So who am I? My name is Matthew Ramsaur and I am 20 years old. I have always been into film and video since I was about 7. I didn't know it much at that time. But I remember getting our families big JVC VHS camcorder and filming every event that our family went to. I also remember getting my cousins together at family events to make little skits and I would film it. So that's how where it all started. Then by the time I was in 4th grade I met a kid named Walter Woods who is now one of my closest friends. He was into filmmaking. I can't remember much of 4th grade. So skip a few years to the 7th grade. He was my inspiration to get this going. Acted in a couple of his little shorts. I then finally got to see him in editing. When watching it was so new and just way too cool when I saw him. I've never seen anyone do it before. I then went home and had a lot of movie and video game trailers. Got those and put them all in Windows Movie Maker and edited something for my first time. Then I came across a still picture camera we had that also had a switch to do video. I didn't mind the terrible video and audio quality at all. Made a couple of short films from then all till my freshman year of high school. Then I bought my very first DV Camera. A Canon ZR100. It was way too cool. I also bought my first mac. A Mac Mini and edited on iMovie. I then made a lot of short films including my very first 22 minute longer short film. It was a WWII film starring friends from high school. I also entered my very first film festival. At the Louisiana Film Festival. I made the top selection for my first time with a short film titled "Christian". Junior year came and I bought my very first HD camera. They were very expensive at the time. I got me a Canon HV10. I got it so I could make my Eagle Scout project for Boy Scouts. I made a Short Film about the dangers of drinking while driving called "Drinking and Driving". "Drinking and Driving" got top 21 at a film festival in NYC. Was the best day of my life.
Today I still own the Canon ZR100 along with the Canon HV10. I also now have the upgrade of the HV10, the HV20. A great camera that supports the 24p frame rate. Would love to have a RED or Scarlet or Canon 7D one day. I edit on my MacBook with Final Cut Pro and a few other programs. I have entered many film festival and have made many short films along with many videos for clients now. I have gotten to be an extra in a few films to obtain experience of how a professional film set works, and have gotten to work crew on video sets and film sets.
It's been a blast and I hope to continue it as a blast. I am currently job hunting to move to Shreveport, LA. I might not find a job involving media but I'll need something till I can get a media job. I do have a lot of feature film ideas in mind that I hope to put to film soon.
So I hope who all read this got a little bit to know me here. I'm just very glad that I am involved in film. I don't know what else I'd be doing if I didn't come to this profession. My name is Matthew Ramsaur with Ramsaur Films and I am a filmmaker.
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