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My work

I have filmed and edited a snowboard video and edited a skate video when I was younger. The genre of movie is like MDP's and Standard Films. The quality of work lacks skill because of my knowledge at the time, so a recently updated piece of work in this genre would be very appropriate. The work I am going to be doing will be be much more relevant to their style of movies, and i plan on putting them into my portfolio at later dates as my main focus of what i like to do and what my work is all about.

My Audience

I grew up watching snowboard and skate videos with my brother. I can remember the first video I ever owned, it was called AMP and was produced by a company called MackDawg Productions, who have been around since 1988. I also have watched many videos produced by Standard Films, a company that also produces snowboard movies. They are two of the top production companies for snowboard video, traveling around the world following many different riders and capturing amazing and never before seen footage. I have seen 9 of MDP's videos so far, and can never wait for a new one to come out. After looking at their website, their facebook account, and blogs about the crew and company, I learned a lot of who these people really are, what the company is about, and the characteristics of the people who work for MDP and Standard Films.

MDP is located in reno, nevada. The crew is made up of filmer Ross Steffey, producer Lory Vincent, director Brad Kremer, co-director Jaakko Itaaho, and filmer Dominic Gauthier. Their second crew includes Directors Pierre Minhondo and Justin Eeles, filmer/motion graphic expert Gabe L'Heureux, and filmer Simon Turcotte.
Standard Films crew includes Mike Hatchett, Dave Hatchett, Waide Hoyt, Miike Bagnuolo, and Travis Robb. From reading their profiles, and looking at the websites I realized that the people working for these two companies were just like I was when I was growing up. They watched videos that inspired them to get into snowboarding and loved everything about it including traveling and visiting new spots. By looking at premier photos and events they dress casually, participate in activities I like doing such as traveling, watching movies, listening to their favorite music, reading books or magazines dealing with their work, snowboarding, and partying, when they get their work done.

The style of movies they produce and their website design is attractive to me and something I would love to be a part of. The employees are outgoing, friendly, and layed back...a style of work and way of life I would like to be a part of also. I can appeal to them by doing the work I like and have done previously.

MackDawg Productions
Standard Films

Self-assessment

1 certificate or associates degree
2 video, writing
3 video, writing
4 photoshop, video software
5 < 1 year
6 better than average
7 creative outlet, unemployed looking for job
8 i want to do specialized work in production and post production
9 not related
10 i like to work alone or in a team
11 i need a private space
12 i will take jobs from paying clients

Skills

My skills involve creative video editing to produce an entertaining visual product. Audio editing to create balanced music tracks, sfx, or audio in video. Unique videography included with post production skills to create an interesting finished product. I also can manipulate images with Adobe Photoshop and i have Adobe After Effects knowledge with my green screen commercial. My portfolio will be largly video based highlighting my production and post production skills including work I have done such as commercials, short videos, and my current short movie project.

Industry

By looking around and visiting tons of websites, portfolios, and looking at demo reels, i noticed that almost everyone has a demo reel to showcase their work in my industry. Other things i noticed is that along with demo reels that are posted on websites to showcase their work, they also have personal websites, blogs, and portfolios, with much more information and more of their work. Portfolios like this and this one and also this one are good examples of how people included their resumes, contact information, and many different forms of work such as graphics, videos, audio, and web design. Two websites i liked because they were easy to navigate were this one and this one. I noticed that a lot of people used flash when developing their web sites which i think makes the site look and feel much more professional. My favorite two that i found were creatif and joyjoydesign. These two i think were artistic and used creative colors and designs that made it fun to look at their work.

Overall i noticed that artistic and original work is essential to having an interesting website. Websites that use flash are more entertaining and professional.
Catchy colors, designs, and fonts are crucial in your website.

Font Family

Vimeo find

Hillton Toyboys - snowboard movie trailer from HILLTON Production Channel on Vimeo.

very nice work...the music, camera work, and editing all fit together very nicely. i especially liked the camera work of that 50 50 with the 270 out on that fridge or whatever it was.

Brainstorming

1. List 5 things that you love to do - work, snowboard, watch movies, listen to music, travel
   
2. List 5 things that you hate to do - write papers, brainstorming, dishes, buying a car, creating new ideas
   
3. List 5 things you are proud of in your life - my work, my brother, going to college, snowboarding
   
4. List 5 things you are good at - snowboarding, editing video, filming, having fun
   
5. List 5 things that make you unique -
   
6. List 5 adjectives that describe you - friendly, sarcastic, funny,
   

1. List 5 adjectives that describe your work -
   
2. List 5 topics your work deals with
3. List the media you use in your work - computer, camera
   
4. List the colors that you use most often -
   
5. List 5 emotions your work conjures
6. List the titles of the work you would like to highlight, if you don't have titles, come up with them now
   

1. List 5 adjectives to describe the kind of company you'll work for
2. List 5 adjectives to describe the kind of boss you'd like to have - nice, relaxed, funny, sarcastic, outgoing
   
3. List 5 things you will have to do for your job
4. List 5 words describing your industry
5. List the reasons your job exists

too be finished soon...

Green Screen + AE

GreenScreen + After Effects from steve lahovich on Vimeo.

This piece I worked on was my first green screen and after effects project. It is suppose to be for a water commercial. It can obviously use work in eliminating the shadows on the green screen, and quality of the chromakey . Also it needs more explanation in the product, it seems like we never finished the project completely.

High level job research

I found some high level jobs I may be interested in such as...
-Audio Engineer
Required senior audio engineer who has experience recording and mixing television commercials or promos. Must have clients who you work for already. They don't list software or anything like that.
-After Effects Artist
High profile commercials and media projects. Experience is required with 3D cameras, text design, and compositing. Must have reels to be shown.
-Video/broadcast Engineer
Require knowledge of Mac OS X Leopard, Apple Hardware, Final Cut Pro Studio 2, QuickTime 7 Conversion/Encoding, Networking and File Transfer Protocols, and Multiple File Format Conventions and Conversions. Plus Adobe After Effects 7, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Microsoft Entourage 2004, FileMaker Pro 6 and 9, AppleScript, Web Authoring (HTML, CSS, GoLive CS2), DVD Authoring (iDVD, DVD Studio Pro), SQL Server Integration, Microsoft Office , Microsoft Windows OS, and Chyron Lyric.

In order to get to the level of requirements for jobs like these I would really have to find an entry level job in the same field, such as an assistants job, where I can get some hands on work possibly with these softwares, and build a portfolio.

Experience

Work Experience

• Sept. 06 - June 07 Student Intern for Hamilton Educational Television Station
• Sept. 06 - June 07 Hamilton High School East 2008 Video Yearbook

Educational Experience

• Associates degree in Television and Radio from Mercer County Community College pending Fall 2009

Volunteer Work

• July 05 - July 07 Appalachian Service Project
  

Entry level job research

It was hard to find entry level jobs in post production. Some of the ones I found interesting were production assistant, videographer, and some freelance work in film making and editing. Some requirements mentioned were college degree, pc skills, and DVD and Blu-ray production. They all also mention skills like working fast, multi-tasking, teamwork, and organization.

Most of the jobs I found were either located in New York or California. Most of the jobs weren't permanent or full-time. They also didn't list software experience or anything along those lines. I found more requirements while I was searching for higher end jobs that require experience.