Nick

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5 (23 reviews)

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Video Production
After effects
iMovie

PREMIERE PRO - AFTER EFFECTS - DAVINCI RESOLVE - iMOVIE from a 20 year veteran with clients such as Nike, Ford, Vizio and Duolingo. Ask me questions or I can send you a small project to work on.

Name: Nick
Address: Bellevue, ZA
Telephone: undefined
Price range: R1247

Video Production
After effects
iMovie

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Nick will be happy to arrange your first Video Production lesson.

About Nick

I started working in post production over 20 years ago in Los Angeles where I edited trailers for the BBC. I transitioned to commercials, promos and branded content for clients such as Nissan, Ford, Vizio and the LA Times. I am a lifelong learner and teacher. Over my career, I have been responsible for video editing, audio mixing, sound design, color correction, motion graphics and music production and I still enjoy it.

I fell in love with teaching in my late teens when I started teaching guitar at a local music store and my first job out of college was teaching Pro Tools and music production at Full Sail in Florida. I find it very rewarding to have someone finally get a concept they were struggling with. If a student has a question I can’t answer, it will probably send me on a path to figuring it out.

About the lesson

Our time together is YOUR time. I can teach you what you want to learn with you asking me questions about a specific tool or concept. OR, you can let me take you through step by step instructions for various scenarios.

Some examples of how I can help:

* You just bought Premiere Pro and you are completely lost. All of the videos on YouTube seem like they are speaking another language.

* You have been editing for a few years and you want to become a professional and work in a post production studio.

* You have a career and you are thinking about transitioning to work as a video editor.

* You work for a marketing company and they have decided to add video and now you are the one who has to create the content.

* You just got a job as a video editor and can do most things, but you want to be able to “phone a friend” when you run into a problem at work.

There are video editors who work by themselves and create everything that is needed. And then there are video editors that work with a team that can include creative directors, producers, sound mixers, designers and VFX artists. We can discuss what is expected of you in the edit bay. Or I can help you make a wedding video for your cousin. I'm also available to help you with Davinci Resolve, After Effects and Pro Tools.

Reach out to me with any questions and I’ll tell you if I can help you are not.

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5 (23 reviews)

Daniel
- 5
Perfect! Nick was quick to respond and helpful
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Daniel

Perfect! Nick was quick to respond and helpful

Nick's response
No lesson took place.
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  No lesson took place.
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Kyle
- 5
Perfect! Nick was knowledgeable and friendly. He understood my questions And was able to explain them in a way I was able to easily understand. I highly recommend.
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Kyle

Perfect! Nick was knowledgeable and friendly. He understood my questions And was able to explain them in a way I was able to easily understand. I highly recommend.

Nick's response
Kyle was wanting to get deeper into the Lumetri color panel in Premiere. He had lots of good questions to get us started and next time we will work on some of his videos.
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  Kyle was wanting to get deeper into the Lumetri color panel in Premiere. He had lots of good questions to get us started and next time we will work on some of his videos.
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Samir
- 5
Perfect! Wonderful start. I appreciate the introduction. Very knowledgeable and organized.
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Samir

Perfect! Wonderful start. I appreciate the introduction. Very knowledgeable and organized.

Nick's response
Samir is trying to upgrade his video editing skills and we went over a strategy to get him started on creating YouTube videos that have more polish and style. I look forward to working together some more.
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  Samir is trying to upgrade his video editing skills and we went over a strategy to get him started on creating YouTube videos that have more polish and style. I look forward to working together some more.
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Mel
- 5
Perfect! Knowledgable, fast and clear. Solved my Photoshop to Premeire LUTS woes in a flash. And with his red marker zipping around my shared screen, taught me how to navegate it next time. Great detective and pedagogue.
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Mel

Perfect! Knowledgable, fast and clear. Solved my Photoshop to Premeire LUTS woes in a flash. And with his red marker zipping around my shared screen, taught me how to navegate it next time. Great detective and pedagogue.
Jess
- 5
Perfect! Nick is truly amazing! I previously worked with another tutor and once I met with Nick - the difference was night and day. He is far more experienced and thoughtful in the way he navigates through an editing platform. He listened to my goals and has been aligning my training sessions to build off of tips and tricks that will align with what I am trying to achieve. His process is clear and efficient and he explains the why behind the tips and tricks he teaches you. I leave each session feeling eager and confident verses confused which makes me excited to book future sessions to build off of the last. If you are looking for an experienced editing coach, I'd highly recommend Nick!
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Jess

Perfect! Nick is truly amazing! I previously worked with another tutor and once I met with Nick - the difference was night and day. He is far more experienced and thoughtful in the way he navigates through an editing platform. He listened to my goals and has been aligning my training sessions to build off of tips and tricks that will align with what I am trying to achieve. His process is clear and efficient and he explains the why behind the tips and tricks he teaches you. I leave each session feeling eager and confident verses confused which makes me excited to book future sessions to build off of the last. If you are looking for an experienced editing coach, I'd highly recommend Nick!

Nick's response
Jess came to me wanting to dive into video editing for social media to help her create videos for her boss who is a stylist in the fashion and beauty industry. We got started with her computer setup and then went over the interface for Davinci Resolve. I’m looking forward to helping create a template project for her to use on our next session.
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  Jess came to me wanting to dive into video editing for social media to help her create videos for her boss who is a stylist in the fashion and beauty industry. We got started with her computer setup and then went over the interface for Davinci Resolve. I’m looking forward to helping create a template project for her to use on our next session.
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Joe
- 5
Perfect! Answered every question was patient when I had trouble with my computer, and I learned a lot.
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Joe

Perfect! Answered every question was patient when I had trouble with my computer, and I learned a lot.

Nick's response
We discussed some of the features of Blackmagic’s Davinci Resolve as well as went over some essential techniques to help further the understanding of post production editing.
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  We discussed some of the features of Blackmagic’s Davinci Resolve as well as went over some essential techniques to help further the understanding of post production editing.
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Patrick
- 5
Perfect! Patient….engaging, most important however he knows his stuff. I will be working with him for a while
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Patrick

Perfect! Patient….engaging, most important however he knows his stuff. I will be working with him for a while

Nick's response
Great lesson and great student!
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  Great lesson and great student!
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Susan
- 5
Perfect! I’m a beginner in Premiere Pro, and Nick has been a great tutor. He’s patient, clear and answers all my questions without rushing. I really appreciate that he doesn’t hesitate to share his honest opinion or advice when I need direction. A great teacher for anyone looking to learn the basics -,and more - the right way.
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Susan

Perfect! I’m a beginner in Premiere Pro, and Nick has been a great tutor. He’s patient, clear and answers all my questions without rushing. I really appreciate that he doesn’t hesitate to share his honest opinion or advice when I need direction. A great teacher for anyone looking to learn the basics -,and more - the right way.

Nick's response
Susan was a pleasure to teach and we are setting up another lesson already.
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  Susan was a pleasure to teach and we are setting up another lesson already.
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Brittany
- 5
Perfect! Absolutely phenomenal and patient. Great for beginners who have 0 knowledge!!!
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Brittany

Perfect! Absolutely phenomenal and patient. Great for beginners who have 0 knowledge!!!

Nick's response
Great lesson time with Brittany. We are having another session today.
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  Great lesson time with Brittany. We are having another session today.
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Meagan
- 5
Perfect! Not only is Nick knowledgeable but he is also generous with that knowledge, and he is patient as well.
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Meagan

Perfect! Not only is Nick knowledgeable but he is also generous with that knowledge, and he is patient as well.
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Jake
- 5
Perfect! Nick’s a great teacher. From beginners to pros, he is defiantly someone to turn to.
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Jake

Perfect! Nick’s a great teacher. From beginners to pros, he is defiantly someone to turn to.

Nick's response
Jake is starting learning about Premiere Pro and all of the standard good practices of video editing. He is working on his own social media projects and I'm helping him understand workflow and technique.
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  Jake is starting learning about Premiere Pro and all of the standard good practices of video editing. He is working on his own social media projects and I'm helping him understand workflow and technique.
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James
- 5
Perfect! Outstanding. Congenial, curious, and flexible. Nick listens to you, actually interested in knowing exactly what you want to learn, or what you wish to accomplish, so that he can teach you what skill pathways you need to reach your goal, which is sometimes what you thought you needed to learn, but didn't. Nick's professional familiarity with these continent-sized powerful programs saves you shiploads of sadness by helping you focus first on what your goals need, but cannot know yourself to need at this point of your progress. Within 20 minutes, he had already spared me more weeks of infuriating sloggery investing [wasting] my energy-time on program process rabbitholes that were not the optimum way to get me up and operational on my own, accomplishing my present pragmatic goals first, so that I could electively move onwards to learning more sophisticated program elements at a future time when my time and sanity can have grown to more discretionary spending amounts. Spare yourself many mental pathologies and book this guy.
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James

Perfect! Outstanding. Congenial, curious, and flexible. Nick listens to you, actually interested in knowing exactly what you want to learn, or what you wish to accomplish, so that he can teach you what skill pathways you need to reach your goal, which is sometimes what you thought you needed to learn, but didn't. Nick's professional familiarity with these continent-sized powerful programs saves you shiploads of sadness by helping you focus first on what your goals need, but cannot know yourself to need at this point of your progress. Within 20 minutes, he had already spared me more weeks of infuriating sloggery investing [wasting] my energy-time on program process rabbitholes that were not the optimum way to get me up and operational on my own, accomplishing my present pragmatic goals first, so that I could electively move onwards to learning more sophisticated program elements at a future time when my time and sanity can have grown to more discretionary spending amounts. Spare yourself many mental pathologies and book this guy.

Nick's response
James came to me with a very specific goal of learning DaVinci Resolve to create videos for YouTube. He is an amazing artist and wants to share his skills and techniques by filming himself and putting the videos together in resolve along with scans and photos of his art. He had lots of questions and we were able to get him off and running with specific techniques in Resolve that would help him and his needs.
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  James came to me with a very specific goal of learning DaVinci Resolve to create videos for YouTube. He is an amazing artist and wants to share his skills and techniques by filming himself and putting the videos together in resolve along with scans and photos of his art. He had lots of questions and we were able to get him off and running with specific techniques in Resolve that would help him and his needs.
Giulia
- 5
Perfect! The hours with Nick just fly by, and I love that he encourages me to edit and review my work after the theory part. He has so much experience and it really shows. Thanks, Nick! :)
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Giulia

Perfect! The hours with Nick just fly by, and I love that he encourages me to edit and review my work after the theory part. He has so much experience and it really shows. Thanks, Nick! :)

Nick's response
Giulia had a very ambitious project she was undertaking and it was great to see her enthusiasm to learn how to translate her creative ideas into the video she wanted to make.
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  Giulia had a very ambitious project she was undertaking and it was great to see her enthusiasm to learn how to translate her creative ideas into the video she wanted to make.
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Craig
- 5
Perfect! Nick is very patient and a very good teacher.
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Craig

Perfect! Nick is very patient and a very good teacher.

Nick's response
Craig had already started some editing in Premiere Pro and was ready to start understanding some of the software's functions to help him get moving faster in editing. We will continue to work on his wedding video project.
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  Craig had already started some editing in Premiere Pro and was ready to start understanding some of the software's functions to help him get moving faster in editing. We will continue to work on his wedding video project.
Ukela
- 5
Perfect! Nick is tremendously knowledgable about video editing. He understood my goals for my project using Davinci Resolve and empowered me to tackle the complex platform by walking me through every step. He also takes the time to give background information on the platform and competing platforms just in case I decide to use a competing platform for a future project. It has been an enjoyable and productive experience working with him and I look forward to future sessions!
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Ukela

Perfect! Nick is tremendously knowledgable about video editing. He understood my goals for my project using Davinci Resolve and empowered me to tackle the complex platform by walking me through every step. He also takes the time to give background information on the platform and competing platforms just in case I decide to use a competing platform for a future project. It has been an enjoyable and productive experience working with him and I look forward to future sessions!

Nick's response
Ukela was a pleasure to have as a student and we have plans to do another tutoring session soon. I'm looking forward to it.
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  Ukela was a pleasure to have as a student and we have plans to do another tutoring session soon. I'm looking forward to it.
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Ryan
- 5
Perfect! Nick was very helpful in helping me learn Davinci Resolve. His teaching skills are very good and he presents things in a way for his students to clearly understand. Thank you Nick
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Ryan

Perfect! Nick was very helpful in helping me learn Davinci Resolve. His teaching skills are very good and he presents things in a way for his students to clearly understand. Thank you Nick

Nick's response
Ryan was ready to dive into Davinci Resolve to learn editing and specifically how to use the tracking feature in Fusion. He was prepared with video clips great questions.
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  Ryan was ready to dive into Davinci Resolve to learn editing and specifically how to use the tracking feature in Fusion. He was prepared with video clips great questions.
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Renil
- 5
Perfect! Great tutoring lessons! Really helped me get a better understanding of how to construct my video.
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Renil

Perfect! Great tutoring lessons! Really helped me get a better understanding of how to construct my video.

Nick's response
Renil had a great start to his reel that he is working on for a job opening. We went over some details to make the reel match the style he is going for and I can tell he has the talent and drive to make things happen in video for sports.
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  Renil had a great start to his reel that he is working on for a job opening. We went over some details to make the reel match the style he is going for and I can tell he has the talent and drive to make things happen in video for sports.
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Brett
- 5
Perfect! Awesome teacher, quick & efficient definitely will be getting more lessons from Nick!
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Brett

Perfect! Awesome teacher, quick & efficient definitely will be getting more lessons from Nick!

Nick's response
Brett had examples to go with his After Effects and Premiere Pro questions that made it easy for us to communicate and find solutions. I'm looking forward to helping him some more.
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  Brett had examples to go with his After Effects and Premiere Pro questions that made it easy for us to communicate and find solutions. I'm looking forward to helping him some more.
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Daniel
- 5
Perfect! Good Communicator, Personable, Experienced.
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Daniel

Perfect! Good Communicator, Personable, Experienced.

Nick's response
Daniel was great to work with. He had notes on some problems he was having and we were able to get a list of troubleshooting steps to take.
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  Daniel was great to work with. He had notes on some problems he was having and we were able to get a list of troubleshooting steps to take.
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John

Nick has decades of experience as a video editor and audio professional in Los Angeles, so his teaching is built on that practical involvement in the entertainment industry. On top of that, he's an excellent musician who I've known and worked with for 30 years. I highly recommend Nick as a teacher and working professional.
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John
Nick has decades of experience as a video editor and audio professional in Los Angeles, so his teaching is built on that practical involvement in the entertainment industry. On top of that, he's an excellent musician who I've known and worked with for 30 years. I highly recommend Nick as a teacher and working professional.
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Devin

I have hired Nick multiple times for short promos, feature documentaries and a feature narrative film. He’s patient, thoughtful and very knowledgeable! I highly recommend him!
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Devin
I have hired Nick multiple times for short promos, feature documentaries and a feature narrative film. He’s patient, thoughtful and very knowledgeable! I highly recommend him!
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Aaron

I spent 5 years playing with Nick in a band in Los Angeles. Aside from being a talented guitarist, what impressed me most were his positive energy, diligent work ethic, and collaborative attitude. He’s the kind of guy you want on your team.
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Aaron
I spent 5 years playing with Nick in a band in Los Angeles. Aside from being a talented guitarist, what impressed me most were his positive energy, diligent work ethic, and collaborative attitude. He’s the kind of guy you want on your team.
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Ron

I have worked with Nick for many years and can vouch for his intense and all reaching knowledge of Premiere Pro. More importantly, Nick is excellent at explaining concepts in an easy to grasp way and has extreme patience. He was even able to reach my 80 year old mother to get and reply to email. He can certainly teach you, and you will love it.
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Ron
I have worked with Nick for many years and can vouch for his intense and all reaching knowledge of Premiere Pro. More importantly, Nick is excellent at explaining concepts in an easy to grasp way and has extreme patience. He was even able to reach my 80 year old mother to get and reply to email. He can certainly teach you, and you will love it.
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Can you tell us about your first experience using a editing video?
My first experience editing video was on Avid and I was creating Behind the Scenes videos for DVDs. DVDs needed to have sales pitches on the box cover and one of them was "Bonus Content". So many movies would get footage from behind the scenes and interview the actors, the director, the VFX supervisor, etc… about a particular scene, the location, how an effect was created.
What is the technological evolution that has marked you most and what will be, in your eyes, a turning point in this field?
The internet existed when I started editing, but as the speed increased and we were able to send larger files, the move to remote editing become more and more a reality. Now we are at the start of the AI revolution and it has already disrupted at least parts of jobs. I plan to continue learning new skills and try to be as nimble as possible to stay current.
Explain your expertise, your interest in it and, more broadly, its importance in the Video Post Production world.
I'm happy to be able to work confidently in video, color, sound and motion design such that I can complete an entire project for a client if they need it. I love working with teams on a large project that could never be done by one person. But there is a lot of satisfaction in doing an entire video by yourself. I'm hoping that as AI continues to simplify certain aspects of this industry, Video Editor will still be called on as the person who puts it all together.
Do you have role models?
I can't say that I have role models that are names you would recognize. But there are very many colleagues of mine that I look up to and I'm in awe of their knowledge, expertise and creative flow.
Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.
If you work in Video Post Production, you almost certainly need to be a technical person. And in a technical industry, you will inevitably run into problems that need to be solved. I was once told that sometimes you need to just "make it work" and stop trying to figure out what the problem is. The client DOES NOT care what the problem is. So if you can get from point A to point B in a quick way that doesn't sacrifice the quality of the project, do it.
What would you say to an uncomfortable person in front of a video application who says that "Video Post Production is too complicated"?
If they are new to all of the applications and concepts, I would encourage them to stick with it and not to measure themselves against where they think they should be. If they are progressing and learning concepts, then they are moving forward and should stick with it if that is their passion.
What are your other passions, related or non-related to video?
I love to travel and explore other cities and other cultures. I wish I would have taken a year after college to just roam, but I was too afraid I would forget everything I just learned. I can play guitar and/or produce music everyday until the day I die.
What makes you a Superprof in Video Post Production?
Video Post Production is the combination of creative and technical. These are two of my favorite things to think about and work within. The first job I ever had that was enjoyable was teaching guitar when I was in college and I still enjoy it today. I'm one of those who believe our public schools should pay teachers the same as doctors and lawyers. I love to teach and it is an honorable profession.

PREMIERE PRO - AFTER EFFECTS - DAVINCI RESOLVE - iMOVIE from a 20 year veteran with clients such as Nike, Ford, Vizio and Duolingo. Ask me questions or I can send you a small project to work on.

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Can you tell us about your first experience using a editing video?

What is the technological evolution that has marked you most and what will be, in your eyes, a turning point in this field?

Explain your expertise, your interest in it and, more broadly, its importance in the Video Post Production world.

Do you have role models?

Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.

What would you say to an uncomfortable person in front of a video application who says that "Video Post Production is too complicated"?

What are your other passions, related or non-related to video?

What makes you a Superprof in Video Post Production?

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