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Dana W. Burman
Tacoma, WA • 253.439.8610 • dwburman.com

Multi-talented digital media artist with a background in motion graphics, video production/post-production, and graphic design for print. Experienced in 2D & 3D animation, video editing, compositing and DVD authoring using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightwave, Maya, Final Cut Pro, Shake, DVD Studio Pro, and other applications (see next page for skills list).

Work Experience

05/2000 – Present (full time since 7/2006) • Graphic Artist/Animator Freelance Work

• Animated Car Races for University of Virginia's Stadiums - Modeled a race track, terrain, and billboards. Remodeled cars and a building. Textured, lit, and animated everything.
• Sports Broadcast Graphics Package for Flames Sports Network (2008-2010) - Created show open, title graphics, bumps, interstitials, lower 3rds, and graphic elements for Scorebox bug and Chyron.
• Visual Effects Producer on Pilgrim's Progress: Journey to Heaven (DRC Films, LLC.) - As a main artist, I made digital matte paintings, cg arrows, modeled, textured, rigged and animated dragons and stone lions, composited scores of shots and designed the DVD.
• Instant Replay for Flames Sports and ESPN 360 - Operated VTR-based and computer-based instant reply systems for sports broadcasts.
  
• Broadcast Mobile '09 Promo for the Parker Stewart Group - Used After Effects to create a promo for a music event that took place in Mobile, Alabama.
• Basketball, Baseball, & Football Shuffle Games for University of Virginia's Stadiums - Modeled, textured, lit and animated shuffle games for UVA's sports venue's screens.
• Motion Graphics and After Effects Templates for Sale - Made motion graphic backgrounds and After Effects templates to sell on microstock footage sites online.
• Lightwave 3D Training Videos - Made screen capture videos showing animation techniques to sell online.

01/2000 - 07/2006 • Video Editor/Graphic Designer • Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

• Made a commercial that was shown on the ABC building in Times Square, NY as well as on national TV
• Created graphics and edited parts of a promotional video that helped to increase university enrollment
• Animated a cartoon character to promoting a music festival
• Created graphics and DVDs promoting the (new) School of Law and the Aviation Department
• Directed the recording of classes in the studio
• Lit the studio, maintained video and computer equipment, operated cameras, tape and DVD machines, video switchers, audio mixing boards and linear and non-linear video editing equipment

12/1997 - 12/1999 • Graphic Artist/Prep Artist • Clipper Magazine, Mountville, PA

• Designed ads for local businesses (Quark Xpress)
• Recreated logos (Photoshop and Illustrator)
• Color corrected and touched up photos from clients and our image library (Photoshop)
• Created clipping paths around select objects in images (Photoshop)
• Prepared finished pages to go to press (Flight Check)

05/1995 – 09/1997 • Video Production/Graphic Artist • Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

• Worked as a crew member (tape operator, camera operator, production assistant, audio) video taping classes to be used
• in the university's distance learning program.
• Created graphics for the video taped lessons (Video Toaster CG & Adobe Photoshop)
• Edited video with tape-to-tape linear and Media 100 non-linear editing systems
• Troubleshot problems with computers and video systems

Education

1993 – 1996 Liberty University, School of Communications, Bachelor of Science: Graphic Design, Lynchburg, VA

Skills List

Computer Skills

Media Software Skills

Video Production Skills