Carlos Mendez, Jr.

• Set up projects, ingested footage, transcoded, synched, and created multi-cam sequences. • Followed a script, screenplay or outline and assembled selects from raw footage. • Inputted sound and graphics to enhance footage, including selecting music and writing voice-overs. • Used NLE (Avid, Premiere) to assemble sequences, from Rough Cut to Picture Lock. • Monitored quality control of deliverables, ensuring they met the specs requirements of the client. • Improved and corrected lighting, coloring and faulty footage.

Researching archival newspaper articles via lexis-nexis, legal documents and other online databases, finding interviewees, booking, scheduling / coordinating field shoots, and writing outlines.

Worked on Reunion episode, reviewing every episode from the scene for the best moments and assembling them into packages based on different themes. Worked with editors to address notes.

• Assisted Story Producers in writing storylines using interview transcripts. • Screened episodes to ensure clearance, blur, and chyron accuracy. • Partnered with Assistant Editors to manage digital assets and troubleshoot any technical issues • Assembled stringouts from raw, actuality, and/or recreation footage.

• Supported Executive Producers with special projects and managing live online documents to track scheduling information shared between field and post teams • Coordinated project meetings between different stakeholders and distributed information reports. • Assisted Story Producers in writing storylines using interview transcripts. • Drafted deliverables documents to ensure technical and legal requirements were met for the shows. • Screened episodes to ensure clearance, blur, and chyron accuracy. • Partnered with Assistant Editors to manage digital assets and troubleshoot any technical issues • Assembled stringouts from raw, actuality, and/or recreation footage.

• Tracked storylines for a full hour dating game show • Edited tight stringouts from raw footage • Collaborated with an Editor and oversaw episodes through to Locked Cut

• Edited stringouts for a full hour crime docu about cold cases • Collaborated w/ a Sr Producer with writing episode scripts based on interviews • Edited tight stringouts from Actualities and Recreations & assisted Editor through Locked Cut

- Edited stringouts for half hour home renovation pilot for HGTV - Worked with Editor to concisely track days worth of construction - Wrote simple, detailed ADR to help better explain the process

- Tracked storylines, wrote creative treatments for a half hour docu-comedy about a plus-sized family african american family - Edited stringouts from raw footage and wrote story centric, entertaining interview bites - Collaborated and managed multiple Editors and oversaw an episode through to the rough cut

● Feature length documentary about the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 to be released Spring 2017 ● Contacted Spanish language media outlets to secure archival footage ● Researched interesting stories online and by reaching out to the Spanish speaking community

Assisted Story Producers & Editors with stringouts, broll & bites

- Develop ideas for new reality shows and write a full pitch document - Research and contact potential talent for a new show, coordinate and execute shooting a sizzle reel - Edit sizzle reels for pitch meetings

- Spanish language production. I was in the field helping EP coordinate talent and crew for scenes. - In post, researched archival film footage and negotiated fees - In post, I edited rough cuts of episodes and pulled interview selects for the Editor. - Worked with the Editor to polish final episodes.

• Strung out selects for a recap episode of the first season for a mining docu-drama • Researched factoids with credible sources and kept detailed records of documentation • Edited 1st pass of sizzle reel and snap-ins w/music and supported Editor to address network notes

• Assisted Story Producers & Editors with stringouts, broll & bites • Oversaw that all releases and contracts for each episode were obtained and cleared • Used Discovery’s Producer Portal to administer clearance deliverables • Navigated through raw footage to create segment and act string outs • Located sound bites and created “Franken-bites” for the Editor

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