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Cameraperson; Editor
Bio:
Many years ago I was a painter/mixed media artist. After grad school at RISD, I became very interested in video and film while living on Cape Cod. I have since tried to marry my artistic interests with my financial needs. I hire myself out to work on almost any media-related project and try to sustain the creative side while doing it. Editing has become my main goal in this art/business.
I'm Looking For: (hold Control key to select multiple):
Filming Gigs; Post-Production Gigs
Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"):
Currently working on Winged Film's "Sisters and Brothers"
I'm seeking short and long form projects, both fiction and documentary, to edit. I'm not currently taking on any non-paying gigs, but I'm very reasonable.
Approx. Years of Exp:
10
Rates (choose ALL potentially applicable):
Time For Portfolio/Exposure/Experience; Deferred Pay; Upfront pay; ONLY Pro-level Pay/Residuals
The Axe in the Attic (working title). Technical support consultant. Providing Final Cut Pro editing, color correction, video compression and DVD authoring technical support to co-directors Lucia Small, creator of award-winning My Father the Genius, and Edward Pincus, Guggenheim Fellow and veteran filmmaker, for new documentary shot on HDV about the aftermath and rebuilding calamities related to Hurricane Katrina. Started February 2006; ongoing. Have completed several sample reels/previews of the film to submit to potential investors and funders.
HomeSick (preview). Editor, offline and online. Intended for fundraising, this trailer outlines proposed feature-length independent documentary that will explore, with footage already shot, the subject of multiple chemical sensitivities/environmental illness, mainly from the point of view of residents of the American Southwest who have had to build special housing or live outdoors. Format is Betacam SP. Edited using Final Cut Pro with some After Effects support, July – Sept. 2004. Produced and directed by Susan Abod, who also has this illness. Video shot by Laurel Greenberg. Susan Abod is still pursuing completion of this project from new residence in New Mexico.
Trouble in Paradise. Assistant Editor. Feature-length documentary, shot in DV, examining the conditions and outcomes of two Florida elections: the 2000 presidential vote recount and the 2002 governor race. Directed by Laurel Greenberg; produced by Jane Newman. Ms. Greenberg has completed offline editing on Avid Express DV. I worked on the project from January – September 2003; among other tasks, I edited a 4-minute trailer for the Filmmakers Open Studios of Boston in April 2003.
The Misunderstanding. Editor. Dramatic short, 7 min., directed and produced by Glenna Goodman and J.R.A. Schaefer; written by Glenna Goodman. Shot on DV. Story about a breakup and not making up. Premiered at the Rhode Island Artists’ Exchange. December, 2006/January, 2007.
Go/No Go. Assistant Editor. Comedy short written and directed by Leigh Medeiros. Shot with Panasonic HVX-200 in DVCPro 720P HD format on P2 cards. Worked on set under Dave Bigelow, editor, during the 4 days of the production to help with transferring video from four P2 cards in rotation. Editor made rough assemblies in Final Cut Pro on a laptop of each scene as media came in. I used Soundtrack Pro to find and export sound effects to enhance the rough cuts and worked solo on all aspects of the ingest/rough editing process on the last day of production because the editor had a prior commitment. October 6-9, 2006.
Just Lather, That’s All. Editor, offline and online. Short dramatic fiction (15 min.), shot on DVCam, based on a short story of the same title in Spanish by Hernando Tellez, translated by Professor Donald Yates. Produced, directed and written for the screen by David Wells. Cinematography by Albert Viator. Edited using Final Cut Pro and After Effects; started end of May, mastered in September 2004.
Call in the Wild. Editor, offline. Mock TV commercial that lampoons the idea that every cellphone should have a distinctive ring. 1:20 duration, edited on Final Cut Pro. Written and produced by Kevin Anderton/Midnight Chimes Productions; directed and shot by David Kornfeld. Also did the sound design and music. A content provider for the Sprint cell phone network purchased this video in June 2005. DVD release was in March 2004.
Mere Formality. Editor. Super16mm feature film, Shadow Pictures, Boston, MA. Social critique with apocalyptic overtones written and directed by Maxim Kovalsky; produced by Jennifer White, photographed by John Pirozzo. Shot on location on Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor. Principal photography completed November 2002. Edited on Final Cut Pro; locked picture Feb. 2003. Shadow Pictures has since relocated to New York City where film was released August 2003, distributed on DVD. Also edited a 2.5 min. early preview of the movie.
TELEVISION:
Hydrocephalus Association: Sharing Strength. Editor, offline. 12-minute TV segment for The Visionaries documentary series about a number of American families that have been affected by this rare and potentially life-threatening condition, water on
the brain, and how they came together to form an advocacy group, the Hydrocephalus Association. Produced and directed by Brian Lindstrom. Edited on Avid Xpress DV, Aug.-Sept. 2003.
International Crane Foundation: The Caohai Nature Reserve. Editor, offline. 25 minute TV segment for The Visionaries documentary series about the sensitive intervention by the International Crane Foundation for a nature preserve in China that came into conflict with local livelihoods. Produced and directed by Barbara Seidl. Edited on Avid Xpress DV, June 2003.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIALS:
Ropes & Gray Hiring Awards 2007 entertainment. Director of Photography and Editor. Each year, for the presentation of their Hiring Awards, this law firm writes and produces a number of satires that take their inspiration from TV and current events and also lampoon their own profession and organization. Although intended for internal consumption only, the firm enlists professional video production services to shoot and edit their skits. This year, one of the skits was a take-off on the recruiting of Daisuke Matsusaka by the Red Sox. DV production delivered on DVD. Subcontracted by Boston Video and Event Services, January, 2007.
Ropes & Gray Winter Ball 2007 video: The Reel Ropes Movie. Director of Photography and Editor. Satire of firm’s own efforts at making promotional videos and how to fund them. Projected at the first annual Winter Ball held at the BCEC. DV production delivered on DVD: 14 minutes. Subcontracted by Boston Video and Event Services, January-February, 2007.
John Hancock: Power of Distribution. Editor. Four-minute promotion spot, coinciding with National Sales Meeting, on the sales success of John Hancock variable annuities through various external distribution channels. Formats: DV, Windows Media and Flash. Directly contracted with John Hancock Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of ManuLife. January, 2007.
Nixon Peabody training for law associates. Videographer and editor, subcontracted by Boston Video and Event Services. Shot and edited video documentation, DVCam format, of two all-day seminars for associate training: one on litigation and the other on corporate mergers and acquisitions. Output to DVD. October, 2006.
ManuLife Quarter 3 All-Company Meeting. Sony Anycast Operator, subcontracted by Middlehouse Productions. Operated 3 robotic cameras and switched live to DV tape between cameras and Powerpoint utilizing the Anycast production unit. Also recorded the DV stream onto a hard drive via Final Cut Pro on a laptop for later encoding as a web movie. October 11, 2006 and also May 10, 2006, for the Quarter 1 meeting.
Health Dialog Personal Health Assistant video. Videographer and editor. Videotaped on DVCam a spokesperson for Health Dialog’s prototype of the Personal Health Assistant, a new web-based survey application in Beta phase. Performed some basic editing and exported to Flash format for delivery to web designers. October, 2006. Production company: Richard Fomo Video.
Wade in the Water: Baptismal Theology for Lay People. Producer, Director of Photography, Editor. Sponsored by the Episcopal Divinity School Pastoral Excellence Program, Cambridge, MA. Two-camera video documentation, DVCam format, of the workshop that took place in Montpelier, VT, on Sept. 23, 2006. Editing is in progress; when finished, DVDs will be distributed as a pedagogical tool to Episcopal dioceses nationwide. Production company: Richard Fomo Video.
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. May 9, 2006, Countway Library of Harvard Medical School, Boston, Ma. One-camera shoot of interviews with FAMRI board
members and former Surgeon General Julius Richmond, MD; who were all assembled in Boston/Cambridge for an annual symposium. Production company: Richard Fomo Video.
Boys/Girls Clubs 2006 Achievement Awards Gala. May 6, 2006, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. Camera operator with 33x lens for IMAG and recorded program. Four-camera production: 2 static, handheld and crane. AV Vendor: MassAV.
Clarke Sub-Zero product line promotion at the Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts. Robotic camera operator. Three-camera live shoot and recording of cooking demo and ice sculpture performance, 2/9/06. Production company: MassAV.
American Finance Association annual meeting at the Westin Copley, Boston, 1/7/06. Primary camera and editor of 2-camera shoot. Speeches, Powerpoint slides and awards presentations. Delivery format: DVD. Production company: Richard Fomo Video.
Candela Laser Corporate Overview. Editor, offline and online. Corporate infomercial (15 min.), various formats. Produced and directed by Talisman Media Productions for Candela Corp., manufacturer of lasers for cosmetic surgery. Voiceovers and sound mix produced at Mix One Studios, Boston, MA. 3D elements created by Rob Livie. Video delivered on DVD to premiere at trade show in conjunction with annual meeting of American Academy of Dermatologists, New Orleans, Feb. 19 & 20, 2005. I also served as editor for a segment shot and edited in New Orleans of a new Candela product launched just prior to opening of trade show.
Other titles edited for Talisman/Candela in 2005: 3 offline cuts re In Service video programs and a 3 min. promo, Treating Pigmented Lesions with GentleLase.
These programs were edited using Final Cut Pro, Boris FX and After Effects.
TRAINING/SCHOOLING:
BA from Wesleyan University. Art major.
MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Painting.
No degree in video/film production. Training from community access TV, BF/VF courses and on the job.
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Also a photographer.
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