Sharon Courtney

Set up Media Management station for series. Series shot on Sony FS100's, AVCHD codec. Download/verify/back up for post production house in New York.

B Camera Op: followed main character covering her quinceanera celebration day, including hair & make up prep, putting on dress, and main event at venue. Conducted interviews with family members and party goers throughout event. Event B-roll.

Downloaded/Archived/Checksum Verification--RED Scarlet cameras. 1st light color grading & sound sync utilizing RED CineX Pro. Transcode to ProRes for editing. Provided dailies.

Pilot plus one episode. 3 cameras/Sony EXs

Digital Utility for camera department.

In addition to providing support to the video assist operator, I was responsible for ingesting the video assist footage on set into FCP, transcoding to h264, and file transferring all takes to the editors in Los Angeles.

Shot stand ups and B roll for "Chasing Rudolph"

Intervention" spin-off, 2 cameras

Cooking show, featuring Angela Shelf-Maederis in her kitchen cooking "southern soul food".

Assisted Production Manager in all aspects of production: Booked crew members as needed per PM instructions, researched and booked all travel accommodations including airfare, hotel, and rental cars for crew. Communicated effectively by maintaining online shooting schedule while handling daily production issues and problems efficiently on a tight deadline.

2-camera shoot following the Houston Police Department team around town to "debunk" haunted places.

Shot full season of episodes over 9 weeks, 2 cameras per team. Responsibilities also included lighting set ups & video playback for on camera talent.

Interviews, B Roll, event coverage for documentary.

2 camera shoot

2 camera shoot, follow footage of the "Veggie Van" from Austin, Texas to Lake Charles, LA, interviews, B roll

Managed show from concept to creation: organized crew, engineers, additional freelance operators, handled logistics of the location including crew parking, fly-pack set up, backstage placement, and front of house placement. Produced/shot/edited package vignettes, worked with talent for OTF live interviews, and directed TD during live 2-hour broadcast.

Supervised the production and promotions department in-house. In addition to overseeing the booking of crew, lighting set up, and load in/out of music artists, responsible for setting up and maintaining 2 sound stages for other in-house programs and PBS fundraising events. Managed all aspects of studio events from table/chair layouts, catering load in/out & set up, music band set up, and vendor placement.

Worked in office assisting producer in booking crew, scheduling edit sessions, transcriptions of all shows for closed captioning, contributing to Sunday recording sessions, and organizing/maintaining/completing all shipments of weekly shows to various networks.

In-house producer working directly with the Sales department. Managed multiple clients campaigns, often as a "one-man-band" scripting, shooting, lighting, editing commercials and meeting with clients for approval process. Organized location logistics, managed additional crew when needed, conducted talent searches when necessary.

Managed a 5-person department including one producer and 3 master control operators. Worked alongside sales department to create commercials, and created station promotional spots as needed. Instituted computerized commercial database to keep track of commercial reels. Acted at a station ambassador at all local events/festivals/business openings.