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NICK

DEAR

 

 

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Professional 

info

 

Work
experience
 

Prgram assistant II

Oct 2014-Present

UAW-Ford National Programs Center



I am one of the main video editors and camera operators for all video work involving the UAW and Ford.  

 
Director/Camera Operator/Editor

Feb 2014-July 2014

Woodward One Media



I work full time running live events such as radio broadcasts, seminars, and other events. I work a Tricaster and direct the shows, setup and run multiple cameras, Edit videos, and setup internet streams to run to multiple websites at once. 

 

 
 
Camera Operator

Feb 2014-Present

CVMedia



I do freelance camera work for commercials done by CVMedia.

Projects include UAW-GM Workers memorial video, Tubby's commercial, and more.

 

 
Camera Operator/Editor

Jan 2014

Ask Dr. Nandi Show



I was the main camera man for the habitat for humanity shoot and edited the sizzle real for the poverty episode.

 
Production Asst./Sound Recordist

Jan 11th-12th 2014

Lee Martin's Midnight Hour: Ep#68 Night Shaft



Performed gaffing duties, set up lighting, asisted camera operator, and recorded audio with boom microphone. I also did some second unit filming and behind the scenes photos.

 
 
Camera Operator

Dec 11th, 2013

SCRATCH/VIACOM MEDIA



Freelance camera operator for a conference between MTV’s SCRATCH and General Motors at the General Motors Headquarters building in Detroit, MI. Multi-camera interviews and conference work.

 

 

 

Video Editor/Camera Operator/Production Asst.

Oct 2013-Jan 1st 2014

HEB4 / I Need Videos (Internship)



Work in a team environment doing post production on an Independent film and also some commercial work and music videos. On site production on commercial projects.

 

 

 

Camera Operator/Audio

June 2013

NorthStar Reach Foundation



Camera operator and sound monitoring with Emmy award winning producer Fran Victor on a commercial/advertisement shoot. I was called back the following week to shoot more footage.

 

 

 

Quality Control Leader/ Manager

May 2006-October 2013

Abospoure water company



Night shift manager in a quality control laboratory environment. Trained dozens of new employees.  Entrusted to travel to Dallas, Texas and Modesto, California to help with the set-up and start-up of these new laboratories. 

Education
 

Specs Howard School of Media Arts

Nov 2012-Nov 2013



Digital Media Arts Diploma

Perfect attendance award

gpa of 3.93

 

 

Central Michigan University

August 2000- January 2006



Bachelors of science in Earth Science and Minor in Biology



Skills

DSLR Video and photography

Pro Video Editing

Motion graphics

Live Video Switching using a TriCaster

Lighting and grip work

Color correction/grading

Chroma keying

Multi cam editing

Audio recording

Audio mixing

Script writing

Shot lists and story boarding

Graphic design

Music composing


 

Software

Final Cut Pro X

Final Cut Pro 7

Adobe Premier Pro

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Media Encoder

Adobe Lightroom

Apple Motion

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Audition

Apple Logic Pro

Magic Bullet Looks

Trapcode Suite

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