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Five Star Racecar Bodies

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:26:21 +0000

Five Star is the established leader for fabricating car bodies, windows, and parts for NASCAR and the racing industry. Five Star is expanding into new markets by leveraging their expertise in the demanding racecar business. To help communicate this message, they hired Richter Studios to produce a video series for an upcoming trade show. The production team at Richter combined Red, 5D, and GoPro cameras for diverse and beautiful cinematography. I was brought on to edit a style that was edgy, energetic, and captured the excitement of racing.

Teaching at Flashpoint

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:33:32 +0000

In September 2011, I began teaching as an adjunct instructor in the Broadcast department at Tribeca Flashpoint Academy. Students participate in an intensive, two-year associates degree program that incorporates field production, studio production, and video editing. The program is hands-on, with students operating camera, lights, editing software, and dealing with production planning from the very start of the semester. I presently teach a TV studio production class and an Avid postproduction class. All of the faculty are experienced professionals, and many are adjuncts who are presently working in the industry. After having taught elsewhere, and from my own college experience, I think Flashpoint offers a truly wonderful program. Students aren’t learning from academics, but from professionals who know what it takes to survive. The facilities are top notch, and expectations are very high.

For their final TV studio projects, the students produce a fifteen minute show that includes an interview, a how-to segment, and a musical performance. All material is shot by the students in a mutlicamera studio environment, with live switching and no post work. Students are responsible for coming up with a show theme, finding guests, developing the concept, and creating all graphics. Below are a couple of final projects from last semester. Remember, these students had absolutely no production experience whatsoever before the semester began. I am very proud of their work!

Freelance

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:33:18 +0000

Cut web marketing videos, reality, documentary, and branded entertainment for major brands and coprorates, inluding Fiat, Smuckers, Arm and Hammer, Aon, Affey Tapple, BlueCross BlueShield. Edited web reality series for kids about nutrition. Edited episodes for pop culture series for The Onion’s AV Club. Wrote humorous, educational branched dialog scripts for interactive video iPhone application to teach English to non-native speakers. Edited political videos for teachers’ unions and Democratic candidates. Edited emotional documentary style videos for non-profit groups.

Flashpoint Academy

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:32:26 +0000

Teach TV studio production and video editing courses as part of a 2-year associates degree program.

Goethe Institut Chicago

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:01:42 +0000

The Goethe Institut is the international German language and cultural outreach organization. In Chicago, they provide German language courses, programs for high school students, artist talks, literature translations, and inter-culural training for companies doing business in Germany. This video was filmed and produced by Backstar Creative Media, and I worked with the client to edit together the video.

Campus Special

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:27:14 +0000

This video was produced and filmed by Nic and Dan at Bitter Jester Creative for Campus Special, a marketing company that specializes in print and electronic coupons on college campuses. Every summer, the company hires student sales interns who canvas their local businesses to build their school coupon books. Each student is supported by a mentor to guide them through being a successful salesperson. Before beginning their internship, the students attend a training seminar, which is what was filmed for this video. Students who completed the program return as mentors for the incoming recruits. The video serves two purposes—to recruit students as new interns, and to attract investors. I edited the video, selected music, and created the graphics.

Opinions at Osteopathic Conference

Brian Sarfatty — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:51:22 +0000

OMED is an annual conference for osteopathic physicians. In 2011, the conference was held in Orlando. Videos were shot by Patrick Sinco from The DO internet trade magazine. Raw footage was sent from the cameraman in Florida to me in Chicago via the internet, and uploaded/posted overnight. Truly the beginning of the “cloud” remote editing workflow. These “Man on the Street” style interviews capture the opinions of conference goes towards hot topics in the osteopathic field.

OMED 2011: ‘Meaningful use’ from TheDO on Vimeo.

OMED 2011: Work-life balance from TheDO on Vimeo.

OMED 2011: Would you encourage your kids to become physicians? from TheDO on Vimeo.

Gordona Merryweather’s Exercise Videos for Pregnant Women

Brian Sarfatty — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:01:05 +0000

Some very strange videos I edited for Ravi Batista…

AV Club’s Pop Pilgrims

Brian Sarfatty — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:00:08 +0000

Check out the latest videos I helped edit for the peeps at Picture Show (after the Fiat commercial):

Eugene: The Five Easy Pieces diner

Seattle: Fantagraphics Comics

Seattle: Kurt Cobain Park

Austin: We’re gonna need you to go ahead and visit the Office Space building

Austin: The Texas Chain Saw… family restaurant?

New Orleans: Preservation Hall – Keeping the history of jazz alive

New Orleans: We visit locations from David “The Wire” Simon’s jazz-heavy HBO series Treme

Memphis: Sun Studio – Home to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis

Memphis: Arcade Restaurant – Set of Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train

Seeking Creative Breakthrough at One State

Brian Sarfatty — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:22:22 +0000

One State Together in the Arts is a the annual conference that brings together individuals and organizations across the arts and across Illinois to discuss issues and build new collaborative connections. This year’s conference was held May 23-24th in Bloomington Illinois. I was hired by Intention Design to assemble the conference videos, and cut together the following “man on the street” interview segment of what attendees got out of the conference:

If this video sparks your interest, please check out the rest of the conference videos to hear some really engaging presentations from renown artists and creative thinkers. And consider attending the next conference!