About Michael Charles Cole
I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor (Class of '93). While a full-time student, I worked as an audio-visual technician for the Media Centre in the
Division For Instructional Development at the University of Windsor. I also worked for four semesters as a Teaching
Assistant (Basic Television Production laboratories for the Introduction To Mass Communication courses, 40-100/101), and for
one school year as the News Editor of the University Of Windsor undergraduate student newspaper, The Lance.
I am based in the Greater Toronto Area (Southern Ontario), but I am free to travel. I have a
carnet for my gear and a valid Canadian passport.
I have been a proud member of NABET #700 since 1993.
My job skills include:
- EFP sound mixing for news stories, current affairs pieces, and documentaries,
- Boom operating for long-format dramatic productions,
- Production sound mixing for long-format dramatic productions on compact flash/hard-disk recorders, DAT
and Nagra with SMPTE time-code,
- Remote wallboxes and Bell TOC BENG boxes,
- Double-enders for live television and videotaped interviews,
- Mixing live sound for broadcast television,
- Audio assisstant in a multi-camera studio environment,
- Wireless set-up for in-the-field simultaneous translation,
- Perambulating microphone boom for studio television production, (a dead art, but you never
know when it will come in handy.),
- If necessary, operating second camera on a two-camera interview,
- Basic grip and lighting work.
I own my own equipment for ENG/EFP sound mixing, including boom microphones, diversity
RF microphones, and the Zaxcom Stereoline wireless link to camera.
I have experience running audio to HD-TV (including the Sony F-900 24-P and the new P-2 camera
from Panasonic), the RED camera, XD-Cam optical disc cameras, Sony Digital BetaCam, BetaCam SP, BetaCam SX, DV-Cam, Mini-DV,
and Sony's HDV-Cam.
References are available upon request. They'll tell you that I am a
good audio guy, who is also hard-working and enthusiastic.
