media artist

E D U C AT I O N

JOHN TYSON
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new media, film/video/audio/photo production & post, graphic design, a/v + computer tech. 703.855.6952 / john@capseat.com / http://john.capseat.com PORTFOLIO/REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Emerson College; BFA in Visual & Media Arts, concentration in Experimental Media Production; Psychology minor. 3.63 GPA, graduated cum laude Visual & Media Arts Senator; Emerson Student Government Association. (2007-2008.) President; Films From The Margin @ Emerson College, Boston, MA (2006-2007.) Berklee College of Music; Master Certificate in Music Production & Technology (In Progress; Online) New York Film Academy; Summer Film Production program @ Princeton University campus.

WORK EXPERIENCE

SCA Intern; National Park Service, WASO Interpretation & Education Office. (2011-2012.) Assisted in production and maintenance of video and web materials for various I&E programs & initiatives Made equipment purchasing recommendations for several offices, including WASO/I&E and Bethune House NHS Freelance Media Artist; Film, video, audio, photo, & new media. (2007-Present.) Customer Service & Technical Support Representative; Media Services Center, Emerson College, Boston, MA. (2005-2008.) Delivered/maintained media equipment, such as laptops, projectors, cameras, mics, etc Maintained a media library with thousands of film prints, VHS tapes, DVDs, vinyl records, audio cassettes, and CDs Activist / Canvasser; Working America, Falls Church, VA. (Summer 2005.) Videographer / Producer / Editor; Falls Church Community Cable Access, Falls Church, VA. (1997-2004) Web Designer; Student Conservation Association, Rosslyn, VA. (Summer 2002.)

N O TA B L E F R E E L A N C E C L I E N T S
88DC / Xculture.tv / FORWARD Festival Silver Spring, MD Boston Underground Film Festival Boston, MA Student Conservation Association Rosslyn, VA Penn, Schoen & Berland Washington, DC PlanetPix Productions Washington, DC MIT Nextlab Initiative Cambridge, MA NPS @ Boston Natl Historic Park Boston, MA Media Modifications Cambridge, MA Live visuals, art installations, video, tech support, blogging Technical direction / event videography Event photography Video editing Videography, editing Videography / production / editing Videography / production / color grading / DVD authoring Graphic design (2010-Present) (2009-Present) (2010) (2010) (2009) (2009) (2008) (2007)

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Video: Apple Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro, Color, Motion, DVD Studio Pro,) Avid Media Composer, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore,) Vegas Video, Color Finesse 2, Quartz Composer, Modul8, Resolume Avenue, VDMX, iMovie, iDVD Web/Design: Adobe Creative Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,) XHTML, CSS, Wordpress, FTP, Web standards Audio/Music: Ableton Live, Digidesign ProTools, MOTU Digital Performer, Apple Logic Pro, Apple Soundtrack Pro, Acid Pro, Waveform Editors, Max/MSP/Jitter, Pd, Reason, ReBirth, GarageBand Office Productivity: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, OpenOffice Hardware: Video/16mm/still cameras, lenses & depth of field, lighting/color, mics, field and studio mixing & recording, kiosks & installations (including PA systems for live events,) projectors, steenbecks & splicers, optical printers, film stocks/preservation, lab processing & printing, (C-41, E-6, B&W), video formats/codecs, computer hardware and repair, basic electronics engineering Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux

N O TA B L E M E D I A A R T S C R E D I T S / E X H I B I T I O N S / P E R F O R M A N C E S
Sriracha Live Audio/Video Performance SINErgy Live Video Performance Luziden Interactive A/V Installation Death of a Nation 35mm Feature - Production Assistant Blasphemy Avant Garde A/V Festival - Co-Curator FORWARD Festival MGFest Philadelphia Venues including: Space242, MFA Boston Directed by Michael Pollak Emerson College Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA Various Washington, DC Boston, MA (2012) (2010) (2010) (2009) (2008)