Resume
 j.samba@gmail.com
805.252.3038
 
Experience  
July '09 - Present ABC Entertainment Marketing, Los Angeles, CA
Offline Editor
  - Cut promos, sizzl reels, presentations for ABC primetime shows
- Shows include The Bachelor, Private Practice, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, Jimmy Kimme Live! and special programming such as The Oscars and The Scripps Spelling Bee
Oct. '06 - Aug. '09
Hieroglyphic Productions, Studio City, CA
Online (Finishing) Editor/Motion Graphics Designer
  - Conformed Offline Sequences (HD and SD) to Online Sequences
- Ensured spots, programs, and presentations met broadcast standards
- Also worked with footage shot on RED Camera
- Color correction/Timing, Quality control, Final Output (Avid/Final Cut Prom to DigiBeta, HDCAM, HDCAM SR, BetaSP
- Created graphics. composited, rotoscoped for promos, sizzle reels, presentations, and commercials (Disney Channel ,ABC kids, Buena Vista Home Ent., etc.)
- Shows and movies included Imagination Movers, Princess Protection Program, High School Musical 3, Hola Sproutitos)
Oct. ’06 - June. '09

 Time.com, Handmade Films, & Pacific Islanders in Communications,
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
  - Shot, lit, and ran audio for interviews (Javier BArdem, Pete Sampras, Abigail Breslin, Ron Howard, Jerry Bruckheimer) for Time Magazine's website component
- Shot interviews for television series pilot, Village: Back to the Rock in Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Seattle
- Shot behind the scenes footage for feature, Eloise In Paris

Oct. ’06 - Sept. '08 Films By Youth Inside, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor
  - Taught fundamentals of filmmaking to incarcerated youth in probation camps
- Oversaw projects from pre-production to screening
Oct. ‘04 – Nov. ’06
Lynne Lussier Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Online/Offline Editor & Motion Graphic Designer
  - Conformed Offline Sequences (HD and SD) to Onlined Sequences
- Scratch Removal, Color Correction/Timing, Quality Control, Final Output (HDCAM, D5, DVCAM, Digibeta, Beta)
- Ensured spots and presentations met broadcast standards
- Edited, digitized, and performed pulls for spots and presentations
- Performed preps for online/sweetening and uploaded QT references to FTP for clients
- Created interstitials/cards, end plates, visual effects, and other various graphics for spots and presentations
- Clients included Disney/ESPN, ABC, Buena Vista, Spike, Paramount, ABC Family, USA, Lifetime, Touchstone, etc.
May – Sept. ’04 Technical Production Services, Carpinteria,CA
General Technician
  - Prep, set-up and take-down of audio, visual, and lighting equipment for corporate events, weddings, and concerts

‘02 – June ‘04   Associated Students Program Board, UCSB, Goleta, CA
Production Crew
  - Assisted in set-up, operation, and take-down of sound equipment and lighting needed to run concerts with capacities of 800-10,000 (Equipment: mixers, amp, vocal and instrument mics, speakers, studio lights, lighting consoles, etc.
2001- 2004 Instructional Resources, Media Equipment, Goleta, CA
Field Operator & Office Operator
  - Provided audio/visual support for UCSB students and faculty in person and by phone
- Equipment we catered to consisted of televisions, VCR’s computers, PA Systems (mixers (Mackie), amps (QSC, Mackie, Crest), speakers, mics), data projectors
- Ensured and checked that jobs were filled and executed by all field operators
- Filed, organized, and maintained equipment workorders

2003-2004 Asian Resource Center, Educational Opportunity Program, Goleta, CA
Programming Intern
  - Coordinated and planned various historical, cultural, and social events for the UCSB community
- Oversaw volunteers who helped on events as well as keeping the Asian Resource Center open
 
Education
1999 - 2004

 University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
B.A. in Film Studies with a minor in Asian American Studies
         

Computer & Technical Skills
Video Editing Programs
Avid Media Composer, Avid Symphony, Symphony Nitris, Avid DS Nitris, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere
Color Correction
Avid DS Nitris, Avid Symphony Nitris, Apple Color, Final Cut Pro
Web & Graphic Design Programs
Adobe Acrobat, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Pagemaker, & Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver & Flash, DVD Studio Pro
Sound Programs
Sonic Foundry Acid and Sound Forge)
Wordprocessing Programs and Operating Systems:
Microsoft Word, Wordperfect, some Excel, some File Maker Pro, Windows, MAC operating systems)
Camera
Still Cameras: (SLR, Digital SLR, point and click)
Film/Video Cameras: 16mm (K3, Arri-S)
HDSLR: Canon 7D, Canon T2i
Video: Canon XL-1, GL-1,2, Panasonic AG-DVX100, HVX200, Sony HVR-Z1U, HVR-V1U, Sony EX-1
Technical
Soundboard Mixers, Patch Bays (Digital and Analog),
Tape Decks: Digibeta, Beta, D5, HDCAM, HDCAM SR;
Media Storage: XSAN (Final Cut), Unity (Avid)
Tapeless Media: P2, SxS, XDCAM, SDHC, CF Cards
Camera Styles
Documentary, Narrative, 3 Camera Television Production
     
Awards
Awarded two grants for independent film/video projects at UCSB
  - Like Mother Like Daughter – Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities grant
- Instructional Video as a supplement to Asian American Studies Television Production class – Instructional Resources Grant
Interests
Computers, Track & Field and other sports, Dancing (Breakdancing, Routine, Hip-Hop, Ballroom), Photography, Music, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Capoeira, Video Games, Films (making and watching them)
     
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