Highly organized with strong time-management skills with an ability to cope with a huge volume of news and current affairs materials
Bashar Samman
Montreal, Canada
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
PROFILE SUMMARY
Responsible, energetic, and creative filmmaker with 10+ years of experience as an online editor and technical supervisor in producing high-quality films, television, and creative content, as well as post-production techniques. Strong experience in creative audio, and video editing, with experience in all aspects of video production. Audiovisual Technician with offering excellent organizational skills in audiovisual technology, setup, and operation. Expert in content and project management, production and postproduction custom workflows and pipelines for each project, broadcast specifications, mastering, and quality control for international distribution. Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously with ease and professionalism. Good ability to analyze and correct errors in a product prior to final release delivering a high volume of shows within a tight deadline, including setting up the necessary post-production infrastructure and development stage through to delivery.
Skills
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve
Interests
Excellent communication skills and ability to handle production workflow with different stakeholders and work with minimum supervision
Maintaining the company standard of professionalism and empathy by troubleshooting critical issues Ability to follow up with multiple projects at a time
Combination of editorial, creative and technical knowledge to ensure the smooth running of operations, with an understanding of evolving audience requirements and preferences for digital content
Develop and maintain effective communications with all stakeholders within the network
Passionate and curious about all aspects of Audio-Visual marketing creativity and have an entrepreneurial mindset
Work History
Online Editor - Technical Supervisor
Attraction Media
Montreal
01.2017 - Current
- Streamlining operational progressions and workflow to increase the efficiency of team performance and resource allocation.
- Providing operational guidance and consultation, content Managing, and archiving, as well as supporting various production departments.
- Managing and troubleshooting post-production editorial remote systems, managing equipment, delegating resources, and multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
- Developing workflows and associated broadcast deliverables.
- Performing a polish and verification of all rush media and repairing any scratched archive footage.
- Ensuring all final images are conformed at the highest resolution and make a final master be delivered locally and internationally.
- Working collaboratively with directors and producers in order to make sure all different material sits together as a whole and that many different versions of the same show are created.
Founder
Light Pictures
Montreal
01.2015 - Current
- Provides media and consulting services to assist production and postproduction companies in completing projects from concept to completion.
- Managing new product development, marketing, and advertising for the division.
- Define roles and responsibilities for the company to create and improve processes company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.
Colorist, Online Editor
Rotating Planet Productions
Montreal
02.2017 - 12.2018
- Consulted on workflows and offered services for online editing, color grading, and live-action nature and wildlife feature documentaries.
- Provided exceptional service, fixed issues, and improved operations.
- Designed color scheme of a film in order to achieve a specific mood or visual style.
Online Editor
The Fashion Hero
Montreal
05.2017 - 02.2018
- Providing online editing, mastering, and quality control.
- Assistant editing as post-production media management services.
- Collaborated with the production and post-production departments to develop and implement final products.
Online Editor - Colorist
CMJ Productions Inc
Montreal
04.2014 - 12.2016
- Delivered, online edited, color graded, and mastered more than 300 hours of TV shows and documentaries.
- Performed smooth and professional final edits using Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Remained composed and highly professional in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment, effectively handling challenging situations and difficult individuals to achieve objectives.
- Created infrastructure and directed implementation of post-production workflows.
- Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes, and approved final versions for publication.
Video Editor
ICI Television
Montreal
01.2013 - 04.2014
- Delivered edits with multiple camera angle choices, titles, graphics, audio, and special effects.
- Evaluated and selected scenes for pacing, entertainment value, continuity, trim shots, and edited content.
- Organized assets by collecting data from camera media, transcoding video, and audio files, and managing file backup to the digital asset management system.
- Created titles, captions, graphics, and templates in After Effects to give edits additional visual flare.
- Filmed and edited multicultural television shows in Arabic, English, French, and Italian.
- Worked with graphic templates and seamlessly inserted into videos.
- Worked tight deadlines with a team or independently and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain the high quality of work.
Education
Advanced Resolve Grading Techniques -
ICA | The International Colorist Academy
London, UK 06.2019 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Film And Television - Film And Video Production
TREBAS
Montreal, Canada 09.2010 - 07.2012
Diploma in Graphic Design -
Graphic Design School
Aleppo, Syria 02.2006 - 12.2009
Accomplishments
- Crime Scene Confidential (6 x 60 minutes) (2022) (Investigation Discovery)
- Impossible Repairs (6 x 60 minutes) (2021) (Smithsonian)
- Big Rig Warriors (10 x 30 minutes) (2019) (History)
- Fatal Vows (65 x 60 minutes) (2014 - 2019) (Investigation Discovery)
- Aging in the Wild (2019) (CBC)
- Stay At Home Animal Dads (2018) (CBC)
- REV’D UP (13 x 30 minutes) (2018) (Velocity)
- Wheels That Fail (31 x 30 Minutes) (2014-2018) (Velocity)
- Guilty Rich (6 x 60 minutes) (2017) (Investigation Discovery)
- Outlaw Tech (6 x 60 minutes) (2017) (SCI)
- How The World Ends (6 x 60 minutes) (2016) (AHC)
- Boogeyman (13 x 60 minutes) ( 2015) (Evasion)
- Helico Tout Terrain (10 x 60 minutes) (2015) (Canal D)
- Celebrity Legacies (26 x 60 minutes) ( 2014-2015) (Reelz)
- Home Made (13 x 60 minutes) (2015) (Evasion)
- Celebrity Damage Control (26 x 60 minutes) ( 2014-2015) (Reelz)
Online Editor, Colorist, and Post-production Technical Supervisor.
Timeline
Advanced Resolve Grading Techniques -
ICA | The International Colorist Academy
06.2019 - 07.2019
Online Editor
The Fashion Hero
05.2017 - 02.2018
Colorist, Online Editor
Rotating Planet Productions
02.2017 - 12.2018
Online Editor - Technical Supervisor
Attraction Media
01.2017 - Current
Founder
Light Pictures
01.2015 - Current
Online Editor - Colorist
CMJ Productions Inc
04.2014 - 12.2016
Video Editor
ICI Television
01.2013 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Film And Television - Film And Video Production
TREBAS
09.2010 - 07.2012
Diploma in Graphic Design -
Graphic Design School
02.2006 - 12.2009
Quote
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