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| What I do |
Freelance Camera Operator |
| Company |
Self Employed |
| Website | |
| Where I work |
I run my own company or organisation |
| Technical Skills |
Ravi Srinivas is a freelance camera operator living in Brooklyn, NY. He is completing an MA in Media and Film Studies at the New School, while traveling the East Coast documenting the American jazz scene. In 2011, he completed two internship programs, one with Gotham Sound and Communication, a New York based provider of audio gear for film and television, and the second internship with Atlantic Television, a New York based company providing high quality production services, crews, and equipment across the country. For the past 4 years, he has been freelancing for TIMES NOW's US correspondents, in covering everything from 2008 Election campaigns to the latest in cultural events around the country. TIMES NOW is a leading 24-hour English News channel, available across all platforms in India, Analog & Digital Cable and can be viewed outside of India on www.watchindia.tv with a Broadband connection. In addition to freelancing for TIMES NOW, he has also contributed footage to Reuters, France24, NDTV, and Feature Story News. |
| Resources / Expertise |
Cameras: Sony EX-1&3/ XDCAM/ Digi Beta/ Canon 7D & XL2/ Sony PD-170/ Sony HVR-VU1/ Panasonic HVX-200/ Bolex// Computer: Final Cut/ Avid/ Motion/ Adobe Premiere/ Dreamweaver/ Live Type/ Flash/ Photoshop/ Illustrator/ Motion/ Excel/ Filezilla/ Photoshop/ Pilotware/ Masterplay/ DPS/ Editing Suite/ WinTV2000/ Wordpress/ Twitter |
| Availability |
Paid Work Only |
| 2010-2012 |
The New School, |
| Films I wish I had made |
Valhalla Rising, City of God, Even Dwarves Started Small, Blade Runner, Blue, Pulp Fiction, Down By Law & Sankofa & Kanto Wanderer |
| I cried watching |
...the last episode of 6 Feet Under |
| I left the cinema during |
never left, but did fall asleep during Stargate, the first time I watched it |
| Directors I love |
S. Kubrick, S. Suzuki ,S. Ray, M. Scorsese, F.F. Coppola, Q. Tarantino, N.W. Refn |
| Actors I admire |
G. Clooney, P. Sellers, C. Chaplin, J. Lemmon, R. De Niro, M. Caine, A. Pacino, J. Nicholson, J. Mason, J. Depp, D. Day-Lewis, S. Penn, T. Hanks, R. Gosling |
| Writers I respect |
All writers, anyone with guts and drive to do it. Respect. |
| My desert island discs |
Fugazi - Red Medicine/ J Dilla - Doughnuts/ Duke Ellington - Money Jungle |
| Books I have given my friends |
Love and Rockets Vol. 1/ The Invisibles/ Swamp Thing/ Kafka on the Shore |
| My death row meal |
Steak, medium rare, a caesar salad, and a ginger Kombucha |
| The best thing I own |
A soul. |
| More about me |
Brooklyn is shining 4ever - Ivar wuz here 2012 |