Matthew Brown

Assistant Director at 7 NEWS, WHDH-TV
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Boston
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Professional working proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Assistant Director
      • Oct 2017 - Present

      As a television news Assistant Director, my responsibilities include:- Call live weekend evening news broadcasts at 6 pm, 9pm, 10pm, and 11pm.- Operate and troubleshoot cameras, audio, and lighting equipment, and on-air graphics, ensuring they are suitable for broadcast during newscasts.- Manage all phases of production, including pre-production, timing of newscasts, and remote live reporter coordination.- Prepare and facilitate production studio for live news broadcasts, as well as tapings of promotional, educational, and public affairs content.- Act as the communication lead in studio during broadcasts, controlling communication between all talent, producers, and staff.- Certify news copy, graphics, and scripts are properly presented and formatted for talent during newscast.- Prepare anchors, reporters, and in-studio guests to be on their marks, properly lighted, and mic'd for segments.- Direct and cue the anchors and reporters during newscasts. Show less

    • Production Assistant
      • May 2017 - Nov 2017

      - Operated the teleprompter for all on-air talent, anchors, and weather staff during the nightly newscasts.- Ensured the news rundown, scripts, and on-air graphics were properly formatted and suitable for air.

    • United States
    • Movies and Sound Recording
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Post Production Intern
      • May 2017 - Dec 2017

      - Operated client services, ensuring the clients and artists have everything they need to work together. - Assisted VFX artist and film color grader utilizing Flame, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve. - Clients included Twisted Tea, SimpliSafe, Universal Studios, Titleist, Ocean Spray, and Progressive. - Operated client services, ensuring the clients and artists have everything they need to work together. - Assisted VFX artist and film color grader utilizing Flame, Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve. - Clients included Twisted Tea, SimpliSafe, Universal Studios, Titleist, Ocean Spray, and Progressive.

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • Managing Editor
      • Jan 2014 - Nov 2017

      - Managed Suffolk University’s online news website, The Suffolk Voice. - Edited articles. - Managed editorial staff. - Managed content posted on the website. - Updated social media accounts. - Directed PopVoice, Suffolk University's only arts & entertainment student talk show, filmed in Suffolk University's TV studio. - Managed Suffolk University’s online news website, The Suffolk Voice. - Edited articles. - Managed editorial staff. - Managed content posted on the website. - Updated social media accounts. - Directed PopVoice, Suffolk University's only arts & entertainment student talk show, filmed in Suffolk University's TV studio.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Television Studio Assistant
      • Jan 2015 - May 2017

      - Operated professional TV studio cameras.- Set up and broke down television grade lighting.- Set up audio microphones and cords.- Operated the switcher and audio board in the control room.- Acted as floor director and technical director for news segments filmed in the studio.- Frequently directed student broadcasts and live streams from the TV studio, many for over 30 minutes.

    • Orientation Leader
      • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      - Introduced new, incoming students to the university during their summer orientation sessions.- Conducted extensive teamwork sessions with my coworkers, as well as families of new university students.- Frequently led group orientation sessions with over 40 students for hours on end.

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production Assistant
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

      - Assisted with on-site documentary shoots, for documentaries including: Margaret Fuller: A Woman Ahead of Her Time and Extraordinary Passage Climate Conservation Movement. - Conducted research for documentaries. - Produced and assisted with obtaining expert historians and professors to interview for documentaries. - Assisted with on-site documentary shoots, for documentaries including: Margaret Fuller: A Woman Ahead of Her Time and Extraordinary Passage Climate Conservation Movement. - Conducted research for documentaries. - Produced and assisted with obtaining expert historians and professors to interview for documentaries.

Education

  • Suffolk University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Film/Video Production
    2014 - 2018
  • Londonderry Senior High School
    High School, General Studies
    2010 - 2014

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