Michael Bell

I was lead Editor, and Compositor for a small broadcast spot for Barbie.

Ingesting and organizing dailies and stock footage into AVID, transcoding with Resolve, setting up project directories with ISIS, scene and line breakdowns

Edited and prepped for After Effects a complex stitch edit in Premiere. Once in After Effects I had to sitich 8 different shots into one seamless take. This required Motion Tracking, Rotoing, and Corner Pinning. In addition, I had to do some text animations.

Transcoded and prepped 6k Red footage for a commercial featuring a new internet of things product, Clever Pet.

Commercial Editor, internal sizzles, basic after effects animations, screen replacements, motion tracking, compositing and rotoscoping.

Prepped project for an Alpha Romeo spot

Organized and prep footage for VFX artist, encode edits and post to wire drive

A complex edit job featuring RED 6k footage. The music video was a series of one takes, where the director liked special moments from 5. I was tasked with syncing, time ramping and stitching the 5 separate takes to look like one single take. I also had to round trip complex Premiere and After Effects timelines to the colorist and back along with two more After Effects adjustments, a TV screen replacement and compositing 'Bobble Heads' on a set of characters towards the middle of the piece.

I did a combination of prepping projects for other editors and cutting a few of the All Saints Live Studio Sessions. I was lead editor for the All Saints, Mikki Ekko, OKGO, LANY performances and prepped for the Cloves and XYLO performances.

Edited a short 20 minute drama. Round tripped and edited 6k Red Footage using Premiere Pro and RedCineX. It was a complex delivery for Barco Three Screen immersive cinemas which use three separate screens which wrap around the audience. This called for the edit to be spread across three timelines for one image. Had sit down sessions with the director. Prepped and self assisted entire project, from syncing to conforming.

I was in charge of ingesting layouts designed in Photoshop, animating and creating 3D comps in After Effects.

I was an assistant on a Wix.com commercial, (syncing, multicam, line breakdowns, selects, color prep, vfx prep, sound prep, postings).

Lead Editor and Assistant for a variety of commercial spots. Sync and prep projects, lead small edit teams for overnight deliveries and cut sizzles for Agency clients.

Cut a variety of sizzles, most notably for an SAP pitch

Assisted Daniel Askill in media management and prepping his project for special effects services at The Mill.

Client services, syncing and breaking down footage, media management across hundreds of external hard drives, and postings.