DIGITAL MEDIA
Fredy Phoenix
Digital Media Specialist, Drone Operator, Cinematographer, Live Stream Technician
17+ Years in Digital Media
I fell in love with the camera when I was 15 years old and I never really put the camera back down. The camera has taken me to frozen Salem, MA to Sunny Bermuda to windy Chicago, to New York, Beautiful SLO, Lake Tahoe, Northern California, arid Arizona, Cool Nevada, flat Ohio and all across this beautiful Nation of ours. I have had the pleasure of working for Godfather Films, the County of Riverside EDA, Stater Bros, NY Comic Con, Buzzfeed, Lightworkers, and Refinery 29 to name a few.
I have been fortunate enough to have worked on movie sets, documentaries, County Events, live streams, Life Events and just about anything you can point a camera at.
I met the Cinematographer Dean Cundy (“Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Back to the Future”) and he called me a “tech weenie,” that was a great day! Point me in a direction and I will shoot. Lights, Camera, Liftoff!
Cinematographer
My focus has always been the camera: great composition and lighting are crucial to set up the rest of a production.
Live Event Experience
From live streaming to weddings I am in my element in a one take environment; whether I am setting up or troubleshooting I wont crack under the pressure.
Great Customer Service
I have worked with all kinds of people: corporate clients, production managers and retail clients.
RESUME
Experience
Godfather Films, Lead Event Videographer
- May 2011 – 2023
- Planned and executed over 500 wedding shoots to comply with client goals and deadlines.
- Organized and implemented corporate live streams
- Designed production workflows and delegated responsibilities with filming and post production teams.
- Maintain, prepare and test drones for flights.
- Worked closely with the County of Riverside to produce the State of the County film 7 years in a row.
- Shot documentary footage for corporate clients such as Stater Bros., Association of Bridal Consultants, San Bernardino County Family Court.
Sapphire Phoenix LLC, Digital Media Producer/Remote Pilot in Command
January 2017 – 2022
- Collaborated with clients to create digital content.
- Setup lighting, audio feeds and multi-cam shoots, for webcast.
Drone Operator - Research and log all drone operations to comply with FAA mandates.
- Work with the county to procure proper permitting.
P.S. Photo Media, Secondary Wedding Photographer
January 2014 – 2021
- -Provided excellent customer service
- -B roll Photography including details, and complementary angles.
- -Ensured gear was prepped for use and ready to shoot.
“Buzzfeed’s, Unsolved” Traveling DIT
January 2017- January 2019
- Responsibilities include offloading footage from cards to storage drives, creating redundancies, organizing, setting up Premiere Pro projects, syncing sound, and delivering to Post for a traveling show.
“Refinery29, Last Looks Docu-Series” Digital Intermediary Technician
July 2018- September 2018
- Backed up, Labeled, Organized and Logged Alexa camera footage daily.
- Aided in camera Preparation and Follow Focus.
“Lightworkers, MGM,” Media Manager.
October 2017- December 2017
- Responsibilities included preparing footage for archive and installing an archival RAID server.
“WinDelThor Productions” First Assistant Camera
January 2019
- Responsibilities included maintaining and preparing RED Scarlett camera, balancing Ronin S Gimbal and pulling focus.
Skills
- FAA Parts 107 License. Over 100 LAANC authorizations.
- Cinematography: narrative, corporate, documentary. Sony, Canon, RED, iPhone camera knowledge.
- Photography: product, studio, event, landscape;
- Knowledge of camera systems: RED, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic.
- Studio and location lighting. Motion picture and still lighting.
- Post production: DIT, Media Management, NLE editing, color grading, compression, workflow design.
- Graphic Design: Video, Print, Web.
- WordPress Website Creation.
- Contract literacy: reading and writing.
- Great interpersonal skills.
- Native Spanish Speaker.
Software Competency
- Over 20,000 hours editing digital media
- DaVinci Resolve
- CaptureOne
- Affinity Photo and Designer
- Adobe: Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Photoshop and Illustrator.
- ShotPut Pro
- Google Docs
- LightCut App/ iPhone editing
