Description

Matt Gottshalk, principal of McGee Digital Media, specializes in cinema-style HD production and post. He began shooting with 16mm film & BetaSP, and currently shoots on the Panasonic DVCPro HD system of cameras.

He has shot a wide variety of productions, from an HD spot on indigenous frogs in the jungles of Panama, to the presidential campaign announcement of former Senator Fred Thompson, to a high-end green screen wargaming video for Booz Allen Hamilton. He is well-known for his film-style lighting in field production and studio shoots.

Matt also has 20 years of experience and expertise in motion graphic design and editing on both Avid and Final Cut Pro. Some of his post-production projects have included designing motion graphics for the Baltimore Ravens 100’-wide endzone screens and the HFStival, to editing an award-winning marketing campaign for Bayer AG. He also works as a camera operator for the "Emeril Green" show.

Matt has worked on projects for a wide range of clients, from independent producers, political campaigns, and not-for-profit trade associations, to public relations firms and international corporations. Among his clients are the USO, the Air Line Pilots Association, Fleishman-Hillard, Discovery Communications, the National Geographic Channel, Pfizer Inc., and York Telecomm.

Matt likes to take ownership of every project. Using a collaborative approach, he succeeds in articulating his clients’ vision and message with his signature creativity. Clients rely on his in-depth knowledge of new technologies and applications to take their projects to the next level.

Matt Gottshalk is a member of the Television, Internet & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC), and a forum leader at Creative COW—the online support community for media production specialists. He has won several Tellys and a Houston Film Fest Silver Award.

Matt recently spoke at NAB 2008 on "Bulletproof P2 Workflow".

McGee Digital Media Inc. has been in the industry since 1991.

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Equipment / Gear / Software

Panasonic HPX-500 with Angeniuex HD wide angle lens.
Arri Tungsten lighting
KinoFlo Lighting
Arri 575w HMI
Joker 800/400 HMI
Sound Devices 442 Mixer/744T recorder
Rode and Schoeps shotgun microphones
Sennheiser G2 wireless mics (x3)
Uncompressed HD online non linear editing/finishing/ color correction with Final Cut Pro
NTSC/PAL. HD & SD.
Canon 5dmkii and 7d
Cinevised Nikon Hi-speed primes
Dana Dolly and CamTram Dolly

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