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graphic / web design -  tv / film production -  other experience

Latest Update: 14 March 2005
 

graphic / web design
 
tv / film production / print
Super Cash Loans
www.supercashloans.com (Dec. '04 - Feb. '05)
  • Logo & Mascot designs.
    *Website under construction.
SuperHero Hype!
www.superherohype.com (Dec. '01 - present)
  • Co-Founder & Co-Creator / Editor / Writer.
  • Graphics Designer / Site design.
  • Created site mascot "Hyper" and CafePress store products.
  • Site was expanded in Dec. '01 from www.spidermanhype.com
Coming Soon!
www.comingsoon.net
(Jan. '01 - present)
  • Web graphics design and animations.
  • Seen site thru several revamps.
LittlePlasticMen
www.littleplasticmen.com (Oct. '03)
  • Logo design.
Western Trails Video
http://www.homestead.com/westerntrails/index.html
  • Graphics Design for DVD covers.
My Best Photo
http://www.mybestphoto.html
  • Web site Design / Graphics
Complete RPG
http://completerpg.com/ (Aug. '02)
  • Graphics designer for site "revamp".
  • Logo design / misc. graphics.
    The RPG site is currently undergoing 'new management'
Alpha Dog Productions
www.alphadogproductions.net
(June. '01 - present)
  • Web site designer / Webmaster.
  • Film Festival poster design & DVD cover artwork.
William Go Insurance Agency
http://www.williamgo.com/
(April. '01 - present)
  • Web site designer / Webmaster.
NeteZential 
www.netezential.com (Mar. '01 - Jan. '02)
  • Web graphics design and animations. 
    (this site has since closed down)
The Science Fiction - Horror & Fantasy Page
http://www.tnlscififant/
(Dec. '00 - July '01)
  • Web site designer / Webmaster.
  • Graphics designer.
  • Weekly site maintenance.
  • Wrote news items and researched pertinent subject matter.
    (this site has since been shut down and moved to the TNL site)
The Crimson Collector
www.thecrimsoncollector.com (Oct. '00 - present)
  • Web site designer / Graphics designer.
  • Webmaster - daily news updates & editorials.
  • July 2001 & 2002 did a 100% overhaul of the site!
Spider-Man Hype! 
www.spidermanhype.com
(Feb. '00 - Dec. '01) 
  • Web site graphics designer.
  • Editorial contributions. 
    (site became SuperHeroHYPE.com in 2001)
The Nostalgia League 
www.thenostalgialeague.com
(Jul. '99 - July '01)
  • Web site graphics designer.
MasonLand
www.masonland.com
(Jan. '99 - present)
  • Family web site.

  • Web site designer / Webmaster.
    *CLOSED!

Desktop Web Works
http://desktopwebworks.freeservers.com/
  • Logo design and graphics design.
 
CARGO Magazine
April 2005 Issue
  • Wrote reviews for top "Superhero" DVD picks.
Hero Sandwich (c)
FOX - "Pitch-O-Rama" (04)
  • Wrote treatment for proposed animated series.
  • Character designs.
  • Pitched concept to the FOX Network.
Backyard Productions
www.backyard.com
Dir: Steve Burrows (Nov. '03 - present)
  • Storyboards & concepts
  • Clorox (is it clean yet? - 3 spots)
  • IRN-BRU (speedo)
  • Knorr (panda: beef / chicken tonight)
  • Kraft Velveeta Cheese (hokey pokey) 
  • Taco Bueno (mascot - hot vs cold - fajita - exchange student - major - pep rally)
  • Batchelors Cup a Soup (Mertle - ski)
  • DiGiorno Pizza (mircowave)
  • Coke (Magic Mt. - speech)
  • GMAC (mountain: pitch boards)
  • Campbell's Soup (flying label)
    *Dir: Don Rase
Chump Change
Miramax Films
Dir: Stephen Burrows ('98)
The Adventures of ZED
Chris Mason ('98)
  • Wrote original screenplay pilot for kids' sci-fi action adventure series. (unsold) Based on an original idea. 
Michel & Company
Warner Bros. - Looney Tunes Classic Collection ('98)
America's Funniest Home Videos 
ABC / Vin Di Bona Productions (Feb. '90-Aug. '96)
  • Head Screener - Supervisor of Screening Department - Segment Producer.
  • Worked closely with show Producers on a daily basis with clip selection.
  • Graphics Designer: Designed & supervised paint-box artists & sessions for on-air graphics.
  • Wrote, Produced, Directed & Edited "Production Video" shorts for broadcast.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
Transmonde Technologies, Inc. (’97)  
Iwerks Entertainment
Iwerks Ent. & Clifford Selbert Design ('96)
  • Storyboards for promotional theme park videos.
Jonny Virtual
Kevin J. Edelman Productions ('96) 
  • Character & concept designs for proposed TV series.
The Stephen Sagal Show
Stephen Burrows & McNally Sagal ('95)
  • Designed program artwork for live stage show.
  • Co-Produced, Co-Directed and edited the film shorts spoofs: 
    “The Big Jump” / “Stephen Sagal: A Life in Film” / “Barbara Walters Interview” (parody)
Schindler's List
Amblin Entertainment. /Universal Pictures ('93)
Dir: Steven Spielberg
  • Michael Lantieri FX - Assisted with smoke & snow effects on second unit pickup shots. (Green Pastures shoot)
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
General Hospital 
ABC / Gloria Monty & Bob Bardo: Producers ('91)  
  • Storyboards - “The Return of Scorpio” location shoot.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
Predator 
20th Century Fox/Boss Films FX CreatureShop
(‘86)
Dir: John McTiernan
  • Production Assistant: Participated in the fabrication of assorted corpses & body parts as well as the ("unused") Predator alien.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
Paramount Pictures ('86)
Dir: Leonard Nimoy
  • Production Assistant.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
Big Trouble in Little China 
20th Century Fox/Boss Films FX CreatureShop
(‘86)
Dir: John Carpenter
  • Puppeteer - "Flying Eye" creature.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
First Strike 
TekStar / Quest International Productions ('85)
Dir: Alan Kuskowski
  • Assistant Director.
  • Production Designer / Storyboard Artist.
  • Miniature FX supervisor / model builder / Ultimatte operator.
  • CLICK HERE for more info at IMDB.com
Distant Voyage & Men in Black
Trans Northern Television ('82-85)
  • Production Designer.
  • Produced & Illustrated video-animatics.
  • Distant Voyage: Storyboarded three features & eight one hour TV episodes - costumes, models, props & FX design.
  • Men In Black: Storyboards, costumes & props for proposed TV pilot.
     *(not to be confused with the 1997 Columbia Pictures film starring Will Smith)
  • Men In Black did go into production, but was shut down after the lead actor passed away before ever stepping before the camera!
    Unfortunately after over three years of work the films were never produced.

misc. other experience

Computer Experience (PC)
  • Adobe Photoshop 8.0cs
  • Adobe ImageReady 2.0
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000 4.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Wacom/Intous - Stylus & Graphics Tablet.
A.F.I. - The American Film Institute
Directors Workshop with Francine Parker ('86)
  
Filmation Studios 
Storyboard Apprentice program. ('81)
1980 U.S. Presidential Scholar
National Foundation for Advancemnt in the Arts - NFAA ('80)
  • Was selected as one of the first 20 "Scholars in the Arts" program, chosen from thousands of high school students in the US.
Rainbow Video Productions ('86-'89)
Worked closely with clients as editor, producer & director for various industrial & commercial broadcast programming.

 
Gained extensive HANDS ON experience in all aspects of video production, post production, camera work & equipment including: 1/2", 3/4" and Betacam - A/B roll on-line & off-line editing as well as wedding & commercial shoots.
 
Served as editor, writer, producer, production coordinator and director on the following:

  • U.S. Asians. A weekly magazine show on KSCI-18.
  • The Balisong Knife Video with Jeff Imada.
  • Dan Inosanto's Filipino Martial Arts. Vols. 1-6.
  • Jerry Poteet’s Jeet Kun Do  Vols. 1-6.
  • The Deadly Art of Penjak Silat  Vols. 1 & 2.
    To name a few!
Chris Mason Productions
http://www.geocities.com/masonland/cmp.html
Under the CMP banner I produced countless 8mm & Super-8 films eventually moving into video in the early 1980's gaining valuable hands on experience. I was forced to become a "one-man" production company, building props, designing costumes, special effects and make-ups... you name it - I did it!

Several of the early CMP "epics" aired on the local cable access channel to rave reviews, running in steady rotation for years. Production highlights included:

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