Christian D Chapra - Film and Video Editor

I began editing video at age 13. No, I am not kidding! My Dad bought our first VCR, and I quickly figured out how to dub videos. I also realized that my favorite after school cartoons had nearly 10 minutes of commercials. I loved rewatching those cartoons, and if I edited out the commercials in real time, I could fit more of them on a 6 hour VHS. By age 14, I had amassed more than 50 hours of cartoons, editing out the commercials to within a tenth of a second. I continued with this practice, until my conversion to DVD. At present I have at lease 1,000 hours of live edited content. I edited Super 8, and 16mm film while attending the University of Colorado at Boulder. At Boston University CDIA, I received more than 200 classroom hours of instruction on Final Cut Pro Studio (FCP7), and Final Cut Pro X. I am self-taught on Adobe Premiere. With more than 30 years of experience, I can handle any project of any size!