Austin Madison

Responsible for boom microphone operation, as well as monitoring audio levels and equipping actors with lavaliere microphones.

Responsible for driving rental car for pick up shots with Director of Photography in Manhattan, Harlem, and The Bronx for a day-long shoot. Drove the car to locations, stayed with the car and equipment while shooting,

Responsibilities included analyzing excel sheets containing articles, and manually match them with corresponding video content from separate excel sheets.

Assisted Director of Photography with filming B-Roll shots of New York City including Times Square and Central Park. Responsibilities included set up and strike of equipment, assisting driver in navigation of locations, and regularly testing tripods, and Dana Dolly to ensure efficiency.

Organized all footage on central server, imported to Adobe Premier, edited footage on Adobe Premier, created title cards using Adobe After Effects.

Video Production Assistant, Video Editor Thrillist Media Group, New York City (September, 2016 - February 2017); Responsibilities included organizing equipment for field shoots, assisting the director of photography during field shoots with lighting as well as monitoring audio, picking up and returning rental equipment, organizing transportation for crew members to and returning from shoots, acquire food, drink, and various grocery items for food and drink themed videos using company funds, filing expense reports and receipts for out-of-pocket items and transportation. Video Editing responsibilities would include offloading video and audio files to the central server, creating project folders for assigned videos, creating titles in After Effects, take stills from the existing footage, exporting finalized versions to the central server for online posting.

Responsible for setting up lavaliere microphones for on-screen talent, maintaining consistent audio levels throughout taping, as well as assisting in lighting set up and break down

Responsible for compiling contact lists of various acting schools and clubs in New York City which were used as promotional tools for Manhattan Comedy School to contact. Responsible for filing paperwork of which people and groups had been contacted already, and who had not been contacted as of yet. Was also in charge of proof reading promotional emails to customers as well as potential customers for spelling and making sure all information was updated.