Studio Director

Posted on: 2006-12-04

KATHRYN DIROCCO 196 Manzella Ct., Rockland, MA 02370 1-781-264-2877 [email protected] Objective Seeking challenging career in television production. Profile Skilled in all aspects of television production including producing, shooting, and editing. Instruct weekly classes covering studio production, field production and editing. Manage daily operation of a local cable access station. Experience Studio Director 2005-Current WCA ( Weymouth Community Access), Weymouth, MA Oversee daily operations of a local cable access station including: Provide technical guidance and technical assistance to community producers. Monitor equipment usage and condition and arrange for equipment repairs. Schedule studio time, field equipment and editing time. Oversee and implement community bulletin board, program schedule and playback for the channel. Maintain and update the channel website. Train community producers in studio production, field production with a Panasonic MiniDV camera and linear editing. Producer 2004-2005 WETC ( Weymouth Educational Telecommunications Corporation), Weymouth, MA Responsibilities included: Working with town departments to produce an educational and entertaining program. Booking, shooting, nonlinear editing and burning to DVD, a 30-minute length documentary style program every month. Taping live town meetings including school committee, town council and licensing that ran live on the station and also were replayed during the month. Ensuring that all the necessary equipment needed for a field shoot was on site and maintained properly. Worked both independently and as a team player on various projects. Technology Experienced in linear and non linear editing including AVID Xpress. Knowledge of software including After Affects, Photoshop and Microsoft Word. Ran a Leightronix playback system. Worked with a MagicBox Character Generator and a Scala Character Generator. Filmed on a Panasonic DVCPRO video camera. Education Westfield State College, Westfield , MA 1997-2001 Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a concentration in Television Production.