Brandon Gordon
Tampa, FL 33613
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Objectives
TO GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY IN
ORDER TO BECOME A MORE VALUABLE ASSET TO THIS PROFESSION.
experience
MASTER CONTROL OPERATOR WTTA-TV TAMPA, FL
November 2009 - July 2010
Immediate response to on-air emergencies, manually
intervening with the automation system when technical
failures or other anomalies occur. Restoring programming to
air as quickly as possible.
Verification of all programming contained on the logs. Each
program and event on each log must be carefully compared to
the on-air transmission list, line by line to ensure the
titles, program numbers and durations on the log match the
automation transmission list exactly.
Ingesting commercial and promo spots.
Continuous monitoring and troubleshooting of all feeds.
Detailed attention to the status of on-air programming,
automation transmission lists and technical quality control.
Master Control Operator WUSF-TV Tampa, FL
May 2007 - August 2009
Immediate response to on-air emergencies, manually
intervening with the automation system when technical
failures or other anomalies occur. Restoring programming to
air as quickly as possible.
Verification of all programming contained on the logs. Each
program and event on each log must be carefully compared to
the on-air transmission list, line by line to ensure the
titles, program numbers and durations on the log match the
automation transmission list exactly.
Making dubs of media as requested by editors and producers.
Ingesting programs and events into the system to use for air.
Continuous monitoring and troubleshooting of all feeds.
Detailed attention to the status of on-air programming,
automation transmission lists and technical quality control.
Production Assistant/ Media Librarian Home Shopping Network
Continuous On-Call
Making deliveries between the post-production department,
TV-scheduling department, supervising producers department,
and graphics department.
Logging, preparing and shelving of all media used by HSN's
post-production department. Finding and pulling needed
footage for producers and editors.
Intern - Television Operations Home Shopping Network
January 2009 - April 2009
Shadowing positions of all television departments including
live show production crews, producers, scenic crews, lighting
crews, and post-production department.
Assisting lighting crew with daily duties including placing
lights on grid, inserting diffusion, adjusting light
brightness and clarity, and clearing lighting grid.
Assisting post-production department with dub making,
blacking tapes and archiving media. Assisting production
crews on daily b-roll and promo shoots.
Intern - Promotions Department WMOR-TV Tampa, FL
September 2008 - December 2008
Producing VOC's for air using AVID.
Producing and editing a "Family Guy" promo for air using
AVID.
Assisting with "Suds and Cinema" productions with duties
including teleprompter, audio and miscellaneous tasks.
Intern - News Department WFLA-TV Tampa, FL
December 2007 - May 2008
Shadowing and assisting anchors, reporters, and videographers
on news shoots.
Logging video and helped write scripts for news stories.
Shooting video for stories to air on TBO.com
Education
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
May 2009
B.A. Mass Communications - Television Production
skills
EXPERIENCE IN LIVE SHOW PRODUCTION POSITIONS
Experience in use of field and studio cameras.
Experience in studio and field lighting for television
Rudimentary experience editing with AVID.
Knowledge of Word, Excel and Photoshop.