Karissma Robinson
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Accomplished Cinematographer & Editor offering 10+ years of related experience. Outstanding proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut and Davinci Resolve. Efficient and reliable with passion for bringing creative projects to fruition.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Film Editor
KingP Entertainment
05.2023 - Current
- Evaluated and selected scenes for pacing, entertainment value, and continuity, trim shots and edit content
- Delivered edits with multiple camera angle choices, titles, graphics, audio, and special effects
- Supervised editing, dubbing and color correction as part of post-production
- Performed post-production work, edited sound and sequences and provided final product within time and budget constraints
- Organized and worked with raw footage from multiple cameras and sources
- Understood director's artistic vision and maintained alignment with vision throughout editing process.
Gaffer/ Grip
AMDA College & Conservatory Of The Performing Arts
02.2022 - 07.2023
- Assessed electrical systems, equipment and components to identify hazards, defects and needed adjustments or repairs
- Plan technical setup of lighting, working with Cinematographer and Director
- Setup and breakdown equipment (lighting, set, or camera as requested)
- Assure safety of students and crew on set
- Be accountable for equipment inventory and organization during load in, load out, and while on set
- Provide guidance and direction to student crew
- Work within available location and equipment resources.
Video Production Editor
The Marketing Arm
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Execute post-production for client's social
- Work closely with production, account, and creative teams
- Provide post-production services including audio, graphics, and color
- Handle editorial requests
- Ensure organized archive
- Worked tight deadlines with team or independently and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain high quality of work
- Delivered edits on time for reviews and final delivery
- Created titles, captions, graphics and templates in After Effects to give edits additional visual flare
- Edited together video, audio still imagery and motion graphics for creative and informational multimedia projects
- Delivered edits with multiple camera angle choices, titles, graphics, audio, and special effects
- Saw concepts through to completion by working to develop final edits, color and other elements in post-production process
- Created and reformatted content across various social media and digital platforms.
Video Editor
Style Like U
10.2022 - 11.2022
- Organized and worked with raw footage from multiple cameras and sources
- Worked tight deadlines with team or independently and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain high quality of work
- Exported final cuts and upload to content management system and client platforms
- Evaluated and selected scenes for pacing, entertainment value and continuity, trim shots and edit content
- Conceived, crafted and executed dynamic video edits to captivate target audiences and accomplish project objectives.
Editor & Videographer
Laugh Factory Comedy Club
02.2022 - 09.2022
- Film weekly comedy shows
- Edit promotional videos
- Edit sizzle reels
- Edit content for YouTube and other social media platforms
- Produce and edit daily podcasts
- Prepared, rewrote, and edited pieces to improve readability and impact
- Established and implemented workflows to streamline editing processes
- Operated video cameras in various environments, adjusting settings appropriately for outdoor and studio
- Produced videos according to client specifications, including desired length, style and pace
- Conserved footage archive by organizing, labeling, and tagging with metadata
- Created content for websites and online publications
- Produced original, creative content for promotional advertisements and marketing materials
- Promoted and marketed works through social media platforms
- Managed content across multiple platforms for widest audience reach.
Summer Instructor-Introduction to Film
AMDA College And Conservatory Of The Performing Arts
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Optimized learning plans based on student performance and feedback
- Optimized day-to-day instruction to align educational strategies with industry best practices
- Facilitated learning with creation of engaging written and oral assignments
- Tracked student progress, frequently checking in with struggling students and identifying root causes of problems
- Increased student participation via engaging lectures and assignments
- Trained students in basics of video editing
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
Camera Operator /1st Assistant Camera
Listen Up Media Co
04.2022 - 05.2022
- Operated Red Cinema cameras during shooting to obtain high-quality shots
- Pull focus
- Manage the camera crew and make sure filming runs smoothly, take after take.
Gaffer/Camera Operator
2nd Childhood Productions
03.2022 - 04.2022
- Work directly with the cinematographer to provide the lights and electricity needed for a given set-up
- Scout locations for both creative and practical lighting needs
- Oversee the budget for lighting and electrical considerations and obtains needed equipment
- Responsible for getting electricity to all departments that require it
- Responsible for set and personnel safety.
1st Assistant Camera
Kyna Media
02.2022 - 02.2022
- Operated Multi Red Cinema cameras during shooting to obtain high-quality shots
- Pull focus
- Manage the camera crew and make sure filming runs smoothly, take after take.
Gaffer
Visual Authority Media
02.2022 - 02.2022
- Scout locations for both creative and practical lighting needs
- Oversee the budget for lighting and electrical considerations and obtains needed equipment
- Responsible for getting electricity to all departments that require it
- Responsible for set and personnel safety.
Electrician
Collidoscope Productions
02.2022 - 02.2022
- Set up lighting equipment
- Pre-rig lighting, ensuring all cables and wires are safely concealed
- Operate and maintain equipment during the shoot
- Change lighting between shots, as necessary.
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
07.2021 - 08.2021
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs
- Edited videos and rearranged shots to match creative or production requirements.
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
04.2021 - 04.2021
- Chooses a visual style for the film
- Elevates the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs
- Edited videos and rearranged shots to match creative or production requirements.
Director of Photography
319 Productions
09.2020 - 09.2020
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs.
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
08.2020 - 08.2020
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs
- Edited videos and rearranged shots to match creative or production requirements.
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
07.2020 - 07.2020
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs
- Edited videos and rearranged shots to match creative or production requirements.
Assistant Camera
Valeree Scoon
12.2019 - 12.2019
- Oversaw on set maintenance of cameras by verifying correct stock usage and proper loading of camera magazine
- Cleaned, packed and stored camera equipment to prepare for next-day use
- Worked with directors to capture desired shots
- Set up equipment for inside and outside shots.
Camera Operator
Aquí Y Allí Films
12.2019 - 12.2019
- Assembling and setting up equipment
- Planning, preparing and rehearsing scenes
- Creatively framing and capturing action
- Worked with directors to capture desired shots
- Set up equipment for inside and outside shots.
Director of Photography
College Of Motion Picture Arts
02.2019 - 02.2019
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs.
Director of Photography
College Of Motion Picture Arts
01.2019 - 01.2019
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs.
Director of Photography
College of Motion Picture Arts
01.2019 - 01.2019
- Chose visual style for the film
- Elevated the vision of the director
- Set up for shots according to production schedules, weather and lighting conditions and available equipment
- Checked lighting and composition of each scene and made adjustments to meet needs.
Writer Director Producer
Broadcast Corporation Of The Bahamas
10.2012 - 08.2017
- Completed thorough research into assigned topics
- Interviewed individuals by phone, video chat and in-person
- Created infrastructure and directed implementation of post-production workflows
- Completed editing by cutting and arranging footage to create final versions of films
- Utilized lighting, camera angles and movement to create visual styles of films
- Directed actors and crews to create vision for films and bring scripts to life
- Wrote scripts by creating stories and dialogue for films to establish plots and characters
- Produced marketing videos to help businesses increase revenue.
News Anchor & Producer
The Broadcasting Corporation Of The Bahamas
10.2012 - 08.2017
- Anchored - The Bahamas Tonight First@6 & The Bahamas Tonight
- Cover daily news assignments, Anchored & produced daily network radio news
- Edited radio & television news scripts/Velocity Editing Software
- Edited News packages
- Covered live national events.
Writer Director
Broadcast Corporation Of The Bahamas
03.2016 - 06.2016
- Monitored and approved film production budgets
- Watched auditions, selected actors, and directed actors
- Oversaw all aspects of the production process, both on and off the set
- Worked with editors to produce the final version of the film
- Chose locations and settings for individual scenes, angles of cameras and gestures used by actors
- Scheduled filming days and weekends, from pre-production meetings to final edits
- Set budgets, travel itineraries and timelines and maintained call sheets
- Managed casting and selected shot locations
- Successfully conveyed story through compelling long- and short-form videos
- Oversaw post-production editing, special effects, music selection and performance's overall tone
- Independently conceptualized timelines, storyboards and themes of video projects.
News Anchor & Producer
The Nassau Guardian
09.2011 - 10.2012
- Cover daily news assignments
- Anchored and produced Guardian Radio Newscast daily
- Produced & presented stories for NewsBreak 12 (NB12) Television Newscast daily
- Report news for The Nassau Guardian daily newspaper.
News Reporter & Editor
Jones Communications Network
07.2009 - 09.2011
- Produced coverage via live broadcast, social media and video streaming to reach approximately 100,000 viewers
- Transcribed interviews for news stories and wrote scripts for TV broadcasting based on interviews
- Wrote & presented stories for JCN's daily radio newscasts, edit stories (Adobe Audition)
- Wrote articles & covered news assignments for (JCN) The Bahama Journal daily
- Covered assignments for the JCN Television newscasts.
Education
Certificate-Making Video News Broadcast Journalism -
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Miami Beach, FLMaster of Fine Arts Film Production -
Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts
Tallahassee, FL08.2019
Bachelor of Arts Mass Communications -
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX08.2009
Skills
- Video Production
- Adobe Photoshop
- Video Editing
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Davinci Resolve
- Multi-camera editing
- Camera and video staff direction
Timeline
Film Editor
KingP Entertainment
05.2023 - Current
Video Editor
Style Like U
10.2022 - 11.2022
Video Production Editor
The Marketing Arm
09.2022 - 05.2023
Summer Instructor-Introduction to Film
AMDA College And Conservatory Of The Performing Arts
06.2022 - 08.2022
Camera Operator /1st Assistant Camera
Listen Up Media Co
04.2022 - 05.2022
Gaffer/Camera Operator
2nd Childhood Productions
03.2022 - 04.2022
Gaffer/ Grip
AMDA College & Conservatory Of The Performing Arts
02.2022 - 07.2023
Editor & Videographer
Laugh Factory Comedy Club
02.2022 - 09.2022
1st Assistant Camera
Kyna Media
02.2022 - 02.2022
Gaffer
Visual Authority Media
02.2022 - 02.2022
Electrician
Collidoscope Productions
02.2022 - 02.2022
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
07.2021 - 08.2021
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
04.2021 - 04.2021
Director of Photography
319 Productions
09.2020 - 09.2020
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
08.2020 - 08.2020
Director of Photography/Editor
KingP Entertainment
07.2020 - 07.2020
Assistant Camera
Valeree Scoon
12.2019 - 12.2019
Camera Operator
Aquí Y Allí Films
12.2019 - 12.2019
Director of Photography
College Of Motion Picture Arts
02.2019 - 02.2019
Director of Photography
College Of Motion Picture Arts
01.2019 - 01.2019
Director of Photography
College of Motion Picture Arts
01.2019 - 01.2019
Writer Director
Broadcast Corporation Of The Bahamas
03.2016 - 06.2016
Writer Director Producer
Broadcast Corporation Of The Bahamas
10.2012 - 08.2017
News Anchor & Producer
The Broadcasting Corporation Of The Bahamas
10.2012 - 08.2017
News Anchor & Producer
The Nassau Guardian
09.2011 - 10.2012
News Reporter & Editor
Jones Communications Network
07.2009 - 09.2011
Certificate-Making Video News Broadcast Journalism -
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Master of Fine Arts Film Production -
Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts
Bachelor of Arts Mass Communications -
Texas Southern University
Portfolio
https://cineprettypicturep.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/socinematic
Awards
- Bahamas Press Club Award for Best Documentary
- Bahamas Press Club Award for Best Investigative Journalist
- 2017 Bahamian Icon Award Nominee for the documentary ‘“The Underneath”
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