Engineer Assistant

RANDOLPH JEWELL

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Dedicated to the multimedia production industry with a wide variety of

production experience. I have a demonstrated the ability to work on all

aspects of video production and help to achieve the goals of the broadcast.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Designing a lighting grid for a production that was filmed in its

entirety using chroma key composting

. Film and work on productions that included current and former

government Secretaries and network television personalities.

. Helped to successfully produce a three hour live broadcast to three

European nations following the November 2008 presidential elections

. Being chosen to work with The Discovery Channel on a week long

production and successfully gathered all needed interviews and

footage.

. Successfully launched a four minute-long video streamed on an

organization's website that has received over 13,000 views

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CREATIVE EDGE STUDIOS, Sterling, Virginia 1/2009 - Present

Videographer and Editor

. Responsible for gathering necessary crew members, gear and going to

the location of the shoots

. Once on location responsible for briefing crew members, making sure

tapes are labeled correctly, cameras are on the correct settings and

filming the event

. Maintaining the tape stock library and keeping the material in a well

organized manner

. Performing routine maintenance on the camera equipment, aligning back

focuses, organizing light kits and testing sound gear

. Digitizing and converting footage into various video formats dependent

on the requirement

. Converting various tape formats into DVD's

. Editing footage and creating graphics necessary for productions

. Creating menus, authoring and burning DVD's

. Maintain customer relationships to develop future business for the

production company

VENTANA PRODUCTIONS, Washington D.C. 9/2008 - 2/2009

Production Assistant and Videographer

. Responsible for providing assistance to the producers and directors of

photography

. Duties include: helping to set up the Sony HDCam and DVcam cameras and

their monitors, filming, assisting gaffers, connecting cameras and

audio XLR cables to assigned equipment

. Arranging sets to best fit the production and providing each crew

member with copies of call sheets

. Help guide projects through the various stages of production;

storyboarding, taping material, music and audio composition and

selection, retrieving stock footage from international news outlets,

backing up material to various storage devices and editing

. Conducting research to find source information

. Creating and obtaining release forms from people to be filmed

. Contacting the United States Park Police for the right to use tripods

on the National Mall and contacting the House/Senate Gallery staff to

obtain permits for Capitol Hill area.

INTERNATIONAL ACTION, Washington D.C. 5/2008 - 8/2008

Multimedia Producer

. Responsible for converting mini DV footage and editing it with Final

Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects into a thoughtful video, in order to

promote International Actions campaign for clean water in the country

of Haiti

. Duties included: storyboarding, selection of music and graphics,

tracking down sources and statistics, arranging interviews and

coordinating the posting of video to website. Video is available at:

http://www.haitiwater.org/our_work/campaign_for_clean_water.php

. Assisted in the design of promotional newsletters and videos that are

shown to potential and current donors for the purpose of raising funds

for the campaign

MILLER AND LONG CONSTRUCTION, Washington D.C. 5/2003 - 9/2003

Apprentice Engineer 5/2004 - 9/2004

. Responsible for assisting engineers with lay out of building columns

and various support beams

. Reading blueprints to find locations of control lines and other

critical bench marks

. Setting up necessary equipment to be used when labeling bench marks

and checking the height of newly constructed floors

. Was a part of two successful building top outs during my time at

Miller and Long

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, VT4, Adobe After

Effects CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3,

Adobe Soundbooth CS3, Red Giant Software, MSI Prompt

Teleprompter software, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Encore CS3, MS

Word, MS Powerpoint

Cameras: Sony BetaCams, Sony HDCams, Hitachi SK-3200P studio camera,

Panasonic DVX100B DV Camcorder

Production assistant and/or filmed for:

- The Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation interview with Teresa

Heinz

- CNBC Live atop Chamber of Commerce with Former Secretary of Treasury

Henry Paulson

- Department of Education and Department of Housing and Urban Development

live webcast of current topics and issues

- Fund for Independence in Journalism interview with Pulitzer Prize

winner Sy Hersh

- Discovery Channel "Proof" T-shirt shoot with Painless Productions

- Discovery Channel "Before it was America" documentary with Flight 33

Productions

- History Channel "Life After People" documentary with Flight 33

Productions

- Food Network "Throw down with Bobby Flay"

- History Channel "The Star Spangled Banner: Saving the Flag"

documentary

- Associated Press coverage of the G-20 summit

- ARTE France live post election coverage of U.S. elections with Mason

Productions

- Oprah Winfrey Show with Ally Wentworth

- MTV2 "My Block" and coverage of elections and musical talent in

Washington D.C.

- Fox Business News live coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration from

Lafayette Park with Neil Cavuto and Shepard Smith

EDUCATION

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, West Virginia

Bachelor of Visual Arts and Electronic Media, Minor in Advertising

. Assisted in the adjustments to the lighting and other stage elements

for the Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University

. Video taping guest artist lectures for the Creative Arts Center at

West Virginia University

. Related Course work: Non-Linear Editing, Graphic Design, Setting up

controlled lighting for photography and performances, Darkroom

photography

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