against the equally strange world they’re trapped in, syncing establishing character shots with rhythmic punchlines. During the choruses, I wanted to show what happens when those characters get put to the test, showcasing the show’s intense action and signature fight scenes by alternating back and forth between pairs of distinct, high-energy sequences. The ending of the video deliberately leaves out the show’s ultimate conclusion, because it’s truly something you’ve got to see for yourself.
Millersville Counseling Center PSA
Public Service Announcement
Director · Editor · Performer
This PSA was the first video project I created in my 2026 Television Production course. My project partner Mike and I decided to produce an ad to promote the mental health resources provided by Millersville’s Counseling Center. In the video, a student comes home at night hoping to unwind by watching a football game on TV. After settling in, he becomes distracted from the game as several other stressors from his life physically manifest in front of his TV and quickly block his view of the game. He’s clearly got a lot on his plate, and Millersville wants viewers to know that their team at the Counseling Center aims to help students navigate these types of hurdles.
I developed the idea for this public service announcement and planned most of the shots. I was also the sole performer in the video. My project partner Mike handled the bulk of the camera work and lighting setups. In post-production, I edited the entire video myself. A lot of focus was put into the geometry of the on-screen text that appeared over the gradually stacking items in front of the TV, such that the text appeared to be attached to the items themselves and not simply floating in front of them. I also wanted to be very deliberate with the pacing and verbal clarity of the call-to-action text at the end of the PSA.