I
was born in a small town in South Yorkshire, England called Wombwell.
It is near both Barnsley and Sheffield. At the age of eleven my father
got a transfer to Montreal, so the family picked up and moved to Canada.
In 1992, I completed my studies at Loyalist College Of Applied Arts and
Technology in the field of Television Broadcasting. After a year of
looking for a job in TV, and selling suits, I landed a job in
Lloydminster Alberta working for Midwest television. I did master
control for both CKSA and CITL, their CBC and CTV affiliates. Apart
from the fact that the money was barely enough to pay the rent, I had
lots of fun. After only 7 months I managed to secure a part time
position with RDS, and was able to return the best city in the world,
Montréal, Canada. I have no plans on leaving !!!!!
I was married in 2001 to my wife, France. We have two great kids.
Tristan was born in 2000, and Chloé was born in 2003. Family is the
number one reason for getting up in the morning.
I have been at RDS (Le Réseau des Sports) since 1994. RDS was the
world’s first French only, all-sports channel. We broadcast everything,
from hockey (we carry every game of the Montréal Canadiens, right
through to the Stanley Cup final), to Formula 1, all major tennis
tournaments, all major golf tournaments, Nascar, Cart, and a whole slew
of other sports, including Curling. We are an affiliate of ESPN, and
are owned by CTV.
While at RDS, I have occupied a number of different positions. I
started out as a part-time replacement master control operator. I was
lucky as I received training in a number of other jobs, such as VTR
operator, Satellite tech and news editing. After a few years I took a
position as a news editor, then after a almost a year, I accepted a
position as a switcher. This enabled me to really learn the ins and
outs of production and the control room environment. After 2 years of
switching I took the position of Senior Editor, the position I hold
today. When taking the job I didn’t realize how much I would love it. I
am hooked. I love editing. My job calls for a lot of effects driven
editing and compositing. I use Pinnacle Liquid Blue for editing, and a
combination of Boris Red, After Effects and Photoshop for the
finishing. For client approval I typically send a QT or WMV using
CleanerXL from Discreet.
In my spare time I play soccer in a league. I also coach my son in
soccer. Since time is an issue, I have a gym in the basement where I
can go and unwind by pumping some weights, or going for a run on the
treadmill. I love spending time with the family, they are my pride and
joy. I am a huge fan of Seinfeld and the King of Queens. Recently I got
into the show, 6 feet under. Luckily I am now able to now watch TV and
films without constantly evaluating the editing and effects.
I love helping others whenever I can, and that is why I have been a
part of the COW since day one. I have the utmost respect for the people
on this site, including of course the Lindebooms, who I consider great
friends. For me, the only dumb question is the one that you don’t ask.
I will never be rude to newbies, because at one point in time, we were
all newbies.
In this article, Mark Harvey, longtime leader in Creative Cow and a noted broadcast designer/editor, gives readers a look at Invigomany, Vol. 1: Sports from Serge Hamad -- the newest release of the Creative Cow master tools.
Mark Harvey, longtime leader in Creative Cow and a noted broadcast designer/editor, gives readers a look at the new Avid Liquid 7 -- acquired when Avid bought Pinnacle Systems and given many new features in this latest version now rolling out under the Avid name. Mark gives this system much praise for its powerful background rendering and wide feature set, as well as many new features like its HDV capabilities rolling out for the first time in v7.
Those of you who know editor and fx artist, Mark Harvey, know that hes a big fan of Boris Red. Hes used the program for a number of years and has co-hosted the Boris FX forum at Creativecow since day one along with Philip Hodgetts. So when he heard that Borisfx and Philip had joined forces to create a long awaited training DVD for Boris RED, Mark jumped at the chance to take a look at it. Heres his report.
This tutorial is in response to a query posted on the Borisfx forum at the COW. Creativecow leader, Mark Harvey decided to go ahead and try and recreate the northern lights, one of nature's most beautiful phenomena. Follow along as he demonstrates how to create the project using only filters that ship with Red 2.1. (No 3rd party plug-ins needed.)
In this article, Mark Harvey explores the latest version of Boris Red, version 2.1. Mark opens by stating that no matter what you know about Boris Red, throw it out because this is a whole new Red -- far beyond anything that Boris & Company have ever released before. In this review, Mark Harvey explains the ins and outs of these new features and why they make this such an important upgrade for Red users.
