Geoffrey Hern

Adaptable Video Editor with [Number] years of hands-on experience editing film and video pieces to suit audiences. Versed in transcoding videos, digitizing raw video and encoding files. Tech-savvy and creative professional familiar with video editing apps.

• Mentored and ran programmes for Project K for 15 at-risk youth aged between 12 – 14 years of age. Most of the young people were from Mana College, Porirua.
• Used Music performance and Sport to create team building skills, individual development and to boost confidence.
• Teaching Adults and children guitar, Ukulele Bass, Drums and singing (Privately and for the Jenny Blackadder School of music)
• Provided mentoring for people of all ages in various church and community bands.
• Tutored young people in a Capital Church Project aimed at developing songwriters and musicians

• Assistant Picture Editor “Pork Pie” Film - March 2016 - February 2017 Using “Avid Media composer”
• Import all daily vision and sound to avid media composer
• Remove but hold all out takes, false rolls and slate takes.
• Manually sync all sound and vision using clapper board or time code
• Add metadata to clips from script logs/notes received from on set
• Sort clips by scene number, take number and preferred takes into spread sheet
• Edit all raw vision (rushes) onto timeline with visible notes
• Prepare basic edit for daily viewing by director or for online viewing
• Assemble preferred takes into a viewable edit as per the script, add sound/music and mix ready to hand over

• Proficient in Adobe Cloud package (Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects) Avid Media Composer, Logic Audio and Pro Tools
• Ingest Camera vision of any format eg. .MXF .MOV .MP4 - process and organize these files ready for editing
• Edit News and Current affairs stories for Newshub (TV3), One News TVNZ Q+A, Seven Sharp, Fair Go, Corporate and Government departments
• Work closely with the Producers, reporters and camera operators to coordinate and manage workflow so that stories are cut to duration and make their slot in the Bulletin.

• Set up Cameras, lights and microphones - Frame and shoot moving pictures for interviews, Establishing shots and cutaways according to script and improvisational (Having a special eye for shot from editing experience)
• (Eg. Sony, Panasonic XD and P2 High Definition formats)

• Entertainment Reporter, Nightline
• Produce, write, edit and present Entertainment stories for TV3’s Nightline. The stories had a large online viewership and were highly commended for their originality and spice.
• Link to one of my stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB_nHhPHaDE
• Digital Library Creation
• Creation of digital archive library for TV3’s Wellington Bureau. This involved building a digital library to replace the older tape library where images can be converted and stored safely in new formats such as MP4.
• Conversion of old media into new formats that can be uploaded to the Internet while maintaining high picture quality

Set up, supervise and operate PA equipment for various Bands., I have managed sound at venues such as ASB Arena, Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington Town Hall, Te Papa, Civic Theatre Auckland, Civic Theatre Christchurch, Te Rauparaha Arena, St James Theatre, Soundshell at Botanical Gardens, and not excluding small community and outdoor venues across New Zealand., Redd Acoustics 1995-1997 – Freelance Work as Sound Engineer, Created Sound Scape for Theatre and Live Performance, Bass Player / Singer and Sound Engineer for bands - The Giants, Stirling Hern, Shaken Not Stirred, Mr President, The Back Door Blues Band, Slam and Get Back With The Beatles., Session Bass Player - Nigel Stone, Wayne Mason, Dylan Galletly & Ria Hall, Matahi pu mano Hawaiki Tau Tau, The Fan club, Drew Bowden, Jackie Bristow, Worked as Recording Engineer at Hutt Studio, Nightshift Studio, Remarkables Studio, Geronimo Studio, Word of Mouth Studio and York Street Recording Studio, experience recording on multi track analogue systems through to computer based recording modules, Proficient in Logic Audio and Pro tools, Assistant Sound Editor on “Pork Pie” film - August - December 2016 Using “Pro tools”, Collect all sound files recorded on set and create sessions using Pro tools., Using the film script, audition and edit all sound files into the pro tools timeline in sync with the supplied picture edit., Record ADR sessions or “loop group” of actors recording additional scripted lines along with the picture edit on screen in the Park Road Post recording studio., Ingest all additional takes into the pro tools timeline with additional sounds such as breaths and cloth sounds in sync with the supplied picture edit.

• Experienced and proficient Video Editor - over 20 years experience working in Avid Media Composer and Adobe premiere for Television & Film.
• Camera Operator - 10 Years experience filming on multiple formats for Television & Corparate Video
• Skilled sound recordist 20 years experience in studio recording and recent sound editing work for Television & Film using Logic Audio and Pro Tools.
• Singer, songwriter and Bass player with over 30 years experience in live band performance, studio session work, performing original and covers music.
• Experience teaching all ages music in group and individual settings and also coordinating and leading a Youth Programme for at-risk youth.
• Skilled instrument technician - can fix and modify stringed instruments and build parts and connections for amplification.
• Creative, loves music and collaborating with other musicians and artists on any given creative project.
• Accustomed to working to deadlines and performs well under pressure. Can be relied on to meet project performance standards.