Tracy (Tray) Duncan
13006 Garfield Lane
Austin Texas, 78727
Tduncan@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-217-9509

Objective: Entry-Level Post Production, DVFilm

Summary of Qualifications

•	Team production experience in academic and professional settings
•	Experience in graphic design and post production
•	High level of performance in academic work
•	Sound recording, composition, and mixing experience

Work Experience/ Relevant Accomplishments

August 2002-Present
MFA Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
College of Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film
•	Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in film production
•	Produced, Co-Directed, and edited Puro Mariachi, a short documentary that has been accepted/screened at CinéFestival (San Antonio), Ciné Las Americas (Austin), and the New York International Latino Film Festival.
•	Recently completed How Beep is Your Love, a short narrative film shot of 16mm and MiniDV, featuring extensive color work, and matte/composite shots.
•	Teaching Assistant for Production Design and Convergent Media.
•	Motion Graphics artist for Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer, a feature documentary directed by Nancy Schiesari, premiered on PBS’ Independent Lens.

May 2002-Present
Animator/Editor, Medivision, Inc.
(www.medivision.com)
•	Producer, animator and editor for CME (Continuing Medical Education) and Patient Training materials.
•	Clients include National Stroke Association, Élan Biopharmaceuticals, Teva pharmaceuticals, National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

August 1999-May 2002
Undergraduate Student, University of Texas at Austin
College of Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Convergent media track (cm.utexas.edu)
•	Graduated in May 2002 with a 3.93 G.P.A (University)/ 4.0 G.P.A. (College of Communications/ School of Business). 
•	Completed the UT Business Foundations minor- Spring Semester 2002
•	Team member (Fall 2001) for NASA market re-positioning and advertising media project.
•	Team member for the Folded project (www.folded.org). Work presented at SIGGRAPH 2002 and Prix ARS conferences.
•	Work on several large-scale, semester-long projects including an 8-room narrative installation, and a live motion-capture to MIDI performance piece. Documentation is available on the Convergent Media homepage.
•	Team member for the short film “Experiments between Celluloid and Canvas”, exhibited at the Flicker film festival April 2002
•	Training and production experience on design/media programs:
•	Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects
•	Alias Wavefront: Maya
•	Avid NLE (Xpress, Xpress DV, Film Composer)
•	Apple: Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro
•	Auto.Des.Sys: Form*Z (3d modeling/ visualization)
•	Discreet: 3D Studio MAX, Combustion
•	Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Director, Flash
Contact: Samantha Krukowski (Samantha@rasa.net) 

March 2001-November 2001
Blue World Music, Inc. (www.blueworldmusic.com)
Intern / Studio Technician / Graphic Designer
•	Extensive recording experience with both Digidesign Pro-Tools Digital Audio Workstation and 24-track Studer 2” analog tape
•	Experience recording and mixing with an SSL G+ console
•	Experience with outboard equipment use and maintenance
•	Experience as a tutor for audio software and recording
•	Experience with composition, sound design, and ADR
•	Composed music for use on Fox’s America’s Most Wanted 
•	Experience with DVD menu and animation production for Blue World Music and Gina Fant-Saez, featuring Internet-accessible song catalog databases, lyric videos, music videos and motion menus.
•	Experience planning, shooting, and editing music videos for Gina Fant-Saez and Rumacea (www.rumacea.com)
Contacts: Gina Fant-Saez (Gina@blueworldmusic.com)
		      Annette Reed (Annette@blueworldmusic.com)			
	
1994-current
Musician/Songwriter/DJ
•	Currently producing music for possible distribution by Baroque/Method Records (www.baroquerecords.co.uk)
•	Experience with Computer-based project studio recording/mixing/mastering
•	Experience with sound design, recording, and audio software.
•	Extensive experience with synthesizer sound design and sampling
•	Training on guitar, bass, brass instruments and sitar
•	Extensive experience with dance/electronic music writing and recording
•	Composed DJ/Live performance for turntables and string quartet that premiered at the Frank Erwin Center, Austin TX, in April 2002.
•	Production/Mix engineer for Still Thirsty, the debut album from the Austin-based band (Sept 2002). 

December 1997- March 2001
Clay and Leyendecker, Inc.
Land Surveyor/ Technician:
•	Worked during school vacations and summers
•	Experience with surveying hardware (TDS/ Topcon total station) and Software (COGO/ AutoCAD)
•	Designed and Implemented company networking and intranet system.
Contact: David Leyendecker (DavidLeyen@aol.com)