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Victor M. Maldonado is an experienced Los Angeles based Apple Certified Pro Trainer on Apple's Final Cut Pro 6 (Apple's Emmy Award Winning Software!) & Aperture 1.5 now at All4DVD (Orange County, CA), DVCreators (Santa Monica, CA) & Simplemente (Mexico City, D.F.). For a schedule of Aperture classes in the USA please visit the calendar section on the All4DVD site here. (Private lessons upon request.) Victor is also an active Spanish speaking moderator for film editors on the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User's Group (Thank you, Michael Horton!) — LAFCPUG. Additionally, Victor conducts private Aperture lessons for clients of MacHollywood in Hollywood, CA. |
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| LATEST PROJECTS (Batter Up!)
updated april 2008 Photography, cinematography, film editing, digital & organic darkroom, atmospheric sound design, original soundtracks, audio remixing, image & motion picture restoration, dvd production & distribution, motion & static graphics, (for instruction catch Victor at Moviola, MacHollywood, All4DVD, DVCreators & Simplemente) the following projects include: (Not all inclusive) Resident cinematographer/photographer for LAFCPUG Hollywood, California UCLA — see class schedule for (Westwood Village) May 2008 NAB2008 — Supermeet Apple Inc — Pro Photo Expo Feb 2008 Digital Production Buzz — Interview regarding Wounded Warrior Careers here Wounded Warrior Careers — Final Cut Pro 6 instructor, film editing, color, sound & movie making theory, Apple Pro Applications. Televisa — Global Entertainment & Information UCLA — FCP 6 Instructor, film editing & movie making theory Photography — DV Magazine, September Issue Cinematography & photography — for Frank Jonen's Trans-Atlantic project of Noush Skaugen, Nominated for 3 LAMA (Los Angeles Music Awards), Best Alternative Song, Best Female Singer/Songwriter, Best Live Performance. "Live at the Palmer Room," Hollywood & "Live at the XFest," Modesto, California Cinematography & photography — LAFCPUG 2007_06 Special guests, Apple, Inc., Steve Martin (RippleTraining), Larry Jordan (LarryJordan.biz). Thank you, Michael Horton! Apple Pro Training (Instructor) — Aperture T3 in Manhattan, NY Photography — LAFCPUG 2007_04 "Supermeet" NAB special guests Apple Inc., FCP Studio 2 "Editing Unleashed" & Walter Murch "Youth Without Youth" out fall 2007. Thank you, Michael Horton! Apple Pro Training (Classroom Proctor) — NAB 2007 (National Association of Broadcasters). Introducing FCP Studio 2 "Editing Unleashed," Color, Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, DVD Studio Pro 4 for Apple Inc Apple Pro Training (Classroom Proctor) — Aperture at WPPI 2007 Film Editing — 4 shorts for Lifespring Apple Pro Trainer (Classroom Proctor) — PMA 2007 (Photo Marketing Association) International Convention global education. Proctor for Apple Inc's Joe Schorr, Aperture Senior Product Manager Apple Pro Trainer — Remix demonstration artist/instructor (on the Mothership — Apple Inc, Cupertino) LAFCPUG 2007_02 — Cinematography & photography of film editing gurus, Andrew Balis, KD Gulko, Kevin Monahan, Christine Steele & of John Putch "Mojave Phone Booth" & Jodi Eldred "NCIS." Thank you, Michael Horton! Apple Pro Trainer — project trainer for Apple Inc's Remix project, examining the creative workflow & Remix to deliver media rich content via podcast, dvd, video, audio, television, print, internet — by Apple Inc LAFCPUG 2007_01 — Cinematography & photography of film editing gurus, Andrew Balis, KD Gulko, Kevin Monahan, Christine Steele & of David Fincher's digital editing crew "Zodiac" movie & Sean Cullen Associate editor with Walter Murch — Francis Coppola's "Youth Without Youth" for January 2007 MacWorld & Hollywood LAFCPUG Thank you, Michael Horton! Cinematography — Click to view Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story trailer. I shot all the footage at Sony Picture Studios — formally Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "MGM" (one of the most prominent studios in Hollywood history), shot in 16:9 anamorphic & edited on Apple's Final Cut Pro of course! To view Press Release "Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story" I've been working on this project off & on for the past 4 years shooting some of it's scenes & was also a technical consultant to Mr. Brian Gillogly. Premiered October 2006 at the Malibu Film Festival Apple Pro Trainer — Aperture Test Drive demonstration artist in Chicago at Calumet Photo Apple Pro Trainer — Final Cut Studio Proctor & Instructor — Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro 4 for the 60th Annual UFVA Conference Marion Knott Studios, Chapman University Apple Pro Trainer — Cinematography, Final Cut Pro 2006, for Simplemente (México City, Federal District) LAFCPUG — Cinematography & photography of Apple's FCP Progect Manager Steve Bayes, RED digital camera, Apple's Keith Hatounian for May 2006 LAFCPUG Apple Pro Trainer — Aperture Proctor at the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International, in Las Vegas 2006, for Apple Computers Apple Pro Trainer — Apple Final Cut Pro & Panasonic P2/HVX200 demonstration artist featuring High Definition 1080i/720p P2 workflow using Final Cut Pro — at The National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas, NAB 2006, for Panasonic Broadcast |
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Cinematography & photography of Dede Allen (Bonnie & Clyde, The Husterler, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club, Serpico, Against All Odds, Reds,...) for April 2006 LAFCPUG Photography — The RED camera for Korean magazine Instructor for Moviola, Hollywood — Aperture, photography, Final Cut Pro 5.x, film editing & Photoshop LAFCPUG — Cinematography & photography of Walter Murch (The Rain People, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Touch of Evil, American Graffiti, Cold mountain, Jar Head,...) February 2006 Walter Murch DVD for LAFCPUG — cinematography & photography LUXOR Las Vegas Resort Hotel & Casino — two commercials, film editing for lobby, outside theater, guest rooms & various uses playing now on the Las Vegas Strip — Las Vegas Boulevard Larry Jordan — photography for Final Cut Pro Guru — Larry Jordan's Final Cut Pro Inaugural Supercharge Tour Carrot Top — principle editor, film editing, cinematography, graphics, motion graphics, animation, original score, audio mixing & effects, mastering, for self promotion The Red Car Project — commissioned period art posters from 1920s–1940s see it now on The Red Car in the Port of Los Angeles near the Cruise Line Terminal, Vincent Thomas Bridge The Cheepskates — film restoration, multicam editing, dvd authoring, mastering Gary Propper Entertainment – photography, dvd authoring, film editing Gidget — documentary, cinematography Rigel Entertainment – documentary, film editing, color correction, film restoration, sound track score, mixing "The Cinderella Man - The Real Jim Braddock Story" — documentary, principle editor, film restoration, sound track, animation buy it now on DVD Deep — photography, cinematography Leftpeak — film editing, cinematography Tarah Paige — everything and more — You're the Best! :) Digital Production Buzz with Phillip Hodgetts — live world wide internet radio interview available now on iPodcast! Heather — cinematography, dvd authoring, photography, film editing Sister Gray — principle editor, sound restoration, documentary, original score Rick Glawson "Daddy Sign Gold" — film restoration, film editing, sound restoration Planet Charlie — principle editor, film editing, motion graphics, sound track, dvd authoring Carrot Top — principle editor, film editing, animation, cinematography, graphics, motion graphics, original score, audio mixing & effects, mastering, dvd authoring, for self promotion MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino — principle editor, various commercials for lobbies, guest rooms, casinos, gift stores, outside theater, film editing, dvd authoring, mastering, sound track, cinematography Leftpeak — film editing, mastering, music, cinematography, photography Gary Propper Entertainment — The Adventures of Tarah & Katie television pilot, photography, cinematography, dvd authoring Deep — photography, cinematography Bootlegged Church Musique — live recording, live mixing, CD authoring, audio mixing, static graphics |