MARIA PETROS
940 Burchett street, Glendale, CA 91202
Cellular (818)434-3527
MPetros20@aol.com

EDUCATION

Current Video Symphony Post-Production Institute
Burbank, CA
-Anticipated graduation and ACU certification June, 2009.
*APPLE CERTIFIED FINAL CUT PRO USER

June 2003 University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA
*B.A., Film Studies.

EXPERIENCE

2008 Video Symphony Burbank, CA
Editor-Short Film ¡ÈSusannah¡É
-Performed picture and sound edits on Avid Media Composer with footage shot on RED camera.
2006 Juan Moreno Glendale, CA
Editor-Music Video ¡ÈToda La Gente¡É
-Logged and captured all footage on FCP 4.5, performed creative picture edits to best tell story of song.

March 2005 Eaglerock Film Kids Eaglerock, CA
Color Correction Specialist-Short film ¡ÈPocket Change¡É
-Effectively matched color tone of 9 different scenes.
-Created, imported and applied Photoshop media files to manipulate certain shots.

2004 - 2005 Killer Kitty Productions Glendale, CA
Editor-Feature Film ¡ÈAscension¡É
-Edited picture and sound.
-Created custom titles using LiveType. -Added special effects using Photoshop.

2001-2002 UCI Film Studies Irvine, CA
Editor-Eight short length student films
-Captured and logged all footage.n Performed all picture and sound edits.

EQUIPMENT/SKILLS

Final Cut Pro, Live Type, Avid Media Composer Meridian and Adrenaline, Avid Film Scribe, Avid EDL Manager Photoshop, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, familiar with Protools, PC and Mac platform user.