SYLKE FROECHTENIGT VIDEO EDITOR
EXPERIENCE
Kavanagh Productions New York, USA (9/05 – recent)
Edited and Co-directed long-form documentary "Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story"
Edited marketing/educational/training videos for corporate clients and non-profit organizations
B.O.A. Videofilmkunst Munich, Germany (9/00 – 4/05)
On-Line Editor
Color corrected and edited with an Avid Symphony
Edited linear short films and documentaries
Inserted titles, effects, and logos in broadcasting tapes
Trained new employees
Bavaria Film and other film production companies (3/91 – 6/00)
Freelance Property Master / Set Decorator
Worked in over 30 different productions for TV and Cinema
Executed set decor and props Supervised continuity
EDUCATION
University of Vienna (9/89 – 9/94)
Master of Philosophy
Major: Theatre, Movie and Television Sciences
Minor: Communication and Publication Sciences
Thesis: The Films of the Independent Director Abel Ferrara
Macromedia, Academy of New Media, Munich (4/03 – 6/03)
Certification in “Avid Media Composer Advanced Editing”
3-month training program
SKILLS
  • Command of Avid Symphony, Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, Avid Xpress, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Windows, and Mac OS/OS X
  • Advanced experience with Sony DD10 Digital Switcher, Aston Motif Character Generator, Charisma DVE Cleo Plus, Tape to Tape Color Correction, and Yamaha O3D Digital Mixer
  • Practical knowledge of VCRs and Tape Formats, including: Digital Betacam, BetaSP, DVCPro, DVCam, MiniDV, and VHS
CREDITS
weekly shows
VOX : „Süddeutsche TV“
ZDF : „Abenteuer Wissen“
RTL2: „Aerger im Revier“
SAT1: „Hausmeister Krause“
SAT1: „Lebensformen“
BR alpha: „Anschi und Karl Heinz“
individual projects (selection)
„John Baldessari“ for 3 SAT, arte, ZDF, 2005
„BMW Art Car Collection“ footage restoration, 2005
„Making of... Vera Brühne“ for SAT 1
„Sphinx – Caspar Hauser“ for ZDF