Hi, I'm Benjamin Dickerson and I am an Interdisciplinary Creative Professional.
I am an interdisciplinary creative professional working to create a fairer and more just society and improve the quality of life for under-represented peoples.
This is a CV page I made, and sent to you to have a look at.
2006
Fine Art Degree: Integrated Media Toronto, Ontario
This is some of the stuff I can do.
Some folks might be inclined to call them skills.
Video: Production
Producing, Directing, Cinematography, videography, Lighting, Sound, Interviewing and Script Writing.
Camera Systems: Canon, JVC, Olympus, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony Broadcast, DSLR other digital video. Arri, Blackmagic, Canon, Panasonic RED and Sony 8K, 4K Cinema and Broadcast Camera Systems. As well as 8, 16 and 35mm Film Camera Systems and lensing options.
Video: Post-Production
Producing, Directing, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Editing, Animation, Design and Sound.
Systems: Non-linear editing, compositing, design, animation and more. Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Audition, Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom. Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor and Logic Pro. Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve. Topaz Video AI and more. Moviola, Steinbeck, Media 100, Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools.
Imaging & Design: Procession and Post-Production
Photography, Photo Post-Production, Digital and Print Design.
Photo stuff: Canaon, Olympus, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony Camera Systems. Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz Photo AI.
My equipment: Canon 1DX Mark II, A Canon 7D Mark II and a Panasonic GH2. With EF and EFs Lenses: 24-70mm ƒ4, 50mm ƒ1.8, 75-200mm ƒ4, 75-300m ƒ4-5.4, 55-250mm ƒ4-5.4, 18-55mm ƒ4-5.4 lenses. LED Lights, stands, Senheisser wireless lab mic kit. PerSonus external Audio Input, Zoom Audio Recorder, Tripods, shoulder rigs and a camera cage.
Art / Creative: Direction
Concept, strategy, production, post-production, broadcast, distribution, rollout and performance measurement.
Design Tools: Figma, Canva, Adobe Acrobat Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, In Design and Photoshop. Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Other Tools and Skills I can mention.
And some Certifications.
Development: HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, PHP. CMS Platforms: Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, Umbraco, NationBuilder and More.
Data and Ad Tools: Google Ads, Analytics, Display Ads, Tag Manager, Grants and Looker Studio. Meta Ads, Business and Page Manager. Linked In, Pinterest, Twitter and TikTok, YouTube and other social networking and online ads management and studio (content) platforms.
Project management: Asana, Slack, Monday.com, Zoho, Sharepoint, Microsoft Office 365, and other admin, data and content sharing resources, like Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, We Transfer, Box, Wistia, frame.io, OneDrive and more.
Other tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Notes and more). Apple Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Mail and more.
Data and other marketing and communications tools: ClickDimensions, Blackbaud Luminate Online, Fundraise Up, CrowdChange, Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, Later and more.
Certifications: Apple Final Cut Pro Certified User, Apple Sales Professional, Blackbaud Luminate Online Certified.
Live Events:
• 3x National Conventions
• 2x Provincial Conventions
• 3x AGM's, 2x QGM's
• 2x National Awards Shows
• 8x Fundraising Galas
• 15x Nationwde Fundraising Campaigns
Other:
• 3x TV Shows
• 1x Feature Film
• 1x State Funeral
Some folks gave me Awards for my work.
Lindsay the Alchemist
• 2008 Calgary Fringe Festival: Best mid-length drama
• 2007 Images Festival New Filmmaker
• 2008 NYC Children's Film Festival: Young Adult Program
• William F. Whites Award
• Trinity Square Video Award
• Exclusive Film Award
• Integrated Media Award: Runner Up
• Distribution by Ouat Media
Produced, written, directed, shot, edited and music by: Benjamin Dickerson
Starring: Pip Dwyer
Point of Light
Not sure about the Awards, it aired on CBC and other channels nationally and was but I'm somehow credited as a story editor, depite doing a full re-write on the script and doing on-set FX and script supervision.
Produced and directed by: Steve Giuse and Paul Matthews
Written by: Paul Matthews and Benjamin DIckerson
Hidden Harvest Ottawa
• Food for Real Festival, Liverpool, UK
Produced by: Lee Rose (CKX.org) and Caitlin Keeley (Em-dash)
Videography by: Gabriella Warrior Renaud and Benjamin DIckerson
Edited by: Benjamin DIckerson
You Have a Choice
"Behind the Orange Wave" By Brad Lavigne
"The Untold Story of the 2011 election" By Paul Wells, Macleans, May 6th, 2011.
"For war rooms, perhaps. Voters might be less inclined to pop the champagne corks. If only they had a choice. By coincidence, on the day before the auditor-general kerfuffle, the NDP started running an ad called, "You Have A Choice."
Directed, animated and edited by: Benjamin Dickerson
Written by: Allison Gifford and Benjamin Dickerson
Produced by: D. Anderson and Benjamin Dickerson
My Journey
Videography: Aaron Floresco and Benjamin Dickerson
Edited by: Benjamin Dickerson
Directed by: Olivia Chow
Produced by: Olivia Chow, Nancy Wong, Kathleen Monk. E. Jacobson, and D. Anderson
Directed and Edited by: Benjamin Dickerson
Produced by: Olivia Chow and Joe Cressy