Edwina Stevens
I am a visual artist looking for contract work in Graphic Design, VFX, Motion Graphics, Video and Film, Internet and Web Based Media, Photography, anything as part of Digital Culture.
Recently I have been working on my own art projects, viewable on my website here :
Video works on Vimeo can be found here :
http://www.vimeo.com/softsystems/videos
I currently work at the University of Otago in the Audio Visual Department as a Video Tech and Video Editor.
I have been working on small contracts with Natural History new Zealand (NHNZ), I also currently work part time at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art as a Tutor Research Assistant, working with students on their video and animation works in a post production setting.
I have also recently completed a 3 month full time contract at Third Eye/Webolution.
My solid grounding in Graphic Design, opens me up to a wider skill-set of animation and motion graphics / titling and computer based illustration.
Freelancing has aided my project management skills and follow-through to completing tasks without supervision, working to deadlines and meeting with clients.
I am technically minded, and enjoy the problem solving processes when working with digital media, software and technology. I enjoy focusing and learning new things to push myself in keeping up with digital culture.
Compositing – Green-screening, Rotoscoping, Match Movement, Tracking, Grading, Effects, 2.5D, Lighting, Animation, Special effects. 3 years experience, After Effects + Shake. Advanced Diploma in Post Production, Natcoll Design Technology, Wellington (2008).Titling, Text and Subtitles – Text in video for titling, text and subtitles, animated and static, After Effects, Final Cut Pro
Editing – Video Editing using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere. 3-4 years experience.
Technical Support – Camera operation, lighting, computers, camera setups, streaming/recording streams, audio.
Motion Graphics – animation using After Effects, Vector graphics animation for promos, dvd menus, video captioning, logo animation etc.
DVD Production – Full Production of DVD: media formats, compression, design and production of menu, packaging and printing, DVD Studio Pro / Encore
Video Formats – Compression and Formats for Broadcast (TV/Projection etc), Archival purposes, DVD, and Online / Web. 3 years experience. SD, HD, Capturing, Compressing, Aspect Ratios, Conversion.
Technical Skills – Equipment – Projectors, Cabling, Monitors, VCR/DVD, Capture Decks, Video + Still Cameras, VSLRs, Studio Lighting.
Audio Post Production – Audio Post Production for moving image. Recording and Post Production.
Video Grading – Digital Video Colourisation, Grading / working with colour to produce cinematic effects, to requirements of the project.
Video Post Work – Noise and grain in video, contrast, light levels, color/saturation, removing light flares, improving overall image (exposure etc).
Photography - Timelapse photography, Events photography, Promotional Material, Personal Art Practise
BFA in Digital Media & Moving Image – Post production and Photography - Otago Polytechnic School of Art // Massey University CoCa. DMI Department, Electronic Arts, Time-Based Media.
Advanced Diploma in Video Post Production, Natcoll, Wellington, 2008
http://www.natcoll.ac.nz/courses/video-post-production-advanced/
BFA in Electronic Arts
Diploma in Advanced Video Post Production
University of Otago - Video Technician and Video Editor. Filming outdoors and in studio, interviews and promotional material for the University. Events documentation, motion graphics and technical support alongside video editing in various formats.
Natural History New Zealand (NHNZ) Contract work - compositing, rotoscoping, illustration for documentaries.
OUSA - Photographer (events)
Third Eye / Webolution
Graphic Designer and Web Programmer. Full time, current position.
Work currently includes digital photography and post work, content management, project management, graphics for web and print, logo design, website
design and client contact.
Otago Polytechnic School Of Art
Post Production TRA – Current position. Aiding students in their work in post production. Running intensives on software such as After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop etc. problem solving with students to make their goals in post production work attainable within a timeframe.
Wellington City Art Gallery
Supervisor – Setup and install of technical equipment. Co-ordinating gallery staff, opening and closure of the gallery spaces.
Graphic Designer / Web Designer Developer
OPMC Ltd (Sydney) - HTML, CSS, Basic Interactive, Photo Editing, FTP file management, project management, Graphic Design, Programming.
Graphic Designer / Technician
Planet Media / Radio One, Dunedin. Computer (PC and Mac) maintenance and trouble shooting. Cataloging audio recordings, website updates, design
for web and print.
Forest & Bird, Wellington
Graphic Designer, 3 month contract - Tutoring staff in the use of design related programs.
Personal Art Practice, short films and video art works
Upcoming, sculptural + sound installation at Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin with artists collective FFFFF
As part of Media Povera, audio installation work, Blue Oyster, July 2010, Dunedin - New Zealand
More / all creative projects can be found here: http://www.softsystems.net.nz/
I currently curate and maintain an exhibition space in Dunedin called none : http://www.none.org.nz
Letter of reference for Edwina Stevens.
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to offer my support to Edwina Stevens. This year I employed Edwina as a Teaching and Research assistant in the Electronic Arts Section of the School of Art. She quickly showed herself to be a most valuable member of staff. Her ease of delivery and confidence made the students at ease with both the most complex of problems and the most simple of troubles. As one senior student commented to me “Edwina gives me the confidence to try new things.” Edwina is skilled in many software applications, and can ably teach these to large groups as well as one‐on –one, additionally she is willing to sit down with the unfamiliar and demonstrate methods to uncover the mysteries of new programmes, and problem solve. It is the approach that has changed the way we do things here this year. Students are no longer afraid to try a new piece of software and feel comfortable experimenting. This is essential to an Art School and is certainly an approach that is of value in the gallery and creative sectors as well.
In addition Edie has proven herself as a very able website designer. She has built a fantastic site for None Gallery and whilst doing it has used this process to teach it to other students interested in building their own sites.
Her own art works have already been recognized and she was invited to screen a work as part of the
Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium at Victoria University in Wellington this year. Her works are also in demand and she has co‐ordinated None Gallery’s exhibition at Artspace in Auckland and performed live at Artspace in support of the exhibition.
This level of achievement by a person only recently out of art school is unusual. Edwina is a skilled and friendly communicator. She has excellent research skills and her work is always critically framed and engaged with contemporary practice. When working with Edwina, I have been impressed by her consistently professional approach, and the seriousness dedication, and respect with which she involves herself in the New Zealand contemporary art scene.
I strongly support Edwina in her future endeavors as I can see that she has a lot to offer the art community, both in New Zealand and wider afield. There is always a need for young contemporary artists who are engaged with the arts community, and who have a broad knowledge of critical issues in art as well as a fantastic skill set to be able to share this with others; those people who are able to have an arts practice and work with others to enable things to happen. Edwina has the potential to be one of these new faces. Edwina has proven herself to be an able technician, teacher and communicator in the field of digital and new media arts.
I have every confidence that any project she tackles in the future will be a success. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information.
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Susan Ballard
Principal Lecturer, Electronic Arts
David Green, Lecturer
Electronic Arts
Dunedin school of Art
Riego Street
Dunedin
April 27, 2010
Greetings.
Edie Stevens is an excellent effects editor who has been teaching advanced time-based
editing tools to our students for most of the last two years. She is engaging, intelligent,
highly organized and very creative. The many students she teaches here are enthusiastic
about the clear structure of her intensive courses as well as her ability to effortlessly
illustrate and explain complex post-production concepts clearly and engagingly.
She is very knowledgeable, we are very lucky to have her on our team, and I can highly
recommend her.
Regards,
David Green
To whom it may concern,
Edwina Stevens worked as a contract graphic designer for Forest & Bird in 2008, creating maps &
visual media for our newly re-vamped website. Over a period of three weeks in September, Edwina
created a suite of visual material for the website, from habitat maps to banner images. She proved to
be efficient, flexible, reliable & friendly. Her ability to listen to our requirements; her attention to
detail & her vast technical skills in this area meant that the visual materials were created to an
exceptional standard,
I would highly recommend her to any prospective employer,
If you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me,
King regards
Mandy Herrick
Communications Assistant
Forest & Bird
Phone: (04) 801 2217
Email: M.Herrick@forestandbird.org.nz
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