Resume / Skills / Background
Video, Film & Television Production
Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Major: Journalism / Technical Media, Applied Arts in Photography from Auraria Campus. Course work included 6 semesters of applied internships in television production. With a graduating GPA or 3.98.
My college education taught me everything including:
- lighting,
- rigging,
- camera operation,
- sound mixing & recording,
- editing,
- graphics.
- writing,
- photography,
- applied art and the ambition to enjoy a long career.
I’ve also learned from other people in production new tricks & techniques. From online resources, hitting the books, and from trade publications. Online articles, YouTube, as well from others along the way. My years of applied experience can help any production as it’s helped me. Experience in production challenges and overcoming them.
Work History
- Denver 8 Television, 1990‐1995: video editing, studio camera, ENG camera & field cameraman (Photojournalist shooting and managing audio, as well lighting). Audio for post-production, ENG video, as well production truck & studio sound mixing. Additional location sound was also applied on every field assignment.
- I also provided freelance services to Denver 8 Television on a freelance basis from 2005 to 2008 providing location sound, camera operation, and studio sound mixing as well.
- Comcast / TCI, 1995‐1996: studio camera, studio lighting, editing, studio sound, graphics for post-production.
- ABC News, 1997 freelance onward: ENG camera, lighting on location sound. I still freelance for ABC News.
- Freelance 1996 to present for several other networks (ENG, EFP, various personnel roles & referral). I still freelance for ABC National, NBC Uni, CNN, FOX/FOX SPORTS, among several others. Including several others in cable television and production companies. And for networks and clients across the globe.
- Mister Photon Media, 2003 to present: broader emphasis on freelance for clients locally, national & globally. Additional gear aside from location sound equipment is available to my hiring clients including camera support, lighting, grip equipment, monitors, backgrounds. Aside from ample location sound gear that I bring for productions to all sorts of hiring clients.
My Freelance network experience in camera, as well location sound or studio sound covers clients. Including networks, and producers across the planet aside from any CO area needed.
Additional skills as a shooter, cameraman, gaffer, data manager, and other skills are in my credits as a freelancer. Including as a sound editor, and post editor, and in my prior employment.
Along with the references in business to back the story. All of these skills ensure your hiring the best location sound recordist for your production. If you need a sound man locally in a Colorado area including Denver or wherever.
I’ll be an extension of your production, whom is easy to get along with. Assisting you in your production tasks, as well make your travels into Colorado areas easier. With additional resources, as well referrals. Back to the page top
Colorado sound recordist for camera crews, video, film or television productions. Services by Nick Teti of Mister Photon Media. Left: ENG video crews in action at the Kobe Bryant court hearings. In Eagle CO, near Vail Colorado. Right: Lake Dillon, in Dillon CO near Breckenridge. For a television commercial series for Mike Shaw Auto.
My types of clients include:
- production companies & EFP,
- cable television networks,
- network television clients,
- corporate video producers & businesses,
- agencies,
- camera crews,
- businesses,
- radio producers,
- camera people,
- ENG TV networks
- Broadcast TV producers
- Motion picture film producers, including Super 16, 35, and Super 70 formats. As well modern cameras
- other clients
+ Experience as a sound operator, in UHD, 4K, and larger format resolution cameras like RED, Arri, Sony, Black Magic, Canon, Panasonic cameras among others. Someone who can set audio levels, sync, and inputs with particular camera experience.
Skills and Expertise
When you need a SOLID VETERAN sound recordist who has additional skills. I can assist any camera person or crew, producer or other client. Consider me as a team player assisting to speed your shoot along. Mixing & recording the best sound on location or in the studio.
As a audio guy, my years of applied skills have brought a full resume of credits. Including assistance to all types of crews in sound, as well providing other expertise. Bringing the needed gear to specific demands.
I have pages of client references on my location sound services. To them from several other countries too. Many differing types of clients in video, film, as well television production for all genres of productions. These skills are:
- Specializing in location sound and production support.
- Working well by myself or in larger or smaller sound or camera crews for directors of photography or supporting camera crews.
- My sound mixing/recording includes 35mm film or UHD camera sync, sync with time code to video cameras or recorders/mixers.
- Using all types of common, as well uncommon location sound gear.
- Camera in 35mm film, 4K or larger formats, HD video and SD video formats.
- Film cameras from super 16 to 70mm along with all the sound gear to marry the two.
- I also had a past experience in film telecine, as well post-production on indy films.
- Lighting as a Gaffer for video, television or film production that includes all production genres with years of lighting experience.
- My experience includes all types of scenes, subjects on various shoots utilizing a variety of specialized instruments.
- As well common equipment pieces from small specials to 18K+ lights.
- Additional grip, and electrical distribution experience for larger film sets and TV set lighting is also in my expertise.
- Grip & Rigging of all types.
- Data Management / Data Wrangler.
- Video editing and post technologies with previous experience in linear and component editing transitioning to NLE platforms and software.
- As an editor I can also work with syncing audio to modern camera formats.
- Editing video with applications like Adobe, FCP and Resolve.
- Audio editing experience with Audition, Wav Agent, Tentacle Studio, Sound Forge, Audacity, Adobe, Sound Track Pro and some other applications.
- Other production experience and expertise for 35mm, UHD/4K or larger formats, HD, SD.
- Journalism as well as non‐journalism.
- Broadcast television including the various genres of programming.
- Corporate video production.
- Many types of film production as a sound engineer.
Book me by calling or texting (720) 299-2084 (fastest)
Skype at: misterphotonmedia or Nick Teti (Colorado).
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Common location sound equipment that a freelance location sound engineer includes:
- shotgun microphones,
- lavalieres,
- hand mics or specific pickup or application microphones,
- mixers, mixer/recorders,
- time code sync devices,
- slates,
- cables for specific cameras
. My gear experience scales to feature film production directing other technicians, as well reality TV or larger scale television or film productions where larger sound crews are employed to capture every critical piece of sound.
