July 2007: Working freelance on a number of TV projects as editor, compositor and/or motion graphics artist.
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CREDITS
2007: Editor, TV Match Up
- Edited assemble and rough cut of TV series for TVtropolis, was active in graphic implementation
- Worked extensively on AVID Adrenaline suite at Global TV studios, Burnaby BC for Golden Remote Productions
2007: Editor, Shaw Television
- Edited and produced promotional segments for internal and external clients for advertising and corporate purposes
- Worked extensively on Final Cut Pro and After Effects software
2006: Editor, WoneWoman Works Productions
- Online editor for Beyond Words (weekly TV series on APTN and Bravo)
- Duties include colour correction, audio and video lock, effects/compositing work
2005-2006: Editor, Tencrows Media
- Weekly TV series Driving Television
- Trained staff and assisted in implementing Final Cut Pro system and HD workflow for Season 4
- Duties include offline & online editing, show assembly, audio work & colour correction on DPS Velocity system
2005-2006: Editor, CBC Television
- Offline editor for Zed Real, Zed Tunes, & Street Cents (weekly TV series)
- Won Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series on Zed Tunes Episode 5
- Performed graphics, compositing, AVID editing & other visual effects work
2005-2006: Editor, Super Suite Video Productions
- DVD authoring, mastering & menu creation for clients
- Editing, compositing & colour correction on infomercials for ICTV on AVID Symphony
- Performed online editing, audio, compositing, graphics for TV series Sport of Kings
2004: Shooter/Editor, Channel M News
- Edited news stories for nightly Punjabi news broadcast
- Operated news cameras on location, worked with reporters on shoots & edits
2002-2003: Associate Producer/Post Production Supervisor, “Viva!”
- TV series produced by harpoon creative & Viva Mantra Films for Citytv
- Performed & supervised all post production duties including AVID editing, audio, compositing, voiceover session direction, graphics, online edit
- Organized shoots & interviews; implemented scheduling & layout of show
- Performed camera work, recorded location audio & designed website
2000-2002: Editor, Insight Film & Video
- Worked on the TV series Driver’s Seat & Race World
- Performed all editing & compositing duties on Discreet Logic’s Edit system.
2000-2001: AVID Editor, Mainframe Entertainment
- Worked on direct-to-video feature films Barbie in the Nutcracker & ReBoot! My Two Bobs, as well as Action Man episode 319
- Performed offline edit duties, assisted coordination of animation/FX/lighting crews
2000: Offline/online AVID editor, “Inside Your Soul”
- Music video for DJ Nick Holder, directed by Nick Lopez
- Aired on MuchMusic as Indie Video of the Week
SOFTWARE & SKILLS
Editing: AVID Composer, Xpress Pro, Symphony, Adrenaline; Final Cut Studio, DPS Velocity, Adobe Premiere, Edit* (by Discreet Logic), Newsedit, Media 100.
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady; Quark
Compositing: Apple Shake, Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion, Discreet Logic Combustion, Boris
Web: HTML, CSS; Dreamweaver
Camera: DV news cameras (Canon, Panasonic, Sony, JVC), digital & film cameras
Audio: Soundtrack Pro, Adobe Audition, ProTools, Cubase, Emagic, Acid, Fruity Loops, Reason; producer, mixer, sound designer, musician, songwriter
Writing: Script, voiceover, proofreading & screenplay
Other: DVD Studio Pro; audio/video compression, codecs, streaming for Web; PC & Mac expertise; typing (50 wpm); teaching/tutoring experience in AVID, Final Cut, audio, colour correction; optimization and setup for media-based computers and networks, software and hardware repair and troubleshooting on Mac & PC.
EDUCATION
2006: Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC- completed Apple certified Shake 4 compositing course
- completed photography courses
1999-2000: International Academy of Design, Toronto, ON
- obtained Digital Video Editing diploma; finished in top 3 of graduating class
- won award for Best Audio Editor
1992-1996: Institute of Communication Arts, Burnaby, BC
- obtained Recording Arts Masters Program diploma
- completed music theory, film, video, & composition courses
1991-1992: University-College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
- completed Philosophy & Psychology courses
