Matthew S. Ross

SOUND DESIGNER - VIDEO EDITOR

3055 Paces Station RDG.

Atlanta, GA 30339

(678) 596-4833 CELL

Age: 28 (11/16/72)

[email protected]


Objectives:

A Career in Professional Theatre, Film or Mutimedia Industry, and to Expand my Knowledge in the Forever Changing Audio Field.

Education:

Ohio University - School of Theatre

MFA Production Design and Technology in Sound Design Spring 1999 (GPA: 3.92)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

BCA in Theatre - Cum Laude Graduation: Dec. 1996 (GPA: 3.56)

Work Experience

Professional:

Yahoo.com - NetRoadshow.com

Streaming Media Editor - Summer 2000 to Present

Colonial Williamsburg Productions

Assistant Production Mixer - Buying Respectability - Spring 2000

NC Blumenthal Performing Art Center

Front of House Mixer Sping 2000 to Present

Catwalk Digital

Avid 9000 Editor Winter 2000

Jay Howard Production Audio

Sound Designer / Audio Engineer / Associate Producer of Fall 1999 to Present

NASCAR Country — Racing Country USA

(Nationally Syndicated Radio Show) 12 Million Listeners

Paradigm Communications Group

Media 100 Editor and Audio Engineer Fall 1999 to Present

WTVI — PBS

Audio Engineer Fall 1999 to Present

Paramount Show Services

Associate Sound Designer - Renaissance Cruiselines — R3 Summer 1999

Walt Disney World Co.

Advanced Audio Intern Winter 1999

Ohio Valley Summer Theatre Sound Designer / Engineer Summer 1997 to 1998

Academic:

Ohio University School of Theatre Graduate Assistantship (SD) Winter 1997 to 6/1999

Ohio University School of Film Graduate Assistantship (SD) Fall 1998

School of Theatre and Dance - UNCC Tech Crew Winter 1994

 

Theatrical Production Related Experience:

Sound Designer /System Engineer

Macbeth (Spring, 1999)

Antigone (Fall, 1998 )

Big River (Summer, 1998)

Much Ado About Nothing (Spring, 1998)

Mother Courage (Winter, 1998)

Cloud 9 (Fall, 1997)

Something’s A Foot (Summer, 1997 )

The Country Wife (Spring, 1997 )

The Ruffian on the Stair (Winter, 1997 )

Insect Comedy -Puppet Production (Fall, 1996)

Woodbabes in Toyland (Fall,1995)

Anna K. --- Student Production Series (Fall, 1995)

Eating Raoul (Fall, 1994)

Associate Sound Designer

Renaissance Cruiselines—R3 (Summer, 1999)

Waiting for the Parade (Spring, 1999)

Brighton Beach (Summer, 1998)

Strange Snow (Spring, 1998)

Sound Board Operator

Brighton Beach (Summer, 1998)

West Side Story (Summer, 1997)

Something’s A Foot (Summer,97

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Spr.96)

As You Like It (Spring, 1996)

Woodbabes in Toyland (Fal, 1995 & 1996)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Spring, 1996)

Fresh Hell -Dorothy Parker Story,ACTF (Fall, 1995)

NCTC Play Competition (1994)

Eating Raoul (Fall, 1994)

System Engineer

Strange Snow (Spring, 1998)

Hedda Gabler (Winter, 1998)

Suddenly Last Summer (Winter, 1998)

The Colorado Catechism (Fall, 1997)

Multimedia / Set Design

brainwrap (Fall, 1996)

Film Related Experience:

Sound Recordist/Post What do U See? by Ross Grandin (Winter, 98)

Sound Designer/Post For Good Luck by Tonje Nordgaard (Fall, 98)

Sound Designer/Post Fu by Sharon Teo (Summer, 98)

Sound Recordist Outlet by Jung Fu Wang (Spring, 98)

Media and Software Experience:

Extensive experience regarding DAW (Digital Audio Workstations) and Non-Linear Video Editing: {Protools 4.3.1, Avid Media Composer, Avid Audio Vision, Fairlight MFX3, Adobe After Effects 4.0, Adobe Premiere, Amek SuperTrue (Board automation), Performer 5.5 & Digital Performer 2.1 (midi-sequencing), Richmond SoundDesign’s Showman (ShowControl), Akai S3000XL (professional sampler), Tascam (DA-98, DA-30, DA-60, DA-P1), Fostex D-30, ADAT, DAT (Tape based digital multitracking)}, Analogue Multi-tracking: {1/4", 1/2", 16mm and 35mm Magnetic tape}, Projectionist, CD-R and Mini-Disk recording, AutoCAD, MiniCad, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe PageMaker, Corel Presentation, Pascal, knowledge of the Internet, and experience with UNIX, Windows, Macintosh, DOS and I also read music.

References:

background image is of Actress , Rebeka Jones, and Actor Steve Cirbus from the production of Macbeth at Ohio University 1999.