Stephen D. Baker www.stevebakersoundguy.com [email protected] [email protected]
8784 Overcup Oak Drive, Cordova, TN 38018 Cell: (850) 582-1240
Location Sound Mixer also worked as Scout/UPM/Producer/Director/Coordinator
Summary of Qualifications: Location Sound Mixer and Seasoned Production Professional with 25+ years experiences working in Broadcast, Corporate and Independent Production Environments, including 8+ years of Corporate/Commercial Production Management and 10+ years of freelance production. Experience in all aspects of Production: Writing, Producing, Directing, Shooting and Editing; Expertise in local regional and national advertising and documentary production, and strong Crew and Client management skills.
Recent Freelance Clients: o Matt Huesman Productions – Location Sound – Results PT – Olive Branch, MS. Millington, TN o Transient Pictures – Location Sound – “23 and Me - Debra” – Taylor/Oxford, MS o Carbon Media/Carbon TV – Location Sound – NODR w/Roy Jones Jr. – Cantonement, FL o Trickey Jannus/Revive Media Services – Location Sound – FWB Medical Center Spots – FWB, FL o Go To Team – Location Sound – CNBC Live Shots/FedEX Matrix/CBS NCAA Basketball “Sweet 16” interviews – Memphis, TN o The Daily Janet – Producer/Director/Editor/Sound – “The Daily Janet” book Trailer – Pensacola, FL o Eddie Brothers Entertainment – Hunter Brothers Music Video “Get Away” – Pensacola, FL o Lucky 8 TV – Location Sound – “Young and Hungry” Pilot – Orange Beach, FL o Dilated Pixels – Location Sound - “Wendy’s High School Heisman” – Fort Walton Beach, FL o Tomorrow Pictures – Location Sound – “Dine Worth the Drive” – Cocoa Beach, FL o Optomen Productions – Locations Sound – “Mysteries at the Museum: Dinos” – Fairhope, AL o 29 Rogues – Location Sound – Vevo/Sun Studios Tour – Memphis, TN o Meglomedia Productions – Location Sound – “My 600LB Life” – Oxford, MS/”Skin Tight” – Chattanooga, TN o Divided Films – Location Sound – Frontline “Patriot Information Hotline” – Jonesboro, AR o Tomorrow Picture – Location Sound – Atlanta Eats – Orange Beach, AL o Vice Media, LLC. – Location Sound – View Glass VR – Olive Branch. MS o Walton Isaacson – Location Sound – Spalding “Lifecycle of a Basketball” – Alexander, AL o MAK Pictures - Location Sound – “Secret of my Successor” Pilot – Memphis, TN o Soul Pancake – Location Sound – “Kid President/Maytag – Adulting” - Henderson, TN o NBC/Universal – Location Sound – “America’s Got Talent” – Alamo, TN & Destin FL o Buchanan Advertising – Location Sound – “Boost Simply Complete – Sam” - Leroy, AL o Miles Media/Go To Team – Location Sound – “Unsung-901-Bobby Blue Bland” - Memphis, TN o Idyllic Pictures – Location Sound – “Demon White” (working title) Feature Film – Daphne, AL o Moonshot Productions/The Weinstein Group – Location Sound – “Keeping Up with the Jones” – Cantonment, FL o Bodega Pictures – Location Sound – “Big & Little” pilot – Memphis, TN o MDQ, LLC/CMT – Utility Sound – “Sun Records” “Big & Little” – 1st few episodes CMT - Memphis, TN o Black Spot/USA Networks – Location Sound – “5 Hour Energy - Uso Brothers” - USA Network - Pensacola, FL o Strong Productions – Location Sound/Coordinator/Scout – “Little League ’55” Documentary – Pensacola, FL o York Productions – Location Sound – USAF Special Operations – Hurlburt Field, FL o Bloomberg TV/Showtime – Location Sound – Trump Rally – “With All Due Respect” / ”The Circus” Pensacola, FL o Left Filed Entertainment – Location Sound – Lone Wrangler – Sizzle Reel - Canton, MS o NFL Networks – Location Sound – Senior Bowl 2016 Player Interviews – Mobile AL o Peacock Productions - Location Sound – “Disappeared” – Episode 703 – Pensacola, FL
Stephen D. Baker www.stevebakersoundguy.com [email protected] [email protected]
8784 Overcup Oak Drive, Cordova, TN 38018 Cell: (850) 582-1240 o Optomen Productions – Location Sound – “When Sharks Attack”/”Killer Voices”/”Monsters inside Me”/”Monumental Mysteries” – Various Networks – Various locations o Collins Avenue Entertainment – Location Sound – Untitled Watersports Sizzle – Destin, FL o Austin Street Productions – Location Sound – Brush of Honor – Episode 105 - INSP TV – Destin, FL o Loud Television - Location Sound – Tiny House Universe/Tiny House Hunters – HGTV - Seaside/Tallahassee, FL o Channel 8 Entertainment – Location Sound – Celebrity Motor Homes – Laura Bell Bundy/CMT – Panama City Beach, FL o Go To Team/NFL UP! – Location Sound – NFL UP! Jonathan Cyprian – NFL Networks - Jacksonville, FL o Nancy Glass Productions – Location Sound – Tanked – Animal Planet - Perdido Key, FL o Red Rock Films – Location Sound – Secrets of the Arsenal – “Lucky Charm” AHCTV - Fort Rucker, AL o Discovery CA – Location Sound – Daily Planet-IHMC Fast Runner – Pensacola, FL o Buckshot Productions – Location Sound – House Hunters – Destin, Pensacola, FL o Richfield Productions – Location Sound – Source America Fort Rucker, AL o Big Storm Productions – Production Coordinator – Emerald Coast Spots - Okaloosa TDC o Tomorrow Pictures – Location Sound – South Walton Beach Commercials o Viacom/MTV – Location Sound – Hang Out Festival 2014 o Wind & Weather – Location Scout/Location Manager – Winter/Spring Catalog Shoot o David Nixon Productions – Location Sound – University of West Florida - “Hackers” spot – Pensacola, FL o NBC Universal TV – Location Sound – “America’s Got Talent” – Chloe Channel – Cantonment, FL/NBC Nightly News – Location Sound – Sunken Cargo Ship/Hurricane/Storm coverage o Sharp Entertainment – Location Sound – “My Redneck Summer”/”Extreme Cheapskates” Discovery/Destination USA o STV Productions – Field Producer/Director/Coordinator – Live shot for Aarhus Festival 2012 Sat Uplink for International Event o VIMBY – Location Sound – Regional Walmart Commercials o Odd Machine – Location Sound – CAT Equipment Corporate Video o We Like Small – Location Sound – “Collaborative Quadrotor” – UF Reef Facility o Castle Pictures – Location Sound – “Bill Nye’s Global Meltdown” for Nat Geo – Tallahassee, FL; “Hacking the Planet” – The Weather Channel – Gainesville, FL o Original Media – Location Sound – “BBQ Pitmasters” – Destination America – Pensacola, FL and Mobile AL o Make Believe Studios – Location Sound – “The Devil You Know”- Episode 16 – Panama City Beach, FL o Off the Fence Productions – Location Sound – “The Hunted” – BBC – NW Florida Locations o Prospect Pictures/Renegade Pictures – Location Sound – “Dr. Hunter Investigates” – Panama City, FL o Associated Press/ABC/Good Morning America – Camera Operator – various hurricane/weather/ News related events o Tupelo Honey Productions – Camera/Location Sound - “Panic at the Disco – Spring Break”- AT&T streaming video – Panama City Beach, FL o Lone Wolf Documentary Group – Location Sound – “Underwater Universe” – History Channel - Panama City, FL o Revive Media Services – Location Sound – several local/regional/national productions o High Noon Productions – Location Sound - “If Walls Could Talk” – HGTV – Mobile, AL o BBC-UK/VOOM – Location Sound - “I’ll Try Anything Once”- “Extreme Pest Control” Treasure HD – NW Florida Locations o Jupiter Entertainment – Location Sound – “City Confidential” – A&E – Panama City, FL o Discovery Networks/Waddell Media, UK – Camera Operator - “Future Weapons” – Eglin AFB, FL o Indigo Films – Location Sound – “I Almost” Got Away with It” – several episodes and locations.
Other Freelance clients and demos available on request
Stephen D. Baker www.stevebakersoundguy.com [email protected] [email protected]
8784 Overcup Oak Drive, Cordova, TN 38018 Cell: (850) 582-1240
Gear List: ♦ Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder – 6 ISO Tracks 4 Mix Tracks ♦ Sanken CS3E, Sennheiser MKH416 and Me66 Shotgun Mics with Booms ♦ Lectrosonics SRb Receivers x 2 (block 20 & 21) ♦ Lectrosonics SMQV Transmitters x 4 (Block 20 & 21) ♦ Sanken Cos 11/Tram TR-50 Mics ♦ Ambient ACN-LS Timecode Slate ♦ 4 x Tentacle Sync Time Code Generators with cables for all cameras ♦ Sennheiser G2/3 wireless systems x 3 Block A & B for camera hops ♦ Sennheiser G3 EK300 wireless IFB x 3 ♦ Comtec – single VHF, transmitter and receiver
Equipment Experience: ♦ Proficient with various types of Video and Film Cameras and Formats, Location Sound Equipment. ♦ Proficient with various types of Non-Linear and Linear On-line and Off-line editing equipment/software, including, but not limited to Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, etc.
Professional Experience: June 1990 to Present Owner-Producer/Director – SB Video Productions, Cape Cod, MA NW Florida and Memphis, TN. SB Video Productions is a full-service Video Production Company producing award winning Local and Regional Advertising for Broadcast and Cable, Corporate Marketing Video and “How-to” productions for Home Video. Additionally, SB Video Productions provides Production support for all types of Production: Broadcast, Non-broadcast, Film, Video, Audio, Live Production. August 1993 to December 2002 - Senior Producer/Director – AT&T Media Services (Comcast), SE Massachusetts/Cape Cod MA Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor/Writer/Production Coordinator of 30 and 60 second spots for Cable Ad Insertion, and 30 minute shows for Local Origination programming. Producer/Manager in charge of small production facility with full time staff of 3, augmented by Freelancers.
Demo Reel and References Available upon request