Avid EDITOR Benjamin Hershleder ■ Burbank, California CERTIFIED [email protected] ■ ContactBen.com Avid INSTRUCTOR The following represents a cross-section of the variety of promos, trailers, and long form I have edited using Avid Media Composer. For a detailed resume and streaming demo clips please visit www.ContactBen.com. Arama Entertainment – Avid Editor Trailer for feature motion picture entitled The Apostate (a.k.a. Michael Angel), starring Dennis Hopper. GameWorks/DreamWorks – Avid Editor Six minute, high-energy presentation package for GameWorks, the amusement division of DreamWorks SKG. Wildcat Productions – Avid Editor Hollywood Capri – Feature motion picture and three minute trailer. Paramount Studios – Avid Editor The Original Latin Kings of Comedy – Feature length comedy concert film hosted by Cheech Marin, starring George Lopez and Paul Rodriguez. Limited theatrical release; broadcast premiere on Showtime. Twelve cameras; eight mic placements; utilized Avid Multi-Cam; no line-cut. Blended four separate performances to appear as one. Shapiro-West Productions – Director & Avid Editor The Bronx Boys – Hosted by Carl Reiner – 45 minute documentary. HBO/Cinemax broadcast; PBS Broadcasts. Included utilization of Avid’s Multi-Cam and AniMatte features, as well as Photoshop. Telly Award Recipient; DV Awards Winner; WorldFest Houston Silver Remi Award; Selected for HBO’s “Frame by Frame” New York City screenings; Laemmle Theatre's "Bagels & Docs" screenings, and additional film festival screenings. E! Entertainment Television & Style Networks – Two years staff Avid Editor Promos, half-hour, hour, and two hour programs from start to finish, including audio mixing and up-resing per network and broadcast standards. As Editor completed several hour-long network specials and pilots. As both Editor and Co-Editor completed several of each of the following: E! True Hollywood Story; Celebrity Profile; Mysteries and Scandals; The Howard Stern Show; Assignment E!, With Leeza Gibbons; Search Party; Homes With Style, and others. A detailed description of episodes is available on the resume page at ContactBen.com. Fox Television / USA Network – Avid Editor In Search Of... – Pilot Episode title: In Search Of Secret Societies. One hour; not the series which aired on SyFy. Strand Communications – Avid Editor Judge Mills Lane – :30 Commercials. Included utilization of Photoshop & Avid’s AniMatte feature. Green Productions – Director & Avid Editor Something On My Mind – Music video. Adam Green, Producer. Shapiro-West Productions – Producer, Director & Avid Editor Jean-Christophe Huttepain Show – Fifteen minute pilot presentation. Avid Certified Instructor ■ Certified by Avid Technology since 1997. I currently teach the following certified courses: “Introduction to Avid Media Composer Editing” (3 day course); “Advanced Avid Editing” (3 day course); “Introduction to Avid Effects” (2 day course); and Advanced Avid Effects (2 day course). ■ Private, individual or group instruction: Clients include Disney Feature Animation, Granada Television, Honda, etc. ■ American Film Institute: Adjunct Professor, September 2007 - Present (also workshops in Photoshop & After Effects). ■ Avid Technology, Inc.: Avid Certified Instructor (ACI) Instructor (i.e. training the trainers), October 2013 - Present ■ Moviola Digital Media Education Center: Freelance Avid & Photoshop instructor, August 1998 to Present. ■ Video Symphony, Inc.: Staff instructor, June 1997 - June 1998; freelance, August 1998 to company closing in 2015. Benjamin Hershleder ■ Avid Editor & Certified Instructor ■ [email protected] Software ■ Avid – Proficient with editing, visual effects, and audio mixing. Working knowledge of Color Grading. ■ Photoshop – Proficient with image creation and manipulation using existing elements. ■ After Effects – Working knowledge of animation, compositing, and motion tracking (including Mocha). ■ Adobe Media Encoder & Sorenson Squeeze – Proficient with video and audio compression. ■ Additional applications & plug-In effects packages with varying degrees of familiarity: Boris Continuum Complete, Genarts' Sapphire, Adobe Encore, Compressor, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign, Drupal. Additional Details ■ Hershleder.com/resume ■ Hershleder.com/demo_clips Representative Awards Telly Awards ■ “The Least of These” – Short dramatic film (Co-Producer, Consulting Editor) ■ “Camp Del Corazon” – Short documentary profile for The American Heart Association (Avid Editor) ■ “The Bronx Boys” – 45 minute documentary, hosted by Carl Reiner (Producer, Director, Avid Editor) ■ “Movies Are Better” – Spec advertising spots, later retooled into a very short film (Producer, Director, Avid Editor) ■ “The Bronx Boys Still Playing at 80” – 85 minute documentary, hosted by Carl Reiner (Prod., Dir., Avid Editor) Student Emmy, Winner, Best Comedy ■ “Paul McCall” – Short film (Co-Writer, Director) CINE Gold Eagle ■ “Paul McCall” – Short comedy film (Co-Writer, Director) ■ “The Least of These” – Short dramatic film (Co-Producer, Consulting Editor) Gold Ebenseer Bear, Festival of Nations, Austria ■ “Paul McCall” – Short comedy film (Co-Writer, Director) Finalist, Student Academy Awards ■ “Tickits” – Short dramatic film (Co-Adaptation, Producer, Director, 16mm Film Editor) Gold Apple, Winner, National Educational Media Network ■ “Tickits” – Short dramatic film (Co-Adaptation, Producer, Director, 16mm Film Editor) Crystal Heart, Winner, The Heartland Film Festival ■ “The Least of These” – Short dramatic film (Co-Producer, Consulting Editor) International Winner, IAC International Film Festival, England ■ “Paul McCall” – Short comedy film (Co-Writer, Director) Silver Remi Award, Worldfest Houston ■ “The Bronx Boys” – Forty-five minute documentary, hosted by Carl Reiner (Producer, Director, Avid Editor) Silver Screen Award, Winner, US International Film Festival ■ “Camp Del Corazon” – Short documentary profile for The American Heart Association (Avid Editor) Winner, Education Prize, Hiroshima International Film Festival, Japan ■ “Paul McCall” – Short comedy film (Co-Writer, Director) Best Adapted Short, Family Film Festival ■ “Tickits” – Short dramatic film (Co-Adaptation, Producer, Director, 16mm Film Editor).