Meet Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen cine-med.com Woodbury, Connecticut USA

In college, Mike Cohen thought he would work in broadcast news. He ran the University of Hartford student news broadcast, did news internships and took journalism classes.

Then Mike discovered corporate video and a job duping tapes at Ciné-Med. After a few months Mike was promoted to shooter editor, and has never looked back.

The first edit suites back in 1994 were Ampex ACE 25 edit controller based, with a Vista switcher, ADO and both 1" and MII machines.

As technology evolved to include in:sync Speed Razor, Media 100, and now Adobe Premiere, so too have Ciné-Med's services, business model, and Mike's responsibilities.

Now serving as production manager, Mike serves as project manager on numerous medical educational projects, including videos, websites and interactive Flash programs. Other responsibilities include attending several medical trade shows each year, and new business development.

A member of the COW since its inception, Mike is an active participant in the forums, a leader on the Business and Marketing forum and a COW blogger to boot.

When not shooting surgery or editing nursing videos, Mike likes vacationing in Cape Cod with his wife Rachael, watching movies, DIY projects around the house and cooking.

You can find Mike Cohen hosting in Creative COW's and Film History & Appreciation Forum.

Articles by Mike Cohen

	Film History & Appreciation What Star Wars Means To Me Part of the criteria your future spouse must meet is a deep knowledge of the Star Wars Universe and you can quote most of the lines from at least one of the original Episodes, but how did the magic, the action, the VFX (before you even knew what VFX were and it was all oh so real!), and The Force, change you? Mike Cohen answers with what Star Wars means to him. Editorial, Feature

	Film History & Appreciation Stereoscopic Cinema: A Discussion & Review of The Hobbit There is no doubt that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a cinematic work of art, but Mike Cohen looks beyond the technical jargon, remembers some of the first 3D, discusses what HFR 3D is today - something completely new - and gives us a great movie review of The Hobbit. Editorial, Feature

	Indie Film & Documentary Shooting Interviews Whether you shoot surgery, reality shows, documentaries especially, how-to videos, cooking, painting, sculpting, decoy carving or...you name it...you are going to be shooting interviews. Number one tip - be ready for anything. Join Mike Cohen for more great insight into shooting interviews. Editorial, Feature

	Art of the Edit Surgical Video: The Cutting Edge Creative Cow leader Mike Cohen has been working on the cutting edge of surgical video for years. In this expanded version of his article in the Cow Magazines Non-Broadcast Production Issue, Mike answers some of the most frequently asked questions about these techniques from the Cow forums. Its fascinating stuff, but seriously, maybe have some breakfast before you take a look. Feature