Nelson Cole

• Instructed students in range of multimedia theory and techniques, including photography and videography, camera use, lighting, audio, video editing, motion graphics, music, writing and professional organizational skills
• Created school's Media Team to document and publicize student work in various programs and school events on social media platforms
• Created "Hands-On: The Podcast of Tri-County Technical Center" (hands-on.podbean.com)
• Filmed and edited SAD 46 COVID informational and return-to-school safety videos
• Partnered with Maine Highlands Working Communities Challenge group to produce "Rural Dreams," a documentary about rural teens made by them (currently in production). Profiled by Channel 7 News.
• Filmed and edited graduation videos for both Dexter Regional High School and Tri-County Technical Center, 2016-2024
• Taught "TCTC Summer School" Multimedia class to middle-school students
• IT Coordinator, 2016-2020

• Independent filmmaking, location sound mixing, event videographer (weddings, birthday parties, business events), video editor, live music recording and audio restoration, and also home movie digitialization and transfer services
• Created corporate training video for L.L.Bean, "Shooting For the Star"
• Attended week-long seminar on Location Sound Mixing at the Rockport Workshops, Rockport, Maine, taught by Mick Fowler of CBS's #1 show "CSI"
• Location Sound Mixer for Rhodeskill Productions' of "River Rats" reality show promotional reel (2012)
• "Peak Oil: A Love Story," a one-hour documentary, premieres at Skowhegan Public Library. Film was in production for six years, 2010-2016, with over seventy-five hours of footage.
• Film and provided location audio recording for memorial service for Donn Fendler, author of "Lost On a Mountain In Maine" (2017)
• Created "Sugarhouse Journal," a local-access television show and podcast, on themes of sustainable communities
• Filmed and edited commercial materials for the Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop (2013)
• Filming and location audio services for local film "Sox and the Country" (2014-2016)
• "The Mother Trees of Maine" (documentary film currently in production)
• Used videography drone and edited video on the planting of new species of chestnut trees for the Piscataquis Soil & Water Conservation District (2017)

• Operated cameras, lighting equipment, and audio gear proficiently to produce high-quality footage in various environments at the overnight summer camp
• Produced weekly videos according to camp director specifications, including desired length, style and pace.
• Filmed live events and promotional videos, capturing memorable moments for a campers, parents, and the camp director
• Taught daily filmmaking class to campers, including camera use, wireless audio techniques, video editing and exporting, and basic drone piloting for videography
• Created promotional video for camp director for "Family Camp," a week-long experience at the camp for families after the regular campers had returned home for the year.

• Filmed, provided location sound mixing services, and edited many projects including promotional videos for Day's Jewelry, Mohawk Day Camp (White Plains, NY), Maine Children's Home, Boys & Girls Club, Maine Pond Hockey tournament, Colby College, Key Bank, and Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Location sound mixer for short films "Rendezvous" and "Wingman," filmed throughout Portland, Maine, and other locations
• 2nd Unit Director for independent film "The Eighteenth Hour," film in locations ranging from Waterville to Moosehead lake (2010-2013)

• Provided educational support to special needs students and monitored for safety during class work and school events and outside school activities
• Assisted classroom teacher with group projects and helping to create a positive classroom environment
• Provided documentation and information for Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 plans
• Weekly meetings to discuss day treatment special needs students
• Suggested overhaul to schools special education communication system, helping to change to a wi-fi based system that greatly expanded Ed Tech communication with all members
• Trained in CPR, Safety-Care (TM) Crisis Prevention, mandated reporting, and suicide awareness

• Assisted, and occasionally substituted, a general studies classroom teacher in a day-treatment school for special needs students, from middle to high school grades.
• Taught students the fundamentals of filming a screenplay, from storyboarding to using a professional digital camera.
• Studied the novel "Shane" and then compared it to the film version.
• Assisted the school with IT and multimedia setup and operation.
• Tutored other district students in-home in a variety of subjects.

Tutored and supported students from elementary school to high school at home in a variety of subjects from science, to reading, to math, to history. For two students, I had to help design a media presentation on the history of the Ku Klux Klan and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, respectively. Also supported a grammar school student in a third-grade classroom.

• Developed innovative lesson plans to engage students in English language learning and Film Studies, studying both the book "Lord of the Flies" and "1984", but also their respective film adaptations
• Enhanced student comprehension by incorporating visual aids and hands-on activities in lessons including many clips from classic movies
• Taught a class on hands-on documentary filmmaking
• Had completed the Praxis I and II another other requirements on the path for Maine certification as a high school English teacher, but had to withdraw for cardiac complications early in the school year.