Ben Mochan

Editing promo, commercial, documentary, and web content. All editing work was performed on Adobe Premiere, Final Cut 7, Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, and Avid. Worked in a support role on several documentaries that aired on ABC including one that received a Chicago Emmy for best documentary and best sound..

Slating, changing lenses, swapping out camera batteries, keeping camera batteries charged at all times, shuttling crew, setting up and breaking down of camera equipment, getting camera ops in and out of easy rigs, keeping time on camera batteries and camera cards.

I was assistant director and editor for this documentary promo. Footage was shot on Blackmagic and RED Scarlet cameras. All editing was performed on Premiere. I was in charge of running crew meetings, script breakdowns, camera blocking, and directing talent. I also performed all post production duties on this job.

I was the director for this mini-documentary about a Swedish singer trying to make it in the music industry in Los Angeles. I also did a large part of the initial editing on this project. All post production work was completed on Adobe Premiere Pro. This piece was shot over a three week period in the Eagle Rock section of LA, and in downtown LA.

Co-founder of company. Wrote all blog articles during my time there and was responsible in bringing features and users to the site. Directed and was an editor on a documentary still in post production called "The Making Of North of Normandie", and was the conceptual developer of the web-series to be built off of this documentary (Web series not yet in production).

I was an editor at Larsen Bay, and worked on preparing films, television shows, and other content to air on the company network Prime TV Network. I also was an editor on the company's program "America's Best TV Show - Best of Southern California. I eventually moved on to devote my time to my duties as Co-Founder, Managing Editor, and Content Manager at Postproductionmag.com which I am also a Co-Owner of.

Ran the control room running signal to and from hardware decks throughout the facility, and all the editing bays on site for video and audio editing. Facilitated playback of edited materials for Senior Editors and Producers, facilitated outputs of various formats to be aired/screened for in-house work and ABC Family programming.

Worked on all 10 episodes of Best Of 5 in 2012. I was an assistant editor and production assistant for the 2012 season of the show. I was responsible for wrangling all the footage and finding the necessary footage to be used in each episode. I worked closely with the media librarian at the main facility, and at the broadcast center to obtain the necessary tapes to be ingested into Final Cut for the lead editor. This often included obtaining material and copyright clearance from companies in Europe. As an AE i ingested all the footage from Beta SP tape, HD Beta, and PAL footage into Final Cut, organized and labeled all footage, and created stringouts for the lead editor.

Worked on 5 episodes of Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World. This aired on The Military Channel, and The Discovery Channel. I worked on the overnight team to ingest footage into Avid for the lead editors which included labeling all footage according to strict company naming conventions. We worked with Avid on PC systems. We also performed grouping for multicam, and assisted the lead editors in troubleshooting and outputs. I also striped tapes (black encoded) for outputs to HD tape.

Performed all assistant editing tasks as listed above as well as general assistant duties including calls to transfer houses, mailing materials to clients, managing tape-logs, and project schedules. Have worked on projects for Tissot Watches with Tony Parker and Danica Patrick, Rainn Wilson from The Office, Self Magazine BTS with Zooey Deschanel, Self Magazine BTS with Alison Sweeney, and Nestle Europe.

I was the editor for BlackTree TV's coverage of the Cars 2 Red Carpet Premiere at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA. This was cut on Final Cut 7 HD.

God And Vodka - ­Short Film (shot on RED 4K): I was an assistant editor on this film, transcoding RED 4k footage to Quicktime .mov files, preparing to be edited on Final Cut. I was also the colorist for this project. I did all color correction in Final Cut Pro 7 HD and Mac Color.

Know Your Role - Short Film (shot on RED 4K): I was the lead editor, I used Red Rushes to transcode R3D files to Quicktime .mov files, with an Avid Codec, for editing and finishing within Avid. I also did the color correction on this project. The sound was mixed at Grey Martin Studios in Santa Monica, CA.

I was a production assistant for director, Paul Hunter on this feature length film. Paul Hunter is known for his work with Jennifer Lopez, and for large commercial work with companies such as Nike, Adidas, and projects for HBO. Mr. Hunter also directed "Bulletproof Monk" starring Chow Yun Fat.

I was merely a videographer on this. But it was an honor to work with such an amazing group of people, and an incredible experience. I did get to do some production assistant work under the tutelage of DP, Kelly Clear. Justin Alvarez, Adam Lesar, and Shant Hamassian gathered an absolutely amazing crew together (Crew from ABC's "Brothers And Sisters) to produce this hilarious comedic short film. I learned a lot from studying Shant's editing expertise on this.

What's Up? ­ Music Video: Director of Photography, Camera-Op, formatting and media management. I was the DP for this music video featuring my friend, Don J. This was shot on a Sony HDV camera over two weeks in Octiber of 2009 in Pasadena and Altadena, CA. I also assisted in ingesting the footage into Avid for the lead editor, Nando Herrera. It was an honor to work on this video with my good friend.