Tona at Bigbite
I love creating visually. Bigbite Productions is a platform for multimedia work, where I can do what I love. This operation is small and flexible, and I create unique, customized solutions for my clients. If a project needs a larger creative team, I selectively bring in experts from my network of collaborators.
Collaborators
Bigbite is embedded within a group of gifted actors, visual artists, directors, writers and comedians who collaborate frequently. Tona Williams owns Bigbite Productions, and frequently partners on projects with her husband Matt Sloan, the Blame Society Productions comedy team (Sloan and Aaron Yonda), performers from the Monkey Business Institute improv troupe, and other talent both in the Madison, Wisconsin area and across the country.
Visual Ethnography
My background as a researcher and teacher helps me as a filmmaker, particularly with documentary projects. My Ph.D. work (Sociology 2006, UW-Madison) focused on ethnography and visual methods. Nowadays, I love to wade into seemingly chaotic environments and, in the field and in the editing room, tease out a coherent narrative to create a compelling artistic piece.