Mark Bradley is a Canadian Screen Award/Leo Award-nominated editor & producer with over 27 years of experience.
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“To me, the essence of a great editor is the ability to concentrate on story and immerse yourself in the footage. Mark exemplifies these traits.
Mark never fails to find the unique, often forgotten, little moments of humour, or pathos. Be those in the character’s voice or in images, he always manages to cleverly link these to the larger story. Again, a testament to his patience and concentration level.”
— Ian T. (Director, Producer, Cinematographer)“The quality of a picture edit has a direct impact on a composer's work. The pacing, the rhythm, and the emotional beats of a cut all shape how music is written and where it lands.
Mark's edits consistently gave me a strong foundation to work from, with a clear sense of story and timing that made the scoring process intuitive. I found his work to be thoughtful and well-crafted across a significant body of episodes.”
— Jacqueline P. (Composer)Skills
Editor Skills
• DaVinci Resolve (Mac OS).
• Documentary storytelling by creating the right tone, pacing, finding humour, and developing the character of documentary subjects.
• Creating titles, reframing shots, adjusting audio levels.
• Using AI transcripts to locate audio.
• Adding music, narration, sound effects.
• Ingesting footage and exporting cuts.
• Troubleshooting hardware and software problems.
• Listening to feedback, and incorporating notes from producers, directors, and broadcasters.
Producer Skills
• Creative role, from concept to completion.
• Writing creative materials and designing one-sheets with Adobe Illustrator.
• Pitching broadcasters at film festivals, including Banff, Whistler, Hot Docs.
• Creating project budgets.
• Coordinating local, Canada-wide, and international documentary shoots.
• Providing notes on rough and fine cuts.
• Completing interim and final cost reports and communicating results to other producers and funders.
• Submitting completed projects to national and international film festivals.
• Business Affairs management, including submission of federal and provincial tax credit applications, CRTC, funding applications, contracts, chain of title documentation, and release forms.
• Promotion, including press kit writing/design, project website design, social media writing/posting.