
Digital Experimentalist
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Digital Experimentalist
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Aim:
To operate as a forward thinking, progressive creative digital artist and generate, enhance or capture the best possible images applying them imaginatively to current projects.
Showreel:
http://garyberendsen.com/download/garyreel2007h264.mov
(Quicktime H264)
Qualifications:
Creative, skilled MGFX artist, video editor and vision mixer with recent experience in motion graphics, short form editing, design and live event mixing.
Background includes Broadcast technician, video operator and audio engineer work with expertise in camera shading, live and location studio
audio and vision mixing, field editing and recording. Well versed in most modern broadcast studio equipment.
Very good technical improvisation and problem solving capability. Flexible in changing working methods to achieve the desired goal.
Fluent in dutch and english. Intermediate in mandarin chinese. Certified Audio Engineer and Video Operator.
Achievements
Featured as part of Analog Recycling VJ's in the book VJ audio-visual art + VJ culture by D-Fuse.
Created motion graphic loops that are included with the Numark NuVJ see http://www.numark.com/nuvj
As Analog Recycling VJ's was part of the "Vision and the City" visual art exhibition at the China World Trade Center in Beijing 2005-2006.
Part of Sonic Architecture Exhibition at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong biennale 2007-2008.
- Motion Graphics design for concerts and other live events.
- VJ
(Media Production industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Creating motion graphics and doing compositing for commercials and related media.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
May 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
-Digital Experimentalist
-Freelance and project basis work doing editing, motion graphics, web design and technical consultancy.
-Recent highlights:
Tiësto Elements of Life Promo, Tomorrowland 2007 Promo, Armada Night Westergas Fabriek, Bacardi China Tour met Yu Fei Men, Armin Only Ahoy Rotterdam, Hennessy China Tour with Dollz at Play and a Hennessy China tour with Jon Carter and MC Yan.
Key skills include the creation of motion graphics, encoding/decoding, video editing with a specialty in shortform promo/trailer editing.
Software and programming languages: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, DVD studio pro, Lightwave 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, various plug-ins and other design/graphical and video support applications.