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So ... apparently some people either don't know or have forgotten. So, my CV in summary:
I have been working in entertainment since 1989. I have a background in theater lighting and set design and construction. I moved into broadcast video in 1999 and that's where I got my degree. I've had 3 different but related majors because I've been back to school a couple of different times and each time the school didn't have the exact same major so I had to switch. In addition to broadcast media, I've also majored in film lighting and in stage lighting and set design.
I have worked in theater, in television, in event photography and videography, in wedding videography, in stock photography, in portrait photography, in animal photography (wild and domestic), in concert lighting and camera operation, and in corporate events on the exhibit floor, in meeting rooms, and in general sessions.
Back in my first time through college I even specialized in music videos and I spent my internship in a public access TV studio and got my first paid camera job op-ing for a megachurch. For a while after that, I was known for excelling in the hardest spotlight positions there are - ice shows and magic shows. When I started working in the industry, we were still splicing celluloid together with scotch tape and jogging beta decks frame-by-frame to sync up with a separate audio track.
I've done everything from stagehand and truck loader all the way up to Master Electrician and LD in electrics and from grip to V1 in video. I have also done some odds and ends of related positions like fly rail, concert, & ballroom rigging, and getting certified to drive heavy equipment like forklifts and high reach boomlifts. Some of those positions I might be better at than others, but I have at least tried my hand at them all.
I've seen the industry evolve over nearly 30 years. I've seen the death of analog and the birth of the digital age. I may be only a jack of all trades instead of a master of any of them, but when I talk about my industry, I kinda know a little something about what I'm talking about. When I don't know something, there will usually be a question mark somewhere to indicate that I'm interested in learning something I don't already know. Seeing as how I continue to take training courses as new equipment develops, rest assured that I do, indeed, continue to learn.
But when I make a statement, particularly an opinion statement, it's probably a fairly informed one.
I have been working in entertainment since 1989. I have a background in theater lighting and set design and construction. I moved into broadcast video in 1999 and that's where I got my degree. I've had 3 different but related majors because I've been back to school a couple of different times and each time the school didn't have the exact same major so I had to switch. In addition to broadcast media, I've also majored in film lighting and in stage lighting and set design.
I have worked in theater, in television, in event photography and videography, in wedding videography, in stock photography, in portrait photography, in animal photography (wild and domestic), in concert lighting and camera operation, and in corporate events on the exhibit floor, in meeting rooms, and in general sessions.
Back in my first time through college I even specialized in music videos and I spent my internship in a public access TV studio and got my first paid camera job op-ing for a megachurch. For a while after that, I was known for excelling in the hardest spotlight positions there are - ice shows and magic shows. When I started working in the industry, we were still splicing celluloid together with scotch tape and jogging beta decks frame-by-frame to sync up with a separate audio track.
I've done everything from stagehand and truck loader all the way up to Master Electrician and LD in electrics and from grip to V1 in video. I have also done some odds and ends of related positions like fly rail, concert, & ballroom rigging, and getting certified to drive heavy equipment like forklifts and high reach boomlifts. Some of those positions I might be better at than others, but I have at least tried my hand at them all.
I've seen the industry evolve over nearly 30 years. I've seen the death of analog and the birth of the digital age. I may be only a jack of all trades instead of a master of any of them, but when I talk about my industry, I kinda know a little something about what I'm talking about. When I don't know something, there will usually be a question mark somewhere to indicate that I'm interested in learning something I don't already know. Seeing as how I continue to take training courses as new equipment develops, rest assured that I do, indeed, continue to learn.
But when I make a statement, particularly an opinion statement, it's probably a fairly informed one.
