Flexmanager - Freelance

Freelance

Work Experience

1986-1987
Joined the ‘PH Consulting’ post-production team for ‘West Side Story’ pilot motion
picture. Responsibilities included sound mixing and video editing.

1988-1990
The pilot was renamed, ‘Romeo . Juliet’ and developed as an independent feature film.
- Continued employment with ‘PH Consulting’ for the production of ‘Romeo . Juliet’,
as technical supervisor for all camera equipment and camera crew supervisor.
- Worked as 3rd cameraman and substituted 1st and 2nd cameraman.
- Worked as graphic design assistant.
- Was involved in the start-up and configuration of the first fully component video
studio in Belgium. Worked as editor on the Ampex ACE 100 editing system in combination with a Grass Valley video mixer & 3 Betacam SP decks.

1991-1992
Supervised and coordinated ‘Romeo . Juliet’ soundtrack:
- Researched and recorded original sound effects and did sound editing on Synclavier at Goldcrest studios in London.
- Supervised original music recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.
- Prepared all preliminary soundtrack premixes.
- Supervised de-noising of the original tracks of the 1976 André Prévin analogue recording of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet by the LSO at Abbey Road Studios in London.
- Lined up all the individual audio tracks in preparation of the final film mix at Abbey Road Studios in London.
- Supervised final film mix of the soundtrack, being the first sound-mix on digital support ever at Twickenham Film Studios in Richmond, UK.

1990-1993
Acquired graphic design experience during the ‘Romeo . Juliet’ film production and its further marketing endeavors.
- Supervised and assisted in the realization of various graphic creations.
- Acquired knowledge on various printing techniques such as offset printing, silk-screening, embossing, hot foil printing, etc....

1991-1993
Self-studied graphic applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Pagemaker and the Apple Macintosh platform. Gradual implementation of those acquired skills in graphic realizations.

1992
Developed an original concept to synchronize live concert music with film projection.
Supervised several ‘Romeo . Juliet’ Concert Events where the 35mm projection was synchronized with a live symphony orchestra as well as with the digital mixes of the voice-
overs and sound effects. The concerts took place In Brussels, Belgium and Tokyo, Japan.

1993-1995
Founded ‘The Unicorn Design Unit’, a graphic design company with the objective of offering exclusive graphic design.
- Further refined my knowledge of the Apple platform as well as applications like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark XPress and later on Adobe Indesign.
- Created designs for Sabena Airlines, Tele Atlas, Cavalier Chocolates, Liviniz Lingerie, Faro Event Organization, NeoSept Eye Products, etc...

1995-1996
Worked as a freelance artist implementing graphic video manipulations using Adobe After Effects (Creations for Hoogovens Aluminium, Flemish Government, Seiko, Brabantia etc...).

1996-1997
Employed by 3-Plus pre-press company in Ghent, Belgium.
- Was responsible for internal organization, daily planning and technical supervision.
- Gained experience as scanner operator of a Smart 342 Scitex scanner.
- Gained experience at making films for printing with a Scitex PS2 workstation in combination with the Scitex Dolev 800 film developer.

1998-1999
Returned to freelance graphic design work, mainly layout assignments.
Also provided consultancy for graphical companies regarding equipment purchases and hardware and software configurations.

1999-2010
Founded MAC.C (Mac Computer Consulting), an Authorized Apple Reseller in Belgium mainly targeting business customers in need of consultancy and technical assistance.
Responsibilities include:
- General Management.
- Commercial activities.
- On site installation of Apple hardware, various software packages, networks.
- End user training.

2005-2006
Wrote, directed, photographed and edited ‘Crazy Kites’ short film, which was first screened at The Academy of Art and Film Festival, May 2006 and became a public’s
favorite. The editing was done on Apple’s Final Cut Studio 1 software package

2005-2006
Edited ‘Nympheas, A Poetic Essay on Claude Monet’ short film by Marianne Gyarfas.
The editing was done on Apple’s Final Cut Studio 1 software package.

2007-2009
Worked as editor, technical researcher and consultant for the HD short film ‘Shooting Stars’ by Armondo Acosta, which is currently still in production.
The capture and editing is done on Apple’s Final Cut Studio 2 software.