Kate Franklin
I am an Assistant Editor and Graduate of University of Southern California majoring in Film and Television Production.
Take a look at my editing reel here:
My Story
I am a feature editor and filmmaker that has a passion for rock music, video games, and AVID Media Composer. Growing up as a lover of STEM and the arts, it felt like I would never find something that I could fall in love with as a job. I grew up learning how to play piano and guitar, how to paint, how to act, and how to draw. I grew incredibly fond of space and the astrophysics behind the stars. However, after taking some film classes in middle school and learning how to edit in Premiere Pro, it clicked! Editing was the perfect mix of technology and the arts that I craved. It was serendipitous!
I have been passionate about filmmaking since I was 11 years old, when I first started taking film classes in 5th grade. Since then, I continued the pursuit of filmmaking at the University of Southern California as a Film and Television Production major. There, I was making and editing films - bringing mine, and other people’s, visions to life. I am proficient in Premiere Pro, AVID, and Davinci Resolve. I plan on continuing my career as a feature editor, as it is what I enjoy the most in the filmmaking process.
Work experience
Geiger Post / Assistant Editor
ASSISTANT WORK
Facilitated LTOs to archive media and shows using YoYotta
VFX Assisted with greenscreen, paint work, rotoscoping, and compositing
GFX by creating credits, lower thirds, and assisted with live show graphics
Transcoded, synced, and grouped multicam proxy footage and live show workflows
Versatile in prepping locked sequences for online and uprezzing shows in Avid and Resolve using AAF and associated media from offline
Geiger Post / Editing Intern through the Television Academy Foundation
ASSISTANT WORK
Ingested media using various workflows: AMA and transcode, generate proxy media via Resolve and indexed through Avid media directory.
Delivered IMFs, VAMs/CTMs (.TIFF), QC for delivery of SDR and HDR content for delivery portals such as Backlot, MediaShuttle, and Media Monorail for Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Peacock, and other individual clients.
Siren Salon / Editor
NFFTY SELECTION
Worked in collaborative editing environments (remote and in person) with co-editors and assistant editors using AVID
Delivered H.264 and 4K Stereo + 5.1 direct out exports for different viewing platforms including creating a DCP with embedded subtitles using DCP-O-Matic
The Date Whisperer & Study of a Killer / Assistant Editor
MADE FOR TV MOVIES
Recorded daily footage report for DIT and script supervisor
Ingested and organized footage, edited scenes, and created offline H.264 and ProRes 422 HQ exports in Premiere Pro
USC SCA / Editing Student Assistant
LOS ANGELES, CA
Created, taught, and replicated introductory tutorials for Avid, Resolve, Premiere, and After Effects including: creating NTSC 30i, 1080, 2K DCI Full, and 4K DCI Full projects, organizing projects, AMA linking and transcoding, shared bins across projects and Nexis workspaces, subclipping, syncing/grouping, multicam editing, Avid Symphony, round-tripping from and to Resolve, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and AVID, using Fusion, AVID, Premiere, and After Effects to track and rotoscoping objects.
USC Post-Production Front Desk / Lead Tech
LOS ANGELES, CA
Assisted with errors, resolved issues, and answered questions regarding multiple editing softwares including Premiere Pro, AVID, Resolve, and After Effects
Education
August 2020 - May 2024, LOS ANGELES, CA
University of Southern California/Film and Television Production