Benjamin Bunch Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca

Oakland, Ca

Oakland, Ca

Mill Valley, Ca

A large, student-run, film production club at UCSC. During the first-half of the school year, FPC’s members divide into groups to create several short films, before coming together in the second-half of the year to collaborate on one massive (30-120 minute) project. Was elected Feature Editor (2008), Post-Production Officer (2008-2011), Feature Screenwriter (2009), and Feature Director of Photography (2010), in addition to serving the club in numerous other capacities.

Interned at The CW in San Francisco. Responsible for, with two other interns, shooting and editing a weekly online “video-diary” consisting of footage and photos shot at various events around the Bay Area, and of various people giving “shout-outs” to The CW. Some shots aired on broadcast television in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Responsible for maintaining myriad Macintosh OSX Servers, client machines, and assisting users in a fast paced student print and television production environment.

Responsible for assisting faculty and staff with their varying project and instructional needs. General office work.

Interned at Plantronics, Inc, the world’s leading creator of headsets, as part of the eBusiness and Web team. Responsible forcreating video content, such as unboxing, troublehsooting, and setup videos for the company, as well as maintaining a YouTube channel (youtube.com/PlantronicsTV). Developed branded pages on social networking/media sites. Worked in an office environment at the company’s corporate headquarters in Santa Cruz.

Responsible for configuring and maintaining production lab, editing suite, and classroom computers at the UCSC Film Department. Also responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining other video/film related technologies, assisting students and faculty in post- production workflow, and acting as a computer systems and server administrator.