148 Bayly Street West Ajax Ontario – L1S 0C3  - Phone: (905)-623-5712; mobile: (647)-801-0747

            Email: shiva.parasram@yahoo.com  

Objective: To work part-time on weekends in a professional television environment and produce high quality video editing and related technical support in news, current affairs and production thereby improving my own competence and adding value to my employer's products

PROFILE:

• Experienced media professional specializing in video editing for television news and current affairs with experience in producing high quality stories for major national newscasts; currently attending school full time to upgrade professional skills

• Ability to work independently to meet pressing deadlines

• Experience in use of a variety of technical applications including U-matic, Betacam and similar linear technology

• Experience in use of digital editing for television using Avid Media Composer, Adobe premier 6.5 and audio editing for radio using SAW, Software Audio Toolworks

• Experience in shooting video for television news and current affairs

• Some experience in general television production, specifically in-studio camera operations, lighting, sound and floor management

• Poll Clerk, Elections Canada (2006)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

July 2007 to Present:

Freelance M-Broadcast Technician Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) – [No work currently available due to budget cutbacks]

• Responsible for ingesting video material into server using avid capture manager
• Playback news material for on air live news programs record incoming feeds on tape and on server.

November 15 2005 to present: [No work currently available due to budget cutbacks]

Freelance VTR Editor, Omni TV (Rogers)

Responsible for video editing of a wide variety of news and sports stories in five languages. Duties involve working independently and with reporters. Experience in editing using Quantell Server Based Editing system

March 16 2005 to June 2005

Freelance ENG Editor, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

June 2000 to February 2005

ENG Editor: National Broadcasting Network (NBN), Trinidad and Tobago

• Responsible for video editing a wide variety of news and current affairs reports for national prime time television show, working independently and with reporters and producers

• Occasional videography for news/current affairs

1993 to 1997: Unpaid volunteer – Access Cable, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Volunteer at Access Cable, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia during High School years. Worked in a variety of production areas including shooting video on location, in-studio camera operations, lighting and audio, and floor management.

ACADEMIC RECORD:

Currently enrolled full at Durham Business Computer College in Prepress Computer Graphics

2006-: Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

Introduction to Avid Media Composer

1998 – 2000: Nova Scotia Community College, Kentville, N.S. - Radio and Television Arts

• Courses included theory and practice of radio and television production, working independently and in small production groups

• Practical sessions included writing, editing, field directing and shooting, videotape editing, studio production of newscasts and magazine programs

• Major course projects included writing, directing and editing of mini-documentary about the history of printing and radio production of the biography of Lord Byron, which was aired on CBC’s Mainstreet in the Maritimes

1997 – Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, N.S.

• Certificate: Introduction to Video Production.
• Certificate: Basic Portrait Lighting

1996 – Prince Andrew High School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Grade 12 Graduation Certificate. Courses included Computer Literacy, Data Processing and Computer Science