e-mail me at EdRubin@BlueLightAnim.com

Video Systems Engineer and 3D Animator:

Video Systems Engineer and 3D Animator: Over 20 years comprehensive experience in designing, implementing and running broadcast video and 10 years with 3D computer graphics animation, design, production and CGI systems integration; 20+ years editing experience.

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Work Experience
Previous Experience
Education
Personal
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Technical Skills:

Systems Engineering:

Design, documentation, installation, operation, and maintenance of broadcast video production and post-production linear & non-linear systems. Integration of computer graphics and video systems

Computer Graphics:

I own my own suite of three SGI and two Mac computers and have expertise at integration of SGI & Macintosh systems. Alias Power Animator, Director, Photoshop, & numerous other graphic software packages.

Equipment Expertise:

Silicon Graphics (UNIX), Macintosh, Windows, D2, Betacam, Digital-Betacam, U-matic, Grass Valley switchers, Sony, Ikegami, BTS broadcast cameras, Chyron, Abekas, Intercom systems, Sony 9100 edit controllers, Media100, AVID, Stratosphere.

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Work Experience:

Fall 1994 > Present:

Freelance Animation (dba BlueLight Animations):

Design, modeling, animation, compositing, storyboarding.
1995/99 Clients: Kenwood Group (Silicon Valley Joint Ventures), AKZO Europe, International Shopping Network, Omni Media Productions, Global Light Network, SYDA, SpellBound Productions, Compaq, General Magic, The Mind/Body Institute (Harvard University), XILINX, Noesis, Amanita Digital, X-Farm, Synplicity, Dotted Line Productions (for "Field Trip", a children's television series), Carollo Engineers, E.B.M.U.D., Barefoot Productions.

Video/sound engineer and System Design and Engineering:

Clients: First Camera Video, SF ó Designed and built portable flypack production systems;
Bezat-Griffin, Mt.View ó Designed and built non-linear edit rooms;
Milt Wallace Video óÝMulticamera video operator;
Kenwood Group, Garthwait & Griffin Films, Inside Edition, Hard Copy, Pacific Telesis, Clorox, Novell, SGI, 3Com,
SUN Microsystems, Bechtel, PBS,  Charlie Rose Show, Zamacona Productions, Sports Channel, FoxSports,
Oracle, SBC, PacBell, Chevron, Cicso Systems, Brio Technologies, Logitech, KQED (Video Op. & TD), to name a few.

Editing:

SYDA Foundation: documentaries, instructional videos, and promos for satellite broadcasts
Synplicty: won JOEY Award for editing Trade Show video for Synplicity
SUN, HP, Cisco Systems, Brio Technologies: various projects
Garthwait & Griffin Films: Tibet's Stolen Child, 1 hour documentary groomed for PBS.

1979 > Fall 1994:

Video engineer/operator/dept. head for SYDA Foundation

An international, non-profit, educational foundation. Responsible for all design, implementaion, and maintenance of video systems, studios and computer graphics systems.
 
  • Computer graphics design for SYDA --- 2D and 3D animation and stills using SGI and Macintosh platforms.

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  • Engineered world-wide live satellite broadcasts reaching an audience in 150 cities.

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  • Designed, built and maintained on-line multi-format editing suites.

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  • Designed, built and maintained multi-camera production facilities both here and abroad.

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  • Managed the technical aspects for seasonal live programs which averaged 1000 - 6000 people daily over the last fifteen years including TD, CCTV and large screen video reinforcement.

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  • Field Production --- Executed these programs and broadcasts from remote locations in Europe, Asia, Australia as well as North America in challenging conditions.

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    Previous Work Experience:

    1976 > 1979:

  • Photographer's assistant/darkroom technician; York, NY for the late William H. Gratwick, artist-photographer and sculptor.

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    1973 > 1975:

  • Production assistant, VCA Teletronics, NYC

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    Formal Education:

  • BA, 1977, Photography and Graphic Arts, State University of NY at Geneseo

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  • Alias Power Animator Training, 1992, Alias Research, Toronto

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  • Avid Media Composer course, 1995

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    IMPORTANT NOTE: My formal education does not reflect my expertise, which I have developed as a result of having dedicated myself to informal study and experience. I have worked with and been building and responsible for video systems since 1973.

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    Personal:

    My parents produce television commercials, so I spent my youth on production sets. I was greatly inspired by seeing how things worked behind the scenes and grew up with a well-rounded insight into all aspects of production and post production.

    I have artistic as well as technical abilities and I love to mix the two together in my work.

    Status:

    Married with seven year old son (who loves music!).

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