Pro Video Producers - ROLL CALL!!!

[Lunja]

Hi all -

I'm curious to see how many video/film professionals we have on the boards, and what genres and kit they work with.

So, if all video pros could state where they work, what area of video/film they work in, the kit they use, job title, etc. then maybe we can get together a pool of knowledge, and contacts!!

I'll kick us off:

Location: Midlands, England
Genre: Corporate Video Production
Job title: Assistant Producer
What I actually do:Shoot, edit/post, produce, direct a little, and make the odd cup of tea 🙂
Kit: DSR250/500/570's, edit on PC's running Premier Pro (and the rest of CS2)/Matrox RTX100/Magic Bullet/MisFire. None of it is actually mine though 🙂
Biggest achievement so far: Producing a 30-min promo/documentary. I now have massive respect for any producer - it's difficult!
Biggest mistake/worry:After about a week on the job, I sat in with a client making changes to a film I didn't know, using a suite I'd never worked in, using software I was unfamiliar with. And the client was in a rush. I've never sweated so much in my life.

 

[northernmunky]

Location: Taiwan, but will be back to Bracknell/London area soon...
Genre: Corporate, Music Video, Documentary, Weddings... whatever comes my way...
Job title: Editor
What I actually do: Right now, filming and editing podcasts
Kit: Canon HV20, MacbookPro 4GbRAM, 4x500Gb WD MyBook Pro's, Final Cut Studio 6
Biggest achievement so far: Gaining over 500+ subscribers to my podcasts and editing a music video for an up and coming artists on London based 'Sunday Best' record label
Biggest mistake/worry: Biggest worry... Coming back to UK in a few months and starving to death without a job! Which is why I'm happy to network here, there and anywhere!

http://www.jamesfanthorpe.com
http://www.kernelpanic.tv
http://www.brightbunnypictures.co.uk

 

[MartiniShotProd]

Location: Connecticut
Genre: Indie Film, Music Video
Job Title: Art Director, Director
What I Usually Do Directing, Art Directing on low budget indie films
Kit: Sony FX-1, MBP 2.5Ghz 4Gb Ram, CS3 production Premium
Biggest Achievement: Producing and Directing a 15 Min Short
Biggest Mistake/Worry: none

 

[ppc_michael]

Location: Michigan
Genre: Documentary
Job Title: Producer, Director
What I Actually Do Producing, directing, camera, lighting, editing
Kit: Sony DSR-300, Sony HVR-Z1U, Macbook Pro, After Effects CS3, FCS1
Biggest Achievement: Producing web videos and DVD Extras content for the feature film, "The Messengers." I also occasionally shoot for Harpo productions (field stuff for Oprah) but I'm not sure if that's an achievement. 😉
Biggest Mistake/Worry: Moving to NYC in a while and not being able to find a job!

 

[Digital Skunk]

Chiming in:

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Genre: Video Journalism
Job title: Multimedia Specialist.
What I actually do:edit/post, take other's bad footage and make magic out of it.
Kit: Panasonic HVX, Mac Pro, FCS2 30" ACD 20" ACD
Biggest achievement so far: Freelance/internship with camp producing animated promo BY MYSELF! Turning garbage footage of olympic Q&A into something watchable. Short 10 min documentary on local indie theater.
Biggest Mistake: Leaving that summer camp although they couldn't pay me, they appreciate new media while most newspaper haven't got a clue.

p.s. Trying hard to get the hell out of this sinking ship of a company.

 

[paulinhadrp]

Location: Southfield, Michigan (USA)
Genre: TV Production
Job Title: Recent graduate and intern
What I Actually Do: Shoot behind-the-scenes video for the web, edit random footage whenever needed, write news stories, cut news videos for the web, and much more at a local FOX station
Kit: Macbook (yes, you read that right), FCS, but saving to buy a sexy iMac and a Canon XH A1 to actually start doing some real work
Biggest achievement so far: graduating, getting my internship, gaining my boss´ trust that I actually have some potential, shooting and editing my first documentary
Biggest worry: not finding a niche, not being able to pay the bills doing what I love (actually, not getting enough freelance jobs and a fixed job), and still be working as a automotive designer in my dad´s company 2 years from now (that will really suck!)

 

[bigbossbmb]

Location: Los Angeles
Genre: TV, Indie Projects
Job Title: Asst Editor/Editor
What I Actually Do Asst Editor for "The Girls Next Door" (Capturing, Grouping, Stringouts, etc)
Kit: MP with Avid MC 2.8 Adrenaline (Work), MP with FCS2+Adobe Prodcution CS3 (Home), DVX100b
Biggest Achievement: Paying my bills... and enjoying my job.
Biggest Mistake/Worry: Being a better Post Coordinator than Editor, staying in TV, not pushing myself enough.

 

[killmoms]

Location: Washington, DC
Genre: Marketing (Trailers/promotional)
Job title: Video Producer
What I actually do: Capture videogame footage, edit trailers, pull clips for other media organizations to use, etc.
Kit: Mac Pro Octo 3.0GHz w/ 8 GB of RAM, 2 23" Cinema Displays, AJA Kona 3, AJA Io, two XServe RAIDs (one 5.46TB, one 2.74 split in two), many Firewire drives, broadcast video monitor, Event studio monitors, Mackie mixer, other odds and ends (old PowerMac G5 for rendering/compressing, couple Beta SP decks, few Xbox 360s, etc.). All of that belongs to the office of course.
Biggest achievement so far: Doing my own cut of a high-profile video game trailer's gameplay portion. Before that, a 25-minute documentary in college.
Biggest mistake/worry: Going to L.A. and settling for a non-creative job—so glad I left. 😱

 

[iJED DV]

Location: Orlando, Florida
Genre: Forensic, Government, Documentary, Live Events, Corporate, and anything else
Job title: Audio/Video Technician, Producer, Editor
What I actually do: On a day-to-day, I capture images from crimes, videotape crime scenes, edit footage for the media or whatever else the city has me do. In my spare time, I pick up work where I can get it from TV show pilots to events to workout videos to interviews.
Kit: PowerMac (2006), 2 20" Cinema Displays, JVC BR-HD50, broadcast video monitor, Behringer mixer, other random equipment in the office. At home, I use a Macbook Pro (2.5GHz, 2GB RAM)
Biggest achievement so far: Producing a 20-minute documentary for my first project and having it win multiple awards made me feel like I actually had some talent in my field.
Biggest mistake/worry: I'm planning on moving to either London, Australia or Holland, depending on my girlfriend's job, and I'm worried about being able to find work. Any suggestions?

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