JAMES BROWN

Address:                20 Brook Street
                             Milford
                             Auckland 0620
Mobile phone:        +6421 180 0590
Email address:        james@branchoutmedia.com

A fast and creative editor with a varied skill-set and 7 years professional experience.

Interested in mastering new creative challenges. I am technically minded and focused with the capacity for big-picture thinking and harnessing the collaborative energy of a creative team.

Relevant Employment History

FCP7 Editor     / After Effects Artist                2011
Cloud South Films, Auckland
Feature documentary editing.
After Effects motion design.
Screener production Web / DVD.

FCP7 Editor     / After Effects Artist                2011
BNO Productions, Auckland
Feature documentary editing
After Effects motion design.
Online prep. Exporting XML, OMF, EDL.

Audio / Visual Editor                                    2004 – present
The Learning Connexion, Wellington
Producing art documentaries, working with a small creative team
Taking direction / following a project brief and delivering on a director’s vision
Scripting, shooting, interviewing, directing, editing, audio, titles, animation, motion graphics.

Freelance Director / Editor                     2005 – present
Branch Out Media Limited, Auckland
Working with high quality footage to create persuasive and engaging stories
Collaborating with other directors, writers and producers to edit and master videos for Internet, DVD and TV broadcast.
Responsible for producing music videos: organising band-members shoot dates, logistics, equipment and crew.
Shooting and editing vox-pop interviews, music / comedy performance videos
Generating interesting concepts and developing them using storyboards and timesheets to translate into a shoot schedule
Working with Motion and After Effects to create rich atmospheric landscapes, titles and 3D motion graphics environments
Animation, rotoscoping, stop-motion, 3D and green-screen skills 

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