DaCarla Kilpatrick

Current

Freelance Video Editor at [ddp] dragonsday productions

Past

production / assistant editor at BET network television
production / assistant editor at Brave New Films
QC /RESTORATION/MOTION GRAPHICS at LOWRY DIGITAL IMAGES

QA Engineer at discreet, a division of autodesk
Editor and Motion Graphics Artist at Pathfinder Pictures
QA 3rd Party at Media 100
Tech Support at Terran Interactive
Online Production Assistant at PlanetOut

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Education

San Francisco Art Institute
Santa Monica College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Media Production

DaCarla Kilpatrick’s Summary

DaCarla is a veteran in development and production; an individual who tackles problems with imaginative solutions, for several years she has been making professional career moves, at Discreet, Autodesk, Media 100, Terran Interactive, DTS Digital Images, BET Network Television and Brave New Films.
She currently works as a freelance contractor and filmmaker.

DaCarla believes in building stronger communities; she is dedicated to extending her skill sets towards the enrichment and advancement of others.

DaCarla Kilpatrick’s Experience

production / assistant editor

BET network television

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)

PRODUCTION / ASSISTANT EDITOR / AVID
- Assisted directors, producers and other editors in post-production.

- Prepared motion graphics, digital video and audio elements for post production.

- Dubbed, digitized, and maintained media database.

- Used Avid Technologies; Adrenalin, Media Composer and the Avid Mojo with SDI hardware.
production / assistant editor

Brave New Films

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

February 2006 — December 2006 (11 months)

PRODUCTION / ASSISTANT EDITOR / FINAL CUT PRO
- Assisted directors and producers in post-production edit suites.

“Sierra Club Chronicles," a seven-part series, airing as part of THE GREEN, the Sundance Channel's weekly primetime show focusing on the environment.

- Cut sequences

- Used Final Cut Pro Technologies, Adobe Pro Apps and Apple servers.

Demos:
• 9/11 Forgotten Heroes  
http://www.sierraclub.org/tv/episode-911.asp   

• The Day the Water Died  
http://www.sierraclub.org/tv/episode-exxon.asp   

• Dioxin, Duplicity & Dupont
http://www.sierraclub.org/tv/episode-dupont.asp   
QC /RESTORATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

LOWRY DIGITAL IMAGES

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)

QC /RESTORATION/MOTION GRAPHICS
- Performed high-definition scans of the original negatives.

- Quality controlled teams and proprietary software to digitally clean and restore the following films,
-James Bond films for the Ultimate DVD Collection
-Star Wars Trilogy DVD (2004)
QA Engineer

discreet, a division of autodesk

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; adsk; Computer Software industry)

September 2000 — December 2004 (4 years 4 months)

- Involved in all phases of software life cycle, applying QA principles and methodologies, trained and mentored new hires.

- Uncovered issues, determined their impact on our project, examined alternatives and provided a weekly status update of progress with upper management.

- Successfully shipped Using QA process & methodologies Cleaner Pro, CleanerEZ, Cleaner 4,5,6, CleanerXL and CleanerLive in a meticulous and timely manner.

- Created innovative content and tested all video and audio output compressions against 3rd party software and technologies: Combustion, Smoke, Inferno, Adobe Premiere, Avid, After Effects, Photoshop.

- Wrote and executed test cases, suites, scripts, and scenarios for system testing, stress testing, smoke testing and documentation testing.

- Built and maintained Team QA's web servers, (PC and MAC) dedicated for uncompressed storage, seeding, retrieving and viewing the final state of our and encoded files.
Editor and Motion Graphics Artist

Pathfinder Pictures

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

March 2003 — September 2003 (7 months)

Created Motion Graphics for Title work and information spots.
QA 3rd Party

Media 100

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MDEA; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

- Promoted to re-create ‘The video producers workflow’.

- Performed cross-platform functionality of Media Cleaner Pro and cleanerEZ export engine and plug-ins.

- Evaluated release of all software - documentation, installations and uninstalls.

- Implemented integration of Cleaner Pro, cleanerEZ ‘s “export from timeline” engine with Media 100 iFinish, Avid, and Adobe Premiere.

- Tested cross functionality with new streaming media features – wrote action scripts, tested QuickTime, RealNetworks, and Windows Media compatibility.
Tech Support

Terran Interactive

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2000 — March 2000 (3 months)

- Provided technical support for Media Cleaner Pro and CleanerEZ, Managed bug reports from beta group, clients and contractors.

- Identified and resolved customers hardware, firmware, and software problems.

- Presented status reports in meetings and conference calls.
Online Production Assistant

PlanetOut

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

June 1999 — January 2000 (8 months)

PRODUCTION
- Produced digital media content for weekly email feed.

- Performed web production for database, built page templates using html, xml.

- Traveled for promotions and special events to help company achieve marketing goals.

Additional Information

DaCarla Kilpatrick’s Interests:

sipping coffee, reading, technology, higher education, reading manuals, dismantling objects, fluffing dogs, motorcycles, history, music, movies, slow foods and long conversations.

DaCarla Kilpatrick’s Groups:

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
# SFWF
# Digital Film Society
# San Francisco Final Cut Pro User Group, (SF.Cutters)
# Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, (LA.FCPUG)
# Dolores Dog Park, business owners
# San Francisco Art Institute
# AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC2,3,4)

• AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC2,3,4) Motocrew Roadie in 2002/03/04
San Francisco to Los Angeles. Helped to raise $8 million for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs.