Chris Kowalczyk Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Freelance Video Editor Chicago IL 2016- Present Created narrative stories using stock footage together with licensed music.
• Sourced over 3+ hours of stock footage from an online vendor.
• Used an internet-based licensed music vendor to obtain music tracks for videos.
• Ingested and converted raw footage to proxy video with Adobe Media Encoder, before importing the footage into Adobe Premiere.
• Manipulated and edited 3+ hours of stock footage into 1-2 minute videos with Adobe Premiere, also created titles using Adobe After Effects.
• Uploaded final videos to websites and other social media platforms.

Greater Chicago Area

• Freelance Music Video Editor Chicago IL 2019- Present Modozy Listen Music Video Edited one music video from footage sent from the artist.
• Reviewed, logged, and organized 1+ hours of raw footage.
• Converted recorded video from a mobile device to usable video footage to edit.
• Transcoded converted video to proxy video before being ingested into Final Cut Pro X.
• Manipulated and edited 1+ hours of footage into a 3-minute music video with further collaboration with the artist.
• Exported the final cut of the music video and uploaded the music video to the artist's YouTube channel.

Greater Chicago Area

• Freelance Video Editor Videographer Director Chicago IL 2019- Present Music Video ProductionDirected recorded and edited one music video for the artist for an upcoming album.
• Collaborated with the artist to establish their specific needs and implemented the available options.
• Storyboarded entire music video, with further collaboration with the artist.
• Recorded full music video with Sony A600, along with directing talent according to the storyboard.
• Ingested and transcoded raw footage to proxy video into Final Cut Pro X.
• Reviewed and organized 1 hour of raw footage mindfully, additionally referencing the storyboard making sure the overall vision of the music video is apparent.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Freelance Video Editor Videographer Director Chicago IL 2014-2016 Created short-form videos for a local independent promotion company.
• Recorded 10+ hours of footage for independent bands at local venues using Canon EOS 600D camera.
• Ingested over 10+ hours of raw footage using the camera's internal software, and imported footage onto an external hard-drive.
• Sorted, organized, and logged imported footage, also converted the footage to proxy video in Adobe Premiere.
• Manipulated and edited 10+ hours in Adobe Premiere into 1-10 minute short videos.
• Exported completed final cuts of videos and uploaded videos to social media.