Eric Wise

(415) 572-1521 • San Francisco, CA • eric@splicevine.com

DEMO REEL:  2012 Demo Reel

SUMMARY

An accomplished video editor with extensive knowledge of all aspects of video post-production. A multiple regional Emmy nominee able to create diverse television and film editing styles that include narrative, web, documentary, corporate, music video and experimental. A proven background in motion graphics creation, color-correction, music production and audio mixing for high-definition projects in a fast-paced demanding environment. All of this is achieved with a proficiency in video compression and a bleeding-edge knowledge of new and emerging digital delivery workflows.

PROFICIENCY: Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, Avid Media Composer, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Motion, Compressor, Mocha, Keylight, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, Soundtrack Pro, Sorenson Squeeze, Ableton Live, Cyberduck, Sapphire Plug-Ins, Twitch, Nodes, Microsoft Office, QuickTime Pro, MediaMover, Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw.

COMPETENCY: Trapcode Suite, Boris Continuum Complete.

FAMILIARITY: Final Cut Pro X, Autodesk Smoke, Resolve, SpeedGrade, Prelude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INTEL STUDIOS, Santa Clara, CA / 2012 – Ongoing

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

FILM SIGHT, Berkeley, CA / 2011 – Ongoing

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

TOTAL MEDIA GROUP, South San Francisco, CA / 2012 – Ongoing

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelancer)

SAFEWAY, INC., Pleasanton, CA / 2009 – Ongoing

Avid Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Edit and produce graphics for nationally internally broadcast shows.

• Highlight: I created a video for a pilot project that helped launch a national campaign that will potentially be viewed by over 200,000 Safeway employees in the United States and Canada.

ELECTRONIC ARTS, Redwood City, CA / 2009 – 2012

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Work with video game product managers to create promotional content for new game releases such as Madden NFL, FIFA, Spore, The Sims and Dead Space. This is achieved by editing supplied footage, creating custom motion graphics and remixing supplied music.

• Highlight: I recently created a remix for a new Madden NFL release project that was received with department wide acclaim. It expanded the possibilities of viewer engagement on all projects moving forward

REIMAGINE GROUP, New York, NY / 2011

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Highlight: Produced and edited videos for the Global Pulse division of the United Nations about their operations in Uganda and Indonesia.

EPIC GAMES, Cary, NC / 2010 – 2011

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Create videos and graphics in multiple formats and versions to support the world-wide launch of Bulletstorm. Work directly with Epic’s director of marketing, senior PR manager, cinematics director and audio director as well as Electronic Arts personnel and international partners to deliver content in a quick response environment.

• Highlight: For this project I created an extensive and detailed Bulletstorm wiki that I kept synched to my iPhone, iPad, laptop and desktop. This gave me instant time-saving access, regardless of my location, to vital project data such as project personnel info, the requests log and floating due dates.

TOTAL IMMERSION SOFTWARE, Alameda, CA / 2009 – 2011

Final Cut Pro Editor / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Create promotional content for 3D virtualization software that is developed for government agencies. This is achieved by editing supplied footage, creating custom motion graphics and remixing supplied music.

• Highlight: I created an animation that launches when the company’s software suite is installed on the user’s computer and resolves into an interactive graphical user interface. During this project I collaborated with company web designers, web developers and product managers to create this tightly integrated video.

MACY’S, INC., San Francisco, CA / 2007 – 2009

Senior Avid / Final Cut Pro Editor (full time)

• Edited nationally broadcast shows for clients such as Calvin Klein, Levis, Tommy Hilfiger and DKNY that trained over 140,000 Macy’s employees.

• Utilized graphics, effects and sound design in collaboration with senior graphic designer for network branding campaigns.

• Highlights: Created a marketing video that commenced a partnership between Apple and Macy’s.

• Completed an intensive 40-hour course on video compression at the Digital Media Academy at Stanford University. This course considerably advanced my understanding of compression and how to better distribute content for broadcast, DVD, web and mobile delivery.

• Developed and implemented detailed technical documentation standards and naming conventions for editors, photographers and producers.

NBC3, San Jose, CA / 2009 – 2011

Special Projects Editor / Producer / Motion Graphics Artist (freelance)

• Responsible for conceptualizing, producing, writing and editing original content in the form of half-hour shows and station promos.

• Highlight: I was lauded for several promos I produced and edited that helped NBC3 to regain high ratings and beat competing networks in the 11pm time slot.

KBWB-TV, San Francisco, CA / 1999 – 2008

Senior Avid / Final Cut Pro Editor (full-time)

• Responsible for editing and producing original content in the form of half-hour shows, station promos and local commercials.

• Highlight: Received regional Emmy nominations for editing Making the Cut: The Next Top Designers (reality TV show) and Your Green Life (nationally syndicated environmental show).

• Co-created and was the lead video editor of a daily entertainment newsbreak show that generated lucrative marketing campaigns and partnerships.

• Retooled and expanded this daily newsbreak into a half-hour national entertainment news magazine program.

• Worked with creative team in the editing and co-producing of hyper-local web content and commercials that resulted in increased sales.

WISE WORLD MEDIA, San Francisco, CA / 2003 – 2007

Owner, Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer (part-time)

• Founder and creative director of an agency specializing in producing media for nonprofit organizations.

• Highlight: Produced and edited a weeklong national shoot in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, North Carolina and New York for The Biz World Foundation fundraiser video that was instrumental in growing the donor base.

• Directed, produced and edited a pioneering PSA contest for All Stars Helping Kids in partnership with the King Institute at Stanford and Yahoo!

• Co-wrote, co-produced, directed and edited fundraising video and DVD for The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Program that launched a multi-year fundraising campaign.

• Directed, produced and edited a fundraising video and DVD for Edgewood Center for Children and Families that was the centerpiece of a $500,000 annual capital campaign.

EDUCATION

The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

BS, Speech Communications

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Classroom Instruction: Video Compression • Web Video • Avid Media Composer • After Effects: I • After Effects II • Apple Motion • DVD Studio Pro • Photoshop for Video •Lighting • HTML I • HTML II • Dreamweaver I • Dreamweaver II • Aesthetics of Editing.

Virtual Instruction: Final Cut Pro: Optimization and Trouble Shooting • Final Cut Pro: Effects • Final Cut Pro: HD • Final Cut Pro: Troubleshooting and Optimization • After Effects: Beyond the Basics • Compressor • Illustrator: Essential Training • OS X Leopard: Advanced • Apple Color.

Blog RSS Subscriptions: The Editblog • FCP World • Studio Daily • Source/Record • SuiteTake • Hollyn-wood • Lifehacker • Digitalfilms.

Podcast RSS Subscriptions: The Terence and Phillip Show • Tech News Today • Back to Work • The Pipeline • iPad Today • Radiolab• The Conversation • The Big Web Show • Digital Production Buzz • MacBreak Weekly • This Week in Tech • Work Awesome.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

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