Random woman. Full-stack engineer with a filmmaking habit. Or filmmaker with a coding habit. Depends on the day.
Currently building tech to make filmmakers’ lives easier, which is arguably the hardest possible thing to do!!!!!

🎬 Drameter: Define the metadata of film language.

Drameter analyzes the underlying structure, rhythm, and cinematic language of a screenplay, quantifying tone, pacing, and visual storytelling at the scene level.

Why it’s different:

• 🗂️ Scene-by-scene analysis from screenplay headings (INT./EXT.)
• 🗣️ Differentiates dialogue from action for accurate pacing
• 🎭 Beat-aware timing: includes pauses for (beat) cues
• 🎞️ Visual pacing detection: montage, flashback, intercuts, fast cuts, and more
• 📝 Flags no-dialogue and low-dialogue scenes, transitions, and structural cues
• 📤 CSV export for production, editing, and planning
• ⚙️ Built with Python + pdfplumber
• 🪪 MIT licensed, open to contributions

Who it helps:

• Writers refining structure and rhythm
• Directors shaping tone and timing
• Assistant Directors tackling production complexities
• Editors anticipating pacing and style
• Producers estimating real runtime beyond page count

Terms of Service; Didn’t Read — Core maintainer & board member

• Challenge: A global volunteer community needed a faster, more accurate way to collect, analyze, and publish plain-language summaries of Terms of Service from hundreds of platforms.
• Action: Rebuilt backend architecture; integrated and customised a reliable crawler system (Node.js) with built-in federated data collection; adapted it to ToS;DR’s workflows; integrated AI-assisted clause analysis; and streamlined contributor onboarding with Docker.
• Result: Improved speed, accuracy, and consistency of ToS summaries for a worldwide audience.

Bluesquare — Full-stack engineer

• Challenge: Public-health ministries across Africa required tailored digital tools to meet their own national data-reporting standards and workflows.
• Action: Customised and enhanced health reporting platforms using React, Rails, and Django to align with each country’s specific requirements, from data fields to workflow logic.
• Result: Delivered compliant, user-friendly platforms that improved reporting accuracy and supported national health program management.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) — Full-stack engineer

• Challenge: Journalists collaborating on sensitive, cross-border investigations needed a secure, private platform for communication and document sharing.
• Action: Designed and enforced strict role-based access controls with two-factor authentication, and built a forum-style platform for secure discussion and coordination (Vue, Rails, Django).
• Result: Enabled 200+ reporters across the globe to collaborate safely and efficiently on major investigative projects, while protecting sources and sensitive materials.

• Challenge: Create an ambitious short film with strong creative vision while managing the complex logistics of a multi-location, international production on a fixed budget and timeline.
• Action: Selected cast from thousands of applicants and personally scouted filming locations to balance artistic goals with practical constraints; managed budget, schedule, and a 60+ person crew from pre-production through post; coordinated multi-site shoots and international teams; and secured financing through state film tax credits.
• Result: Delivered a festival-recognized short film awarded Best TV Series/Pilot – New York City International Film Festival (2025) and Best Short of the Season & Special Jury Award – Independent Shorts Awards (2025) (IMDb profile).