Miguel Valenzuela - Final CutTMStudio |
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Miguel has more than 12 years experience as an independent filmmaker and video artist. Having used Final Cut Pro since 2000, he has worked in various capacities including directing, producing, editing, as a camera operator and in post-production. He has worked on many different projects, from student films to documentaries and news, cable tv, features and experimental videos.
Miguel is currently working on an interactive video art project, a bag of music videos, researching a documentary and editing his first feature "Magnetic Moment Device". His music videos for bands, such as Good Buddha (Independent) and Soma Rasa (Valve Warner), have received generous airplay on Rage and Channel V in Australia. Apart from this Miguel works as an instructor and mentor of student projects at UTS where he shares his up to date knowledge of the latest versions of Final Cut Pro and Motion.
When not working on Final Cut Pro, he is studying and making music and video clips with bands Le Gato Gruff, and The Debt Collective.
Other recent production credits include:
"Australian-Asian Art Now: Positioning the field" DVD, director, producer, camera, editor. 2009
"Bullfight in Mexico" Music Video (Channel V) - Colorist, Editor, 2008
"Siberia" director Andrew Taylor, Technical Consultant, 2009
"Ceduna" Director Ali Russell, Online, 2009
"End of the Line", directors Paul Brenner & Alex Ryan, Editor & Colourist, 2008
Teigan Kollosché - Final CutTMStudio
TTeigan has over 14 years' professional experience in the film and television industry in sound, production and as a video editor. Her credits include documentary and current affairs programs with the ABC, Channel 9 and SBS TV as well as 4 years as an assistant director and sound recordist for the TV drama, Water Rats. In 2003 Teigan wrote, directed and edited for 3 years with the production company Shootfilms and won best national short film whilst in this role with her mocumentary 'Recycling Mammals'.
In the past 4 years Teigan has shared this extensive industry knowledge with students at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) as an instructor and mentor of student projects and as a level 1 & 2 trainer of Final Cut Pro 7 and Motion 4.
Paul Najar - LogicTM Studio
Paul has more than 25 years professional experience in music. His background is
extensive and varied. Studying classical piano from age six and then jazz piano and
composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music after school, he then rode the first
wave of MIDI technology to become a top fight session keyboard player, completing many
assignments as a musician/ programmer/ composer/ songwriter/ arranger for many
famous Australian and international artists, advertising, TV and film music & sound design,
to engineering, mixing and producing many artist CD's both locally and internationally.
More recently Paul has taken up the baton as an educator. Initially at SAE Sydney where
for more than 5 years he groomed new generations of students in the finer details of
Electronic Music Production techniques, then onto TAFE in a similar role where he
continues and now at The University Of Technology Sydney.
Paul's been a professional user of Logic from version 1.1. As an Apple Certified Logic Pro
9 Trainer and with his extensive experience in music, audio engineering and technology,
positions him perfectly to bring the Apple Logic Pro Training series to life in a insightful and
informative way.
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