Patrick Chung

• Independently scouted, planned, and executed segments budgeted at over $100,000 including an NBA basketball camp, celebrity vacations, charity functions, and large-scale events with a variety of vendors • Produced international segments and led large fixer teams in over 13 countries • Negotiated location fees, legal agreements, and trade outs, and cleared major corporate-owned locations

• Researched and vetted human interest stories and viral clips specific to the thematic needs of the show • Negotiated licensing for rights to news footage and user generated content

• Collaboratively developed format and structured scripts for a new show in its first season • Brainstormed and pitched creative prompt ideas to supervising and executive producers • Wrote scripts, cast profiles, and story outlines tailored to individual cast members • Managed photo clearances and releases from cast members • Sourced all props, wrote copy for on-screen text, and selected stock footage for in-studio segments

• Documented live footage in extensive daily logs and highlighted relevant story events in the field • Wrote detailed hot sheets summarizing the events of the day and noting important moments

• Documented live content in the field and organized footage in the on-site edit bay • Maintained a master online spreadsheet for all cameras, logging teams and shot footage in Post

• Wrote detailed breakdown scripts and distributed internal, external and locked episode cuts to producers, executives, sponsors, networks and third party captioning vendors • Maintained checklists of sponsorship obligations, tracked metadata for all in-episode music cues and created copies of all deliverables to send to various distribution lists • Created string outs and story sequences in Avid Media Composer for related episodes, promotional reels and special features • Quality checked all in-episode text for spelling, grammar and consistency

• Documented live field notes in extensive daily logs and highlighted relevant story events in both the control room and the field • Operated tape decks for multiple cameras in the control room • Assisted producers in drafting story-related questions for weekly cast interviews