Production Sound Mixer & Videographer
Roberto Chiofalo
DV Shooter Productions, San Francisco, Ca

COPS

FOX - "Amazing Adventures" From entertainment and news to industrials and kid's shows, I've enjoyed the variety of work that has come my way. Credits include NBC, MSNBC, Microsoft, FOX, Home & Garden Network (HGTV), Inside Edition, MTV, VH1, BET, A Current Affair, Hard Copy, American Journal, Paramount, KQED, Dreamworks Television, Univision, Telemundo, CNN, ABC, CBS, 48 Hours, 20/20, Good Morning America, and Good Night LA. Also mixed sound on documentaries, reality shows, commercials, infommercials, music videos and student films. Bilingual Spanish & English. Current projects in post-production is a film by Sean Fisher titled "Metaphysia".

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Available for your next production.

rc@tvsoundman.com

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Production Sound Experience:

General Production 2002-2003 / Present
Freelance Production Sound Mixer & Pro Tools/Final Cut Pro Editor
Worked on a variety of video productions (documentary, entertainment, corporate, independent, community events) with various clients. Familiarity with multiple microphone/wireless mic environments. Credited with Camera B while mixing sound during sit down interviews. Experienced with settinf up/operating Lip Stick Cams w/Composite-Fiber transmission. Worked with some of the best DPs the Bay Area has to offer.

COPS 1999-2001
Langley Productions/Fox Television
Mixed sound in the trenches of East LA with the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, as well as with the Indianapolis Police Department, Marion County Sheriff's, Albuquerque Police Department, and Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Tacoma, Washington. Run & Gun style of shooting.

LAPD: Life on the Beat 1995-1998
MGM/QRZ Media
Reality television series with the LAPD. Sound mixer assigned to Rampart Division, Wilshire, South West, and 77th Division, as well as with Metro, K-9, the Bomb Squad, and SWAT. Over 3000 hours riding with police officers in LA, from foot pursuits to car chases. Setup lipstick cams with audio for SWAT warrants and Vice Stings..

Hollywood Lives 1995
Disney/Buena Vista Television
Mixed 14 episodes that covered young musicians, models, actors, singers, and dancers during the turning points of their careers. Reality series following Incubus, Jaimie Kennedy, Brandy, and other young enteratiners through the early stages of their careers. Aired on the Disney Channel. Also credited with additional video footage.

Toon Town Kids 1994
Disney/Wilmark Entertainment
70 episodes shot on location at Disneyland. Children's TV series featuring two young hosts as they take their viewers through a variety of entertaining vignettes while introducing their viewers to Disney cartoons. Lots of UHF wireless microphone work. Aired on KCAL Channel 9 for three seasons.

ABC Network News 1994
ABC Studios, Los Angeles
Covered major news events in Southern California such as the LA Earthquake, the Malibu Fires, and the LA Riots. A lot of live shots with satellite feeds. Also Good Morning America segments, interviews and entertainment news including Academy Awards, Emmys, and behind the scenes making of "The Lion King".

UCLA Extension 1991-1992
UCLA, Westwood, CA
Audio/Visual Department Technician. Set up sound systems, projectors, and A/V equipment for Extension courses throughout the campus. Also studied in the Recording Department. Courses completed include Demo Recording, Synthesis Design, Digital Audio, and Recording Studio Troubleshooting.

Audio Visual Head Quarters 1991
Dominguez Hills, CA
Managed the Quality Control Division. Troubleshoot and repaired audio gear returning from client rental. Experienced with mixing consoles, powered mixers, loud speaker systems, processors, microphones, recorders, tape machines and DAT machines. Also mixed audio on location for live events.

Recent shoot on the coast at Big Sur, CA

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Equipment

	Complete Sound Package for Video & Film,including 5 wireless systems.			Lectrosonics UHF Wireless Microphone systems for location sound when a clear audio signal is critical.
	Industry Standard FP-33 Field Mixer armed with 2 Lectro UHF wireless systems, a Sennheiser 416 shotgun mic, and support gear.			Playback for Music Videos. Timecode DAT Recorder with slate. I also have non-timecode DAT and MiniDisk MD recorders for backup.
	Azden wireless products for location and studio productions. Great for backup.			16 Input Mackie Mixer for Video & Film . Great for multiple microphone mixing. AC/DC powered.

A Documentary Feature I DP'd and mixed sound on:

"Metaphysia - The Movie"

Example of a project shot & edited for a client.
Currently airing on You Tube.
youtube.com/chichifazzari

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