Summary

I'm a filmmaker specializing in web video. I like short form internet content because people are willing to let me have a lot of freedom in the project, whether I'm shooting, directing, or editing (most often all three). http://benmccarthyvideo.com/

Credits

9/14 – 9/15

Assistant Editor

Staff Position — ps260 Details
9/14 – 9/15

Organizing footage (syncing sound/multicam, adding script notes to sequences, pulling selects), creating postings for clients, editing sizzle reels and music videos, using after effects (screen comps, stabilization, color grading).

5/14 – 5/15

Director Man's Best Catbug

YouTube — Digital — Frederator Studios Details
5/14 – 5/15

I directed, shot, and edited a promotional video for Frederator Books. The video has +20k views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyREcEz6jBc

3/14 – 3/15

Editor (Adobe) Zoë Showy

YouTube — Digital — Frederator Studios Details
3/14 – 3/15

I edited four episodes of a web series for Frederator Books. Unfortunately, it never aired (due to the subsidiary of the company leaving to create its own company), but I gained experience creating short, sharable videos on a quick timetable. Here is an example (https://vimeo.com/104360567) password: zs

2/14 – 9/14

Runner

Staff Position — ps260 Details
2/14 – 9/14

Logging/delivering media, finding stock footage/sfx, client services, cleaning.

Orgs

  • UCB

Recos

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Education

Class of '13

UNC Wilmington

BA Film Studies

My Gear

  • iMac
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Skills

  • Avid
  • Adobe Premiere
  • FCP 7
  • DP
  • Motion Graphics
  • Sound Design
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Media Encoder
  • compositing
  • Color Grading
  • 3D animation
  • cinema 4d
  • Maya
  • DSLR Shooting
  • assistant editor