Chad Stephan Bernhard, curriculum vitae

Chad Stephan Bernhard
curriculum vitae
P.O. Box 263, Greenpoint Station
Brooklyn, NY. 11222-0263
Website: http://www.8bitaudio.net
Email: chad@8bitaudio.net

Goals:
______ My interests in production and communication through electronic medium are vast. I believe in producing
______ content to the highest level possible while maintaining the ability to communicate with an end product that is
______ both concise and effective. I seek out challenging work that engages me technically and creatively. I have
______ been involved with, to varying degrees, almost all levels of production in film, television, music and radio. As
______ I work throughout the industry, learning new skills along the way, my ultimate goal is to find myself directing
______ and producing film and video productions.

Skills
___ Audio Production
______ Studio and field recording.
______ Mixing for film, television, radio, music and other telecommunications.
______ Mastering audio for various formats (CD, DVD, Internet)
______ Audio Sweetening for film.
______ Audio restoration.
______ Microphone types and uses.
______ Encoding to various formats for system compatibility.
______ Hard and soft audio tools (boards, scopes, meters, mic pre's, compression, etc)
______ Remote communication: ISDN, Hotline, Comrex, FTP, etc...)

___ Video Production
______ Linear and non-linear editing environments.
______ Camera operator (Studio camera and mobile {Canon XL1s, XL2, etc..})
______ Encoding for various platforms (DVD, Internet, tape, etc...)
______ Standards Conversion (Alchemist, ADAC, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, etc)
______ Decks (DigiBeta, DVCAM, DVCPRO, D2, BetaSP, miniDV, 1", Umatic, etc...)
______ Diagnostics and Monitoring (Vector scopes, Waveform monitors, TBC's, TC generators)

Software (back to top)
___ Audio
______ Digidesign Pro Tools 7, user level: expert
______ SONAR 6 Producer, user level: expert
______ Sony Soundforge 8, user level: expert
______ Waves Mastering Suite, user level: expert
______ Adobe Audition, user level: expert
______ Mackie Tracktion, user level: expert

___ Video
______ Adobe Premiere Pro 2, user level: expert
______ Sony Vegas 8, user level: expert
______ Final Cut Pro, user level: intermediate

___ Graphics
______ Adobe Photoshop CS2, user level: advanced
______CorelDraw X3, user level: advanced
______ Adobe Illustrator CS2, user level: intermediate

___ Web Design
______ Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, user level: advanced
______ Raw HTML, user level: intermediate
______ CSS, user level: novice
______ PHP, user level: novice

___ Office Apps.
______ Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, etc etc), user level: advanced
______ Open Office, user level: advanced

Production History (back to top)
___ Radio
______ Production Title: "CUNY J-Stream Pulse" (2007-current)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, mastering and encoding program material and applying
_______ necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: CUNY, Tina Pamintuan

______ Production Title: "Gary Null" (2007)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mastering program material to strict NPR dynamics specifications, encoding
______ program material and applying necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: National Public Radio (NPR), Gary Null, NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: "Secrets of New York" (2007)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mastering program material to strict NPR dynamics specifications, encoding
______ program material and applying necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: National Public Radio (NPR), NYC Media Group, producers

______ Production Title: The Digital Age (2007)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mastering program material to strict NPR dynamics specifications, encoding
______ program material and applying necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: National Public Radio (NPR), James C. Goodale, NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: Le Journal (2007)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mastering program material to strict NPR dynamics specifications, encoding
______ program material and applying necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: National Public Radio (NPR), France 2 Television, NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: The Leon Charney Report (2006-2007)
______ Position: Podcast Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mastering program material to strict NPR dynamics specifications, encoding
______ program material and applying necessary identification tags.
______ Producers: National Public Radio (NPR), Leon Charney, NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: Everything Goes (2004-2007, rt=30:00, 780+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor, producer.
______ Producers: Irwin Gonshak (executive producer), Chad Bernhard

______ Production Title: The Communique (2004-2007, rt=24:00, 156+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor.
______ Producer: Communications Workers of America Local 1180

______ Production Title: DC37 (2004-2007, rt=30:00, 156+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor.
______ Producer: District Council 37

______ Production Title: Teen Talk (2004-2007, rt=60:00, 100+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor, live engineer.
______ Producer: Susan Mondzack

______ Production Title: Ask the D.A. (2004-2007, rt=60:00, 100+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor, live engineer.
______ Producer: Charles J. Hynes, Brooklyn District Attorney

______ Production Title: On the Sidelines (2004-2007, rt=60:00, 156+ episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor, live engineer.
______ Producers: WNYE 91.5 FM, Vinny Aceto, producer/host

______ Production Title: The Ukrainian Melody Hour (2004-2005, rt=30:00, 104 episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor.
______ Producer: Roman Marinovich

______ Production Title: PSAL Basketball Championships @ Madison Square Garden
______ Position: Audio Engineer (2005-2005)
______ Duties Performed: Live recording and mixing to air.
______ Producers: WNYE TV 25, Vincent Aceto

______ Production Title: Damon Dash (2004)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: remote tape synchronization
______ Producer: National Public Radio (NPR)

______ Production Title: CUNY 2004 Basketball Conference
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Live recording and mixing to air.
______ Producer: City University of New York

______ Production Title: CUNY 2004 Softball Conference
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Live recording and mixing to air.
______ Producer: City University of New York

______ Production Title: CUNY 2004 Volleyball Conference
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Live recording and mixing to air.
______ Producer: City University of New York

______ Production Title: Living Healthy, Living Well (2004-2005, rt=30:00, 104 episodes)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording, mixing, dialog and music editor.
______ Producer: Today's Child Magazine

Production History (back to top)
___ Recording Artists
______ M Dot (2007)
______ Position: Mastering Engineer
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Billionaires for Bush (2007)
______ Position: Recording Engineer
______ Record Label: Independent

______ John Barbetta (2006)
______ Position: Mastering Engineer
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Yingsak Mannein (2006)
______ Position: Mastering Engineer
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Going Nowhere "Take a Piece" (2006)
______ Position: Mastering Engineer, CD Authoring
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Citizen Cope (2006)
______ Position: Recording Engineer, mix
______ Producer: KEXP Seattle, NYC Media Group
______ Record Label: RCA

______ Hopewell (2006)
______ Position: Recording Engineer, mix
______ Producer: KEXP Seattle, NYC Media Group
______ Record Label: Tee Pee Records

______ Cassettes Won't Listen (2006)
______ Position: Recording Engineer, mix
______ Producer: KEXP Seattle, NYC Media Group
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Pablo (2006)
______ Position: Recording Engineer, mix
______ Producer: KEXP Seattle, NYC Media Group
______ Record Label: Independent

______ Grizzly Bear (2006)
______ Position: Recording Engineer, mix
______ Producer: KEXP Seattle, NYC Media Group
______ Record Label: Warp

______ Sealed in Silence "Stille ist Selbstmord" (2003)
______ Position: Mastering Engineer
______ Record Label: Terminal Vision Records

Production History (back to top)
___ Television
______ Production Title: Art Or Something Like It! (2005-2007)
______ Position: Composer
______ Duties Performed: music composition for select episodes of seasons 1 and season 2.
______ Producer: City University of New York Television

______ Production Title: Video Voter Guide NY (2005)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: recording and post mixing.
______ Producer: NYC Media Group, Voter Assistance Commission

______ Production Title: $9.99 (2005)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Audio Sweetening
______ Producer: NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: Secrets of New York (2005)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Audio Sweetening, mixing
______ Producer: NYC Media Group

______ Production Title: Asian America (2004-current)
______ Position: Audio engineer, camera operator
______ Duties Performed: Recording, post mixing, voice & music production, cinematographer.
______ Producers: Asian American Voice Inc., Wal-Mart, At&t and Funai.

______ Production Title: Teen Talk Television (2004-current)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: recording and post mixing.
______ Producer: Susan Mondzack

______ Production Title: Jazz with Wynton Marsalis (2004)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: recording and post mixing.
______ Producer: Alan Gampel

______ Production Title: "The Blues" (2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Martin Scorcese

______ Production Title: Jenny Jones (2000-2002)
______ Position: Video Editor, Satellite Operator
______ Duties Performed: Final editing of program material, plugs, and national advertisements. Reel
______ assembly, Satellite uplink of program via fiber, closed captioning , V-Chip, and Nielson encoding.
______ Producer: Warner Bros.

______ Production Title: Judge Mathis (2000-2002)
______ Position: Video Editor, Satellite Operator
______ Duties Performed: Final editing of program material, plugs, and national advertisements. Reel
______ assembly, Satellite uplink of program via fiber, closed captioning , V-Chip, and Nielson encoding.
______ Producer: Warner Bros.

______ Production Title: Motor Sport Weekly (2000-2002)
______ Position: Satellite Operator
______ Duties Performed: Satellite uplink of program via fiber . Tape playback.
______ Producer: Warner Bros.

Production History (back to top)
___ Film
______ Production Title: Marathon (2007, short)
______ Position: Mixing Engineer, Sound Design, Composer
______ Duties Performed: Mix, sound design, foley fx and original score.
______ Producers: Jerrod Bogard

______ Production Title: The Sexes (2007, short)
______ Position: Mixing Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Mixing film audio.
______ Producers: Mario Brassard, Darlene Violette

______ Production Title: Qi-Yo (2007, feature)
______ Position: Recording Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Recording narration, foley fx and instrumentation.
______ Producers: Stojan Radev, Antonia Katrandjieva, Ana Ivanova and Kalin Ivanov.

______ Production Title: CooCoo Cthulu (2006, short)
______ Position: Audio Engineer, Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original score, sound design, mixing and audio sweetening.
______ Producer: Biff Juggernaut Films

______ Production Title: Heading Home (2006, short)
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Audio Sweetening
______ Producer: Jane Rose

______ Production Title: The Pod (2006, short)
______ Position: Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original Score
______ Producer: Jeremiah Kipp

______ Production Title: Lovecracked! The Movie (2006, feature)
______ Position: Audio Engineer, Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original score, sound design, mixing and audio sweetening.
______ Producer: Biff Juggernaut Films

______ Production Title: The Fairy Tale Story of Sylvia's Baklava (2004, feature)
______ Position: Audio Engineer, Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original score, sound restoration
______ Producer: Silvana Vienne

______ Production Title: Tales from the Crapper (2004, feature)
______ Position: Script supervisor, actor
______ Duties Performed: script supervision, set preparation, actor
______ Producer: Troma Entertainment

______ Production Title: Meet the Dooples (2004, animated feature)
______ Position: Audio Engineer, Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original score, sound restoration
______ Producer: Dr. Lynn Hunter

______ Production Title: Beyond the Horizon (2003, documentary)
______ Position: Director
______ Duties Performed: Director, cinematographer, sound, editor, audio mix
______ Producer: One Addict Productions

______ Production Title: Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over (2003, feature)
______ Position: Composer
______ Duties Performed: original score, sound design, graphic design
______ Producer: Troma Entertainment

______ Production Title: Best of Crapston Villas (2003, series)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Troma Entertainment

______ Production Title: Decampitated (2003, feature)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Troma Entertainment

______ Production Title: Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000, feature)
______ Position: Composer
______ Duties Performed: Original songs
______ Producer: Troma Entertainment

Production History (back to top)
___ Promotional
______ Production Title: Lucky Devil Circus Sideshow (2003-current)
______ Position: Video Editor
______ Duties Performed: Music Editor, Video Editor, Sound Design
______ Producer: Tyler Fyre

______ Production Title: RCA (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: RCA

______ Production Title: Arista (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Arista

______ Production Title: UNICEF (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: UNICEF

______ Production Title: United Nations (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: United Nations

______ Production Title: Bobby Brown (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Bobby Brown

______ Production Title: HSI Productions (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: HSI Productions

______ Production Title: Bob Giraldi (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Bob Giraldi

______ Production Title: Motion Theory (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Motion Theory

______ Production Title: Fisher Price (promotional campaigns, 2003)
______ Position: Video Engineer
______ Duties Performed: HD Standards Conversion, duplication and reel assembly for program material,
______ promotional reels and commercial spots.
______ Producer: Fisher Price

Employment History (back to top)
___ 2007-current: CUNY Graduate School for Journalism, New York, NY
______ Position: Audio Engineer, Instructor
______ Duties Performed: Producing school radio and television content. Instructing graduate students on
______ proper production and post-production audio techniques including recording and editing on
______ multiple platforms including ProTools.

___ 2005-2007: NYC Media Group, New York, NY
______ Position: Audio Engineer, producer
______ Duties Performed: Complete production of broadcast radio, television and internet programming,
______ scheduling clients and sessions, producing original content, promotional material, field recording,
______ producing live broadcasts, tape sync (studio via ISDN or field), construction and maintenance of audio
______ systems and digital audio workstations, audio room design and planning, technical point person for
______ DOITT audio productions (New York City Dept. of Information Technology and Telecommunications),
______ stand-in camera operator, and “podcast” compression and encoding.

___2004-2005: WNYE TV / 91.5 FM, Brooklyn, NY
______ Position: Audio Engineer
______ Duties Performed: Complete production of broadcast radio, television and internet programming,
______ scheduling clients and sessions, producing original content, field recording, producing live broadcasts,
______ tape sync (studio via ISDN or field), construction and maintenance of audio systems and digital audio
______ workstations, audio room design and planning and technical point person for NYC Board of Education
______ audio productions.

___2002-2004: Devlin Video, Manhattan, NY
______ Positions: Video Editor, Audio Engineer, Tape Op
______ Duties Performed: Duplication, high end standards conversion, audio engineering and video editing.
______ Responsible for high volume, high quality, quick turn-around productions with high profile clients such
______ as: RCA, Arista, UNICEF, United Nations and Fisher Price.

___1998 - Current: Facility Records, NY/IL
______ Positions: Owner/Operator/Engineer
______ Audio mastering and production for all releases.

___2002-2003: TROMA Entertainment, Manhattan, NY
______ Position: Freelance
______ Duties Performed: sound design, music composition, graphic design, script supervision.

___2002 -2002: Video Media Services, Manhattan, NY
______ Position: Video Editor
______ Duties Performed: Editing archived newsreels for distribution.

___2000 - 2002: Network Century, Chicago, IL
______ Positions: Satellite Operator / Video Editor
______ Duties Performed: Editing television programs Jenny Jones (WB), Judge Mathis (WB) and Motor Sport
______ Weekly. Responsible for the broadcast of said programs via fiber to remote Satellite uplinks. Closed
______ Captioning , V-Chip and Nielson encoding.

___2001 - 2002: Paul Blinderman, Chicago, IL
______ Position: Assistant Editor
______ Duties Performed: Digitizing audio and video media into Avid Media Composer.

___1998 - current: Freelance, NY/Chicago, IL
______ Duties performed: sound editing, mixing, video editing, graphic design, sound design, music
______ composition, adr, live sound, production sound, podcasting, audio mastering, film sweetening, tape
______ sync, camera operator/cinematographer.

Publications: (back to top)
___ Music
______Record Label Releases, artist/composer:
______ t.o.t.s. "The Return the Wetlands", full length CD, 2007. Invisible Records, Chicago, IL.
______ t.o.t.s. "You Knew It All Along", full length CD, 2005. Invisible Records, Chicago, IL.
______ t.o.t.s. "God In A Box", full length CD, 2000. Invisible Records, Chicago, IL.
______ "Negative Impact Volume 02", compilation, 2007. PfFproductions.
______"Negative Impact Volume 01", compilation, 2006. PfFproductions.
______"Interbreeding Breeding II", compilation, 2004. BLC Productions.
______"Girlfiends and She-Devils", compilation, 2004. Go-Kustom Records.
______"The War Against The Teeny-Boppers", multi-media CD, 2003. Invin-Kor.
______"The War Against The Teeny-Boppers", compilation, 2003. Invin-Kor.
______"Notes From Thee Real Underground Vol.#3", compilation, 2002. Invisible Records.
______"Teen Feeding Frenzy!", compilation, 2003. Go-Kustom Records.
______"Delicate Furies", compilation, 2001. InstrumenTales Records.
______"SpudSuckers! A Tribute To DEVO", compilation, 2001. Invisible Records.
______"F.E.S.T.E.R.: A Tribute To The Residents", compilation, 2000. Invisible Records.

______ Independent Music Releases, artist/composer:
______ t.o.t.s. "Pied Piper", EP CD, 1998. Facility Records, Chicago, IL.
______ t.o.t.s. "Self Titled", full length cassette, 1997. Facility Records, Chicago, IL.

______ Artist remixes:
______ Artist: Diverje, track: "Reject", Record Label: DSBP Records
______ Artist: CEOXiME, track: "Dirty 'N Used t.o.t.s.m.i.x.", Record Label: Uncoiled
______ Artist: UV "Dementia - Territorial Mix", label: BLC Productions
______ Artist: Sealed in Silence, track: "Todeswunsch", self release
______ Artist: HYPOID "Deprogramming Deposits of Fat - Pissing Grounds Mix", self released
______ Artist: Infinity Interrupt, track: "SEP - Kibbles 'n Bits Mix", self released
______ Artist: Flood Damage, track "Mr. Blind & the Estrogenical Treachery" self released

______ Contributing Artist
______ Artist: Unto Ashes. Release: "Empty Into White". Label: Projekt Records
______ Duties performed: drums performed on "De Store Smerte".

Publications:
___ Film
______ "The Pod"
______ featured music; short film, 2006. Jeremiah Kipp, producer.

______ "CooCoo Cthulu"
______ original score; short film, 2006. BiFF Juggernaut Films / Troma Entertainment.

______ "Lovecracked: The Movie"
______ original score; feature film, 2006. BiFF Juggernaut Films / Troma Entertainment.

______ "The Fairy Tale Story of Sylvia's Baklava"
______ featured music; feature film, 2004. Silvana Vienne, producer.

______ "Doggie Tails"
______ original score; feature film, 2003. Troma Entertainment.

______ "The Voice Inside"
______ featured music; short, 2001. BiFF Juggernaut Films.

Publications:
___ Television
______ "Art or Something Like It"
______ original score; show theme, 2005-2006. CUNY Television, NYC.

______ "Meet the Dooples"
______ original score; series, 2003. Educational Media Enterprises.

Education (back to top)
______ Old Dominion University, 1991-1996, Norfolk, VA.
______ BFA Photography, Minor in English.
______ Studies included music, film, video production and photography.

Awards
___ Communicator Awards
______ " 2004 Award of Distinction". Category: Radio/Promotional.

Misc.
___ Software
______ "Control Changed"
______ Duties: Program conceptual design and graphic user interface (GUI) creation.
______ Description: A program that randomizes and transmits MIDI control change parameters allowing the
______ user to create unique synthesizer patches and tones with synthesizers with limited interface options.

References
______ Vincent Aceto, radio host, producer. 718-250-5810
______ Susan Mondzak, radio and television producer. 718-250-5803
______ Tim Durland, graphic designer, audio engineer. 917-826-3772
______ Milly Perez, television programming. 212-669-3859
______ Tom Haban, sound engineer, producer. 773-209-9506