Tom Forrester
Video Specialist at EXTREME REACH
- Role
- Video Specialist at XR Extreme Reach
- Location
- Glendale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Forrester
With almost 40 years of professional experience in the Hollywood production and post production industries, Tom Forrester continues to expand his career in entertainment and advertising by utilizing state-of-the-art edit, duplication and broadcast technologies, while further refining his skill set as an extremely effective and productive Operations Specialist, Videotape Operator, Quality Control Advisor, Special Projects Coordinator and Digital Content Delivery Professional. Tom maintains operational proficiency in both linear & nonlinear, analog & digital and standard & high definition video content management by editing, mastering, duplicating and transferring program content to broadcast specifications. Tom is proficient in both linear and nonlinear video editing principles, as well as knowledgeable of both contemporary high definition (HD) and traditional standard definition (SD) video theory and application, and can therefore operate most analog and digital VTRs and ATRs. Tom is also technically astute in all video standards, and operationally proficient in mastering and duplicating most new and traditional video formats. Tom is also technically experienced with a variety of ancillary outboard gear including: waveform monitors, vectorscopes, oscilloscopes, audio meters, audio limiters, video limiters, time base correctors, distribution amplifiers, audio mixers, audio processors, Dolby encoders & decoders, patch bays, switchers, routers, forensic watermarking systems, TC, CG, CC & ST generator systems, and most standards & format conversion systems. Tom is also familiar with Pro Tools, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro nonlinear editing systems. Specialties: Tom Forrester is a freelance writer, editor, producer and director residing in Los Angeles, California. Tom is also a film & video archivist, film & television historian, consultant, documentarian, artist and musician.
Experience
Video Specialist
Jan 2011 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Videotape operations, digital content delivery and quality assurance.
Education
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor of Arts, (Major: Journalism / Advertising; Minor: Sociology)
1981 — 1985
Northwestern University
Language, Swahili
1985 — 1985
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