Leigh :) Stark

Education

  • 1997 – 1999
 Talented and Gifted at Townview – Dallas, Texas
High School
  • 1999 – 2000
 Vaucluse High School – Sydney, NSW
Year 12 HSC (High School Certificate)
  • 2001 – 2004
 National Art School – Sydney, NSW
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography

Film & Theatre

  • 2004
 Theatre
Played Dr. Faustus in the National Art School’s The
Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr Faustus directed by Christopher Allen.
  • 2005
 Theatre
Played Nick Bottom / Pyramus in the National Art
School’s A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Lorraine Kypiotis &
Siobhan Mansfield.
  • 2005
 Film
Completed work on The Last Days, a 45 minute
documentary on the last week of university for a group of students.
  • 2007
 Film
Completed work on Two Bricks, an animated film about two
talking bricks. Made in Lightwave and posed and rendered in Poser.
  • 2008
 Video
Edited Gran Turismo 5 Prologue review for CyberShack
and receives over 100,000 hits through the course of a year
  • 2009
 Film
Finished two-year long animation project Transit Lounge.
Video can be viewed at http://www.khartoumcapers.com

Past  & Current Employers

  • Mid-2002 to
    Mid-2005
 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Graphic editing, IT & tech support, digital press, multimedia
  • Early-2006 to
    Early-2007
 Pix Photo Media / Pix On Location
Photo-operator, trainer, photo specialist
  • June 2007 to
    February 2009
 CBN Media / CyberShack
IT Journalist, reviewer, content producer, scriptwriter, video editor
  • Mid-2008 to
    PRESENT
 APC Magazine (Published & Online)
IT Journalist & contributor (freelance)
  • March 2009 to
    June 2009
 Technology & Business
Lead reviewer (freelance)

Digital Media

 Hosts “The Gadget Grill” radio show that airs every Sunday at 9pm on Sydney’s 88.1 2RDJ about technology, gadgets, and games.
Website also features podcasts & articles: http://www.gadgetgrill.com.au
Administrator for DSLRUsers.com, a forum for people who use digital single-lens reflex cameras and for photographers.
Designer and developer of various websites including e-shops, fashion websites, and more. Previously worked for fashion designer Bowie Wong among others and have been making websites since 1996.

Summary of Qualifications

 Adobe
Photoshop, Premiere, Soundbooth, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Encore, Audition – if it’s Adobe, I can use it.
Video, Graphics, & Multimedia
Sony Vegas, Sony DVD Architect, Sony Sound Forge, Smith Micro Poser, Steinberg Wavelab, Newtek Lightwave, Phase Capture One Pro, Right Hemisphere Deep Paint, Nikon Capture NX, and a hell of a lot more.
Video Editing
Experience with Blackmagic Design Decklink cards, analog linear video editing decks, Casanova non-linear video editing systems, a little bit of Avid, and can adapt to pretty much any video editing system very quickly.
Photography
Advanced knowledge of SLR & Digital SLR cameras, medium format cameras, and video cameras; previously taught people how to use $15,000 cameras (Canon 1DsMkII) as part of his job.
Beta-Testing
Have tested the following: Visviva Authoring Studio (Animation), Ace Ventura (Game), Project IGI 2 (Game), Dark Reign 2 (Game), and Immortal Cities: Children Of The Nile (Game)
Experience
Has worked with computers since age 2 (over 20 years) and web development and graphics for almost 15 years.
Adaptability
Able to learn quickly.

Unexpected Credits

  • The accidental creator of a trend used by at least one gym in America: Guitar Hero on a step machine!
    Fun fact: It took three takes to film this and account for different close-ups on me…

Edited June 16, 2009