Josh Owens
Director-Technical Operator-DJ-Producer
 
 

Professional Work
        -Own my own DJ company, doing mobile and MC work (have worked with many customers one on one.
        -Worked for International Audio & Lighting, a retail DJ superstore in Montclair (Sales, mail order, rental, and repair department.
        -R.O.P. (Regional Occupation Program) video class. Worked on producing local cable broadcast segments. I used digital, Beta Cam, S-VHS, Hi-8, and edited in non-linear editing programs such as Adobe Premiere.
        -Filmed Grape Harvest Festival in my area for local station, used backstage passes, interviewed many people on site. Work was done for a channel 54 Marks CableVision broadcast. (I used Toshiba Hi-8 cameras)
 

Education
        -Attended a PanaVision seminar. This event was a full day class to teach a small group of professionals how to use the PanaVision camera, and how it is manufactured, and the details about them.
        -Cal Poly Pomona Polytechnic University, here I took a video class that involved making a music video to emphasize peace throughout the cultures of society.
        -R.O.P. video class held at Ontario High School
        -Etiwanda High School video class. Here the class would put on a news broadcast that was shown on the local cable station.
        -UC Santa Cruz (currently attending)
 

Technical skills
        -Edit on JVC and Panasonic linear editing bays, and with FAST Video Machine Lite
        -Proficient with almost all cameras including: JVC Digital, Sony Digital, BETACAM, Toshiba Hi-8
        -MAC, and PC knowledge to run word processing, graphics, and editing programs
        -Proficient with sound boards of almost any type (Mackie, Sunn, StudioMaster)
        -Extremely proficient with lighting control boards (including intelligent lights such as Martin, High End, and NSI controllers for stage work)
        -Lighting with flood lights, spots, using gels, focusing, and scrims
        -Professional live sound mixing, with MD, DAT, and CD mastering
        -Setup and operation of large sound reinforcement
        -Video system setup and configuration
        -Music performance setup (band setup for over 4 years)
        -Equipment maintenance (worked in the repair department at DJ store)
        -Have taken a stage management course at UCSC
 

Experience (video's I have produced)
        -“Fashion” created for Social Documentation at UC Santa Cruz University.
        -“Open Mind” received 2nd place in Videonics Thought and Dreams national contest.
        -“Flashback” created for a video contest to show “why it is not cool to drink and drive”.
        -“Say No to Drugs” created for a final video project at Etiwanda High School.
        -“Chaos” created for a final video project at Etiwanda High School.
        -“Song of Solomon” a movie preview created for AP English at Etiwanda High School
        -“The Fire That Raged” a documentary on the holocaust created for World History
        -“Imagination's Edge” a video made for fun, included clay-mation, and animation
        -“Pro DJ & Lighting” a documentary on my own DJ company made for a customer
        -“The Nuts” a short stop-motion video I made just for fun
        -“The Fugitive” a short mock video on the real film The Fugitive
        -“Marching Band Highlights” created to show at the end of the year banquet for marching band
        -“Alta Dena 50th Anniversary Video” shown at the anniversary banquet at Universal Studios
        -“Senior Farewell” shown to the band at the banquet from the seniors to the band director
        -“The Other Left” shown on a band bus trip to Las Vegas for a competition
        -“George Lucas Documentary” created for an AP English video project