Edward Carlson

Lead A/V Technician in charge of all video and audio systems design, installation, maintenance, and run during the show. Designed wireless mic and mixer systems for use inside moving limousines, a 24-screen video system for audience viewing, projections on top of vehicles, and multichannel audio playback. Additionally, I oversaw over 20 stage managers, technicians, and production assistants in the operation and setup of technical equipment.

Lighting designer for a morning Hollywood gossip show.

Responsible for setting up 5 studio cameras, running video and audio cable to the cameras, booms, and video village, as well as keeping the studio floor free of cable tripping hazards.

Responsible for setting up 5 studio cameras, running video and audio cable to the cameras, booms, and video village, as well as keeping the studio floor free of cable tripping hazards.

2nd AC on a short film shot on the Alexa.

2nd AC on an Alexa short film. Responsibilities included building the camera, keeping track of memory cards, and assisting the 1st AC and DP.

Maintained and repaired all equipment related to editing and production of promotional spots for ABC shows. Maintained documentation for all supported systems, interfaced with clients, and ensured maximum uptime of mission-critical servers, computers, and other broadcast equipment.

Download P2 media into Avid Media Composer/Avid Unity ISIS from remote shoot. Log cards, and ensure proper timecode across all cameras.

DIT for an independent feature film shot on the Red One. Responsible for proper transcoding, organization, and synchronization of sound and picture. I also delivered synced dailies to the editor.

Sound recordist/mixer for independent feature film shot on the Arri Alexa. I operated boom and recorded sound on a Sound Devices 744T. I maintained a sound log and delivered the sound files to the DIT at the end of each shooting day.

Shot a documentary/yearbook video for a sleep-away sumer camp in Texas. Conducted interviews, shot b-roll, and acted as field producer, camera operator, and segment editor.

Operated handheld camera for live hour-long sketch comedy show.

Package Producer for hour-long sketch comedy show. Responsible for generating 20 minutes of pre-recorded content for each episode of the show. Duties included greenlighting scripts, editing packages, delivering packages, and QCing packages before air.

Handheld camera operator for an hour and a half long telethon featuring performances by local artists.

Technical Assistant/Liaison between the journalists and TV crew of a 15-minute news break. Responsible for proper setup and operation of Avid Newscutter, BroadcastPix Granite, and Chyron Lyric Offline workstations.

Operated handheld/dolly camera for hour-long, live, multi-camera concert performance.

Production Manager for segmented multicamera music performance. Responsible for crew and equipment logistics, facilities rental, and technical interfacing.

Lighting Designer for live, multi-camera rock concert.

Directed live-to-tape interview show with a student filmmaker at Hofstra University.

Managed contestants as they moved through the auditioning process for the second season of The Glee Project. Supplied paperwork to contestants who made it to the next round of auditions, and directed contestants through every step of the auditioning process.

Lighting Designer for the 2011 Hofstra University School of Communication Fall Open House. Designed light show using the ETC Express 24/48 console.

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Shot high school football games for college scholarship recruitment purposes.

Guided contestants through the auditioning process, and handled VIP contestants' paperwork.

Second AC for an independent short film shot on the Arri SRII 16mm film camera. Responsible for loading and downloading film, keeping shot logs, and slating every scene.