COMPLETE VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES

Covering Boston, MA and New York, NY.

503-740-6775 (cell)

• Video Producer/DP/Editor available with ENG/EFP broadcast 3 CHIP DV camera / full location production package and Digital post production system. Everything needed to produce high quality corporate, industrial, event, or broadcast Video.
• Media production experience spans twenty-three years, with nineteen years in the video production and television broadcast industry in the New York, Pacific Northwest, Boston and Atlanta markets. Worked in positions ranging from lighting director to director of photography as well as producer, editor, animator and graphic artist. Past clients include WGBH Boston, MSNBC, Bell South Corporation, United Parcel Service, Discovery Channel, the NBA, KOPB Portland, Georgia Pacific Corporation, Starbucks Corporation, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Washington, BET, ESPN, Outdoor Life Network, SEH America, Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Radisys Corporation, Americas Most Wanted, NECN, CBS News, and The Court TV Network.
• Core competencies include camera, lighting and editing for long form documentary, new magazine segments, news features, sports features, training and orientation for broadcast, cablecast, corporate communications, industrial training as well as production of government agency and non-profit informational videos. Skill set includes EFP/ENG camera and lighting for single/multiple camera ISO location setups as well as hard (studio)camera/pedestal operation, live switched multiple camera operations, lighting from grids and film-style (floor) lighting; use of HMI’s, tungsten open face, ellipsoidal and fresnels, soft lighting techniques, lighting translucent and reflective materials, use of color enhancement (stage) and color correction gels, stylized lighting techniques including bounce and use of Chimera products, as well as use of every major professional analog and digital video format (Beta SP, Digital Beta 4x3 and 16x9, NTSC and PAL), DV/DVCam. Camera sused include Sony 300A, 400A, 600, 700, 709ws, D30, D50 with Beta, digiBeta and DV-Cam backs, as well as the new crop of DV cameras including XL-1, XL-1s PD-150/170 and JVC DV-500/5000. Have extensive live remote experience with both hard and soft cameras. (Triax and MultiCore) Extensive location sound-for-video experience.
• Non-linear editing on various systems including Avid Xpress with Meridien Box, Avid Xpress DV 3.5, McExpress, Premiere-based systems (Canopus REX and Storm), Final Cut Pro, FAST DPR, Media100, Vegas 4.0/5.0, and extensive Photoshop, After Effects and streaming mediaencoding experience, including output of MPEG 1, 2, Windows Media and RealMedia for CD-ROM, internet, intranet, VCD, SVCD and DVD distribution. Experience with multi layer compositing, motion graphics, and chroma keying in both editing and After FX environments. Creative emphasis is on pacing, story-telling, and creative use of motion graphics as well as solid sound production techniques. DVD authoring experience with Sonic REEL DVD and Producer as well as DVD Architect; MPG-2 encoding experience with Cleaner, Ligos, Main Concept and ProCoder. Have designed and built numerous digital systems, both real time and non-real-time, including Canopus REX, Storm, Raptor RT, and basic Pyro systems; extensive OS and hardware expertise (system integration and management)

Awards: 1986 NY Film Festival Silver-Best Corporate Video (Lighting)

2000 NATOA Best Documentary - 2001 NATOA Best Public Event - 2001 NATOA Citation of Merit

2002 Best of the Northwest Award of Excellence / 2002 Best of the Northwest Honorable Mention

- 2002 NATOA First Place / City Profile -

Recent Employment History :

•May - June 06 Camera/Lighting/Sound - "Wall Street Warriors"", Six episodes - Reality show for NHD Network / CineAlta XDCam HD F330 (1080i)

•April 06 Camera/Lighting/Sound - "SearchHelp" - News magazine technology spot on Long Island University's special programs for older students for MSNBC/CNBC.

•April 06 Camera/Lighting/Sound - "Accomodating the Non-Traditional Student" - News magazine spot on Long Island University's special programs for older students for WE/Oxygen/MSNBC/CNBC.

•Mar 06 Camera/Lighting/Sound - "Pulse on America" - "The Jack Cust Academy with Sparky Lyle" News magazine spot for MSNBC/CNBC.

•Jan 06 Camera/Lighting/Sound - NTD Labs, INC. - "Pre-Natal Screening Technology" for NTD Labs, Huntington, NY.

•Oct 05 Camera/Lighting/Sound - Cheshire Regional Medical Center/Dartmouth Medical, Keene, NH - "Water-Birth as a Natural Alternative" (DV-Cam)

•Sept 05 Camera/Lighting /Sound - "Pulse on America - Business Trends - MYOP Software", news magazine segment for CNBC/MSNBC.

•June 05 Camera/Lighting /Sound - Leo Burnett Agency - Chicago/ interviews for Cannes 2005

•May 05 Camera/Lighting /Sound - "Pulse on America - Beauty Industry Trends", news magazine segment for CNBC.

•May 05 Camera/Lighting /Sound - "Intervention", reality/documentary for A&E.

•May 05 Camera/Lighting /Sound - "FlyShare" news magazine segment for MSNBC.

•Nov 04 Camera/ MTV-News "Decision 2004" coverage of Presidential race /Kerry campaign/ Boston, MA.

•Sept 04 Camera/Lighting/Sound/ coverage of grand opening event of "The Leo Burnette Story" at the NY Museum of Radio and Television's Steven Speilberg Gallery. For Leo Burnette/Chicago

•April 04 Camera/Sound "GLAD Media Awards" at the NY Marriot, Red Carpet interviews for CNN.
•Mar 04 Camera "Imus in the Morning" at the Ritz-Carlton, on MSNBC, live multi-cam shoot.
•Feb 04 Camera/Lighting/Sound "Comedy Connection Live", 4 camera live to tape production at Comedy Connection/Quincy Market, Boston.
•Jan 04 Camera/Lighting/Sound "NBA Reading" Promo package for the NBA/Boston Celtics.
•Dec 03 Camera/Lighting/Sound "Wen Jiabao at Harvard" coverage/package for NHK-TV/Japan.
(Beta)
•NOV 03 Lighting/Sound "Beriatric Therapy" streaming media instructional series for Tufts University Medical Center(Boston) (Beta)
•Aug 03 Camera/Lighting "Live at the Regent" Live multicam concert of "Gongzilla" at the Regent Theater, Arlington ,MA, for Escape TV. (DV)
•June 03 Producer/Director/Camera/Sound/Editing for "Verizon WiFi" instructional video for Kon Tiki Media of San Francisco/Verizon Wireless New York (DV)
•May 03 Camera /Lighting / Sound for RSD Corporation 30th anniversary video presentation in Geneva. (DVcam)
•May 03 Camera/Lighting - Leo Burnett Agency - Chicago/ interviews / B-roll for Cannes 2003(DV)
•April 03 Camera / Lighting / Sound / Green Screen/Chroma Key shoot/ Instructional video for streaming distribution for KonTikiProductions, San Francisco/Adobe Software. (DV)
•Feb ‘03 Camera/ Lighting /Testimonial Interviews / B-roll; for Leo Burnett Agency Chicago (DV)
•Aug – Sept ’02 Camera / Lighting - Tech TV Network/ Expanded news segments / 9-11 Special(DV)
•Aug. ’02 Camera/ Lighting - New England Cable New / Expanded news segments / Health &Science report (Beta)
•June – July ’02 Camera / Lighting - WGBH Boston (PBS) “Greater Boston” newsmagazine segments (Beta)
•Spring 01-Spring 02 Producer/Director/Camera/Editor/Animator WES "Deer Creek Restoration" environmental video outlining Forest andSalmon habitat restoration in keeping with current ESA listings (DV)
•Dec 01-May ’02 Camera /Lighting Oregon Public Broadcasting – “American Passages” Literature series (DigiBeta)
•Mar ‘02 Producer/Director/Editor/Animator Image-Overview video for Clackamas Community College (DV)
•Fall 01 Producer/Director/Camera/Editor/Animator" Our County Forest" forest management and practices video outlining sustained yield practices and stream protection during harvest. (DV)
•Jan ‘02 Camera/Sound Radisys Corp. quarterly report for Blackthorne Group (DV)
•Dec ‘01 Camera/Editing/Graphics for "Inside" news magazine for Clack. Co. Public Affairs. (DV)
•July ;01 ENG camera and lighting coverage of Rockfest for "High Octane", produced by Alien Dog Productions.
•June ’01 ENGc amera, lighting, editing, animation and graphics for "The Master Plan", orientation video for North Clackamas Parks & Rec district. (DV)
•May ;01 ENG camera, lighting, editing, animation and graphics for "Welcome", orientation video for Clackamas County Strategic Communications. (DV)
•April ’01 ENG camera, lighting, editing, animation and graphics for "Complete Communities" smart growth orientation video for Clackamas County Strategic Communications. (DV)
•Nov. ’00 EFP camera and lighting for interviews/B-roll for orientation piece on eye surgery for Alcon-Japan. (Beta)
•Aug. ’00 ENG camera and lighting for "Backstage Pass". Interviews and B-roll ofFooFighters and Red Hot Chile Peppers at The Gorge Amphitheater. Produced by Alien Dog Productions. (Beta)
•Dec. 99 ENG Camera and lighting for "Aloha Classic", professional wind surfing event in Maui, Hawaii, distributed to Fox Sports, ESPN 2, and EuroSport. Produced by Alien Dog Productions. (Beta)
•Feb. ’99 Lighting, promotional video for Adidas-Europe(Digital PAL-16:9) thru Omni Video/Park Avenue, London
•Dec. ’98 Camera and Lighting, World Snowboarding Championships, Stand-ups, interviews and Packages to support event for Outdoor Life Network. (Beta)
•July ‘98 Camera and Lighting, Championship Water-skiing, Stand-ups and Packages to support event coverage for The Outdoor Life Network. (Beta)
•May ‘98 Camera and Lighting, "CBS This Morning", live stand-ups to support coverage of the Springfield, Oregon, high school shooting. (live TV)
•May ‘98 Camera and Lighting, "Americas Most Wanted", "Street Soldiers"; segment.
•Dec 97 Camera and Lighting, Multiple green screen (ultimatte) interviews for Georgia-Pacific quarterly building products report.
•Oct.. '97 Field camera and lighting. Safety at Crossette, Ark. Safety Training video produced by Georgia-Pacific Corporate TV services. (Beta)
•Sept. '97 Courtroom camera operator, live network and pool feed. Jay Barry Sandlin infanticide trial, Decatur GA., forthe Court TV Network. (Live TV)

For More information regarding services, rates and bookings contact:

Stephen A. Leone –Producer / Director
Video Camera– Lighting – Sound - Editing - Effects – Encoding - Authoring
503-740-6775 (cell)

steveleone@aol.com