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Roberto Colella

Rome

Summary

Location Sound Engineer and Boom Operator with a rich portfolio of work in Italy, Europe and abroad, particularly Brazil, Peru, India, Mauritania, Morocco and Ethiopia.

Excellent knowledge of all the technical aspects related to professional audio systems, as I own professional high level equipment for location sound 
recording.

Excellent ability to work in team.

Outstanding communication skills and high level of flexibility, which have allowed me to take parts in various projects, as well as cooperate and interact with different
 partners and stakeholders from show business and multimedia industries.

Strong orientation to problem-solving and very good organizational skills.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Location Sound Engineer and Boom Operator

Freelance
10.2009 - Current

My field of expertise mainly concerns location sound recording and mixing. As a Sound Engineer and Boom Operator, I have contributed to the realization of several documentaries, fiction films - both short and feature films - web series, TV commercials, interviews and television services.

Dubbing Sound Engineer

Groove Studio Sas
09.2010 - 06.2014

Sound recording, synchronization and mixing with Pro Tools HD 10 and Logic Pro 9 systems.

Education

Master of Arts - Master in Institutional Advertising, Multimedia

Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Florence, Italy
05-2009

Master of Arts - Radio, Show-business And Multimedia Languages

Università Degli Studi Di Siena
Siena, Italy
04-2007

Skills

  • Boom operator
  • Good command of Sounddevices mixers, Sennheiser, Lectrosonics
  • Wireless systems management (Wisycom, Sennheiser, Lectrosonics, Audio Limited)
  • Hide lavalier microphones under clothing
  • Field recording
  • Stereo Recording techniques

Additional Information

I am an eclectic musician and dj with a keen interest in jazz and rock and I attended the courses of Accademia Musicale Siena Jazz. Over the years, I have recorded several albums with different bands as well as participated in tours across Italy, Europe and United States. In addition I have composed soundtracks for film projects. Nowdays I'm bass player of the post punk band Big Mountain County and neo soul band Fabric.

Driving licence B

Member of Skeldon Società Cooperativa

Languages

English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish
Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Dubbing Sound Engineer

Groove Studio Sas
09.2010 - 06.2014

Location Sound Engineer and Boom Operator

Freelance
10.2009 - Current

Master of Arts - Master in Institutional Advertising, Multimedia

Università Degli Studi Di Firenze

Master of Arts - Radio, Show-business And Multimedia Languages

Università Degli Studi Di Siena
Roberto Colella