Resume

JOHN TYSON

media artist

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new media, film/video/audio/photo production & post, graphic design, a/v + computer tech.

E D U C AT I O N



703.855.6952 / [email protected] / http://john.capseat.com PORTFOLIO/REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Emerson College; • BFA in Visual & Media Arts, concentration in Experimental Media Production; Psychology minor. • 3.63 GPA, graduated cum laude • Visual & Media Arts Senator; Emerson Student Government Association. (2007-2008.) • President; Films From The Margin @ Emerson College, Boston, MA (2006-2007.) Berklee College of Music; • Master Certificate in Music Production & Technology (In Progress; Online) New York Film Academy; • Summer Film Production program @ Princeton University campus.

WORK EXPERIENCE

SCA Intern; National Park Service, WASO Interpretation & Education Office. (2011-2012.) • Assisted in production and maintenance of video and web materials for various I&E programs & initiatives • Made equipment purchasing recommendations for several offices, including WASO/I&E and Bethune House NHS Freelance Media Artist; Film, video, audio, photo, & new media. (2007-Present.) Customer Service & Technical Support Representative; Media Services Center, Emerson College, Boston, MA. (2005-2008.) • Delivered/maintained media equipment, such as laptops, projectors, cameras, mics, etc • Maintained a media library with thousands of film prints, VHS tapes, DVDs, vinyl records, audio cassettes, and CDs Activist / Canvasser; Working America, Falls Church, VA. (Summer 2005.) Videographer / Producer / Editor; Falls Church Community Cable Access, Falls Church, VA. (1997-2004) Web Designer; Student Conservation Association, Rosslyn, VA. (Summer 2002.)

N O TA B L E F R E E L A N C E C L I E N T S 88DC / Xculture.tv / FORWARD Festival Silver Spring, MD

Live visuals, art installations, video, tech support, blogging

(2010-Present)

Boston Underground Film Festival Boston, MA

Technical direction / event videography

(2009-Present)

Student Conservation Association Rosslyn, VA

Event photography

Penn, Schoen & Berland Washington, DC PlanetPix Productions Washington, DC MIT Nextlab Initiative Cambridge, MA NPS @ Boston Nat’l Historic Park Boston, MA Media Modifications Cambridge, MA

(2010)

Video editing

(2010)

Videography, editing

(2009)

Videography / production / editing

(2009)

Videography / production / color grading / DVD authoring

(2008)

Graphic design

(2007)

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE Video: Apple Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro, Color, Motion, DVD Studio Pro,) Avid Media Composer, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore,) Vegas Video, Color Finesse 2, Quartz Composer, Modul8, Resolume Avenue, VDMX, iMovie, iDVD Web/Design: Adobe Creative Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,) XHTML, CSS, Wordpress, FTP, Web standards Audio/Music: Ableton Live, Digidesign ProTools, MOTU Digital Performer, Apple Logic Pro, Apple Soundtrack Pro, Acid Pro, Waveform Editors, Max/MSP/Jitter, Pd, Reason, ReBirth, GarageBand Office Productivity: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, OpenOffice Hardware: Video/16mm/still cameras, lenses & depth of field, lighting/color, mics, field and studio mixing & recording, kiosks & installations (including PA systems for live events,) projectors, steenbecks & splicers, optical printers, film stocks/preservation, lab processing & printing, (C-41, E-6, B&W), video formats/codecs, computer hardware and repair, basic electronics engineering Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux

N O TA B L E M E D I A A R T S C R E D I T S / E X H I B I T I O N S / P E R F O R M A N C E S “Sriracha” Live Audio/Video Performance

FORWARD Festival

Washington, DC

(2012)

“SINErgy” Live Video Performance

MGFest Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

(2010)

“Luziden” Interactive A/V Installation

Venues including: Space242, MFA Boston

Various

(2010)

Directed by Michael Pollak

Washington, DC

(2009)

Emerson College

Boston, MA

(2008)

“Death of a Nation” 35mm Feature - Production Assistant “Blasphemy” Avant Garde A/V Festival - Co-Curator