Instructors

Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc.
www.larryjordan.biz

Larry Jordan is a producer, director, editor, consultant and trainer with over 25 years video production and post-production experience. He is currently using his award-winning skills in training editors to use Final Cut Studio. He is the Executive Producer and Host of Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ, as well as the Creator and Editor-in-Chief of Edit Well, the Rich- Media Newsletter for Final Cut Studio.

A member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America, he is a post-production consultant to Los Angeles broadcast and production studios. In addition to his broadcast credits, Jordan is recognized as one of the Top 100 Corporate Producers in America and is frequently a featured speaker at trade shows, industry events and user groups around the U.S.

 

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Philip Hodgetts

Intelligent Assistance, Inc
www.intelligentassistance.com

Philip Hodgetts is both a corporate manager with over 20 years of experience in gourmet food manufacture, promotion and distribution; university textbook retailing; digital video production; video-based educational design and production; and education systems and software development, as well as a deep experience in digital distribution. He is currently President of the Open Television Network and Intelligent Assistance, Inc.

He is widely regarded as an expert in the field of digital media production, post-production and distribution and  widely recognized for his unique ability to understand and develop workflows across all these areas for linear and interactive media.

With more than 25 years experience in writing, producing, directing, editing and motion graphic design across the entire production spectrum  - education, corporate, documentary and National TV commercials - he has a unique understanding of the way technologies influence the development of an industry and has had an above-average accuracy in predicting the future changes in the digital production, post-production and distribution industries.

He was the founder of Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ weekly show and is the co-creator of “Assisted Editing”.

He has presented at many conferences and seminars including Keynote addresses for the New York DV Show; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' NEXT TV symposium in 2006; and the 2007 Podcast Summit at NAB as well as presented at Streaming Media East and West; NAB Post|Production, Seybold among others.

 

Mark Spencer

Day Street Productions
www.daystreet.com

Mark Spencer is a freelance producer, editor, teacher and writer based in the Bay Area. His company Day Street Productions is a production and post studio focused on corporate video. He is an Apple-certified instructor for Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Motion, teaching for organizations such as BAVC, Stanford University, DVExpo, MacWorld, and consulting for corporations and individuals. He is the author of the Apple Pro Training Series book Motion Graphics and Visual Effects from Peachpit Press and has written for print and online publications including DV Magazine, EditWell, ProVideo Coalition and kenstone.net. He maintains www.applemotion.net, a resource for Motion. Mark has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Frank Rohmer

Rohmer Video Production
www.FrankRohmer.com

Frank Rohmer has 14 years of experience in professional and broadcast video production. He has created projects for EA Sports, Oakley Sunglasses, Callaway Golf, SONY Electronic, Microsoft, Nestle, Hampton Products, T-Mobile, AT&T and HTC to name a few. He is also an Apple Certified Trainer that has successfully authored training curriculum that has sold around the world. Frank has been invited to speak at training events for Apple, AVID, UCI, Stanford University, Ventura County School District, The City of Las Vegas and The MGM Hotel.

Frank is also a professional photographer that combines the two worlds of Photography and Videography for most of his projects. With his extensive experience in video production and photography Frank had produced over 1,000 projects to date. Frank works full time for the Eleven Agency as Director of Video Production and over sees all aspects of photography video production within the company.