Jesse Northen Experience and SKills
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Jesse Northen Experience and SKills

Jesse Northen
Cinema/Genealogy
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Education:
San Francisco State University:
Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Studies, Minor in Music, Class of 2018.
San Marin High School, Class of 2014.

General Skills:
Knowledge of Adobe CC, particularly After Effects. Practice in very precise work.
Knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7 and X. Used 2013-2018 at previous job.
Very quick to adapt and learn new and different new and old technology.
Transferring old video media to digital files/DVDs. Practice in storing, organizing, and cataloguing old tapes/film.
Coding in the 1970/80s programming language “BASIC.”
Experience being in over 15 Musical Theatre productions at a school and community level. *Won Broadway World Award in 2017 for best Lead Actor in a Local Musical.

Experience:
Worked for five years at a local Video transfer store, handling and digitizing film, video tape, cassette tape, DVD, and other formats.
Spent time on several film sets as production assistant, cinematographer, actor, VFX supervisor, and director.
Creating short films for online distribution dating back from 2008, to now.
Created visual effects on a film entered into the Reel Loud Film Festival, 2015 at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Created visual effects for San Marin High School’s 2015 production of The Wizard of Oz. The tornado was projected into a screen, and was made entirely from scratch within Adobe After Effects.
Directed a short film written by award winning screenwriter.
Assistant Technical Director for San Marin High School’s 2015 production of Zombie Prom, where projections were used and created from scratch and stock images.
Over 1000 hours of genealogical research experience, using online database and storage.
Filling out my own individual family tree as far back as the 1600s with proper documentation, including thousands of people.
Contacted/cold called many county clerk’s offices, genealogy libraries, cemeteries, and previously unknown relatives in the search for more knowledge.
Worked on several family trees at the same time, managing hundreds of names, branches, and documents simultaneously.
Created program on a Commodore CBM 8032 detailing several branches of my ancestors.
Participated in several “first screenings” for student films, and revised storylines/shots accordingly.