Resume & Demo Reel
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MICHAEL COPLAN SCHAPIRO
Sound Design | Recording | Music | Composition | Interactive Design
 | 1226 N. Fuller Ave #16, West Hollywood CA, 90046 | 1-323-795-2929 | mike@mikeschapiro.com (References available upon request.) Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sound Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2006 Minor, Interactive and Game Design. |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SOUND/MUSIC PROJECTS, 2008-2010
| •Sound Designer, Gametracks (a division of Danetracks), 7356 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, December 2008 – Present Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One (VG) Insomniac Creature Vocals and Additional In-Game Cinematic Sounds for Yeti Enemy Diablo III (VG) Blizzard Additional In-Game Environmental Object Sound Design SHIFT 2: Unleashed (VG) EA Main Menu User Interface Sound Design World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (VG) Blizzard Creature, Ambience, and Doodad In-Game Sound Design Blur (VG) Activision In-game Sound Effects Design and User Interface Sound Design Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne (VG) NCSoft In-Game Creature Sound Effects and Vocal Design for Expansion Pack Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing (VG) SEGA Sound Designer for Tradeshow Trailer Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (VG) Activision Sound Designer: Cinematics X-Men Origins: Wolverine (VG) Activision Sound Designer: Cinematics Monsters Vs. Aliens (VG) Activision Sound Designer: Cinematics •Editor, Engineer, Danetracks, Inc, 7356 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, October 2008 – Present Unknown White Male “Geronimo” Theatrical Trailer Apprentice Sound Editor (MPEG) The Cabin In The Woods, director, Drew Goddard (Release: 2011) Apprentice Sound Editor (MPEG) Chum, director, Gavin Carlton (Release 2010) Supervising Sound Editor Outrage, director, Kirby Dick (Release 2009) Audio Engineering Support The Call, directors, David and Jerusha Kiang Sound Editor The Day The Earth Stood Still, director, Scott Derrickson (Release 2008) Danetracks Mix Stage Editorial Systems Engineer (uncredited) •Additional design/management projects at Danetracks: 2008-Present •Created and managed production of letterhead logos, graphics and headquarter signage, and other marketing materials. •Designed custom software using Max/MSP. •Recorded foley, field, and SFX sounds. •Organized archival library and designed company database. •Sound Editor at Soundswild, Inc, 7356 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA The Wayshower, director, Jsu Garcia Hard Effects and Sound Design |
FREELANCE SOUND EXPERIENCE 2002-2010
| The Klare Project, independent short animated film, dir. Drew Newman Sound Editor and Mixer Trivia For Suits, Online video game show, produced by Visualplasma Media, Chicago, IL. Audio recordist/boom operator for cutaway shots and trivia questions. eBay Testimonials, online video production, SpaceMan Media, New York, NY. Audio recordist at the DO Division/Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, IL. The Catch, proposed pilot for the Outdoor Network, Standoff Studios, Lincolntown, GA. Lead Post-production sound. 12 Fl Oz, narrative film directed by Dalton Harpe, Dublin, GA. Supplementary production sound. Growing Down, narrative film directed by Jeremy Bowditch; Savannah, GA Lead Production sound, post-production editing and mixing. Untitled album by Seven Gates to Elsewhere, Savannah, GA. Recordist; Stereo mixing and engineering. Untitled cuts by 6’7” (rap artist), at Channel 1 Productions, Bluffton, SC. Vocal recording, mixing/remixing MIDI tracks. Heart, Sword, Perseverance, documentary film, directed by Andrew Bush. Tokyo, Japan. Location sound, post-production editing and mixing. CGMusic, Evanston, Evanston, IL. Chris Granner, principal. Composed several tracks of music for The Sopranos pinball game, produced by Stern Pinball. Sound-edited samples for Elvis pinball game. Edited and integrated vocal tracks for “WWE Raw 3,” X-Box video game. Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA. Lectured on Propellerheads’ Reason 2.5 and 3.0 for Prof. Rob Miller. Presented MIDI curriculum in the Digidesign ProTools 101 certification course. Teller/Madsen Museum Design, Chicago, Illinois As paid intern: redesigned website, helped design interactive kiosks and demo CD’s. Block Gallery of Art, Northwestern University/Evanston Township High school, 2002 Curated, designed, installed and composed original music for “9-11, Visions, Sounds and Words,” an electronic exhibit showcasing student responses to 9-11. |
PROFICIENCIES
| Extremely quick study in any studio or production hardware and software. Software: Avid Protools 5 through 9; Waves, McDSP, GRM, Soundtoys, Serato, Melodyne, and Izotope plugins; Cycling '74 Max/MSP/Jitter, Native Instruments Reaktor and Komplete; Propellerheads' Reason, Recycle, Record; Steinberg Cubase; Adobe Creative Suite. FMOD EX. SoundMiner. Hardware: Avid Protools HD systems and consoles; Production gear such as the Wendt X5, PSC Alphamix, Sound Devices 442; boom operation; hard disk recorders such as the Fostex FR2, Sound Devices 722, Korg MR1000, and various DAT systems. |
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
| Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) First Place in Avant Garde/Electronic category, Composition Competition, 2001, Peoria, Illinois Second Annual Illinois Student Technology Conference, 1999. Student presenter. Was only Freshman chosen by high school to present. Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia: Dean's List; Combined Merit II Scholarship Custer's Last Stand, professional art fair, Evanston, IL, 2000. Made/sold comic Sculpey figurines. |
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
| Graduate, Evanston Township High School, 2002
Rising Star Program, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2001 High School Institute, Columbia College, Chicago, 2000 |
(References available upon request)