While I’ve branched out into many other areas of the communications industry in recent years, the vast majority of my career has been spent as a television producer. I have been very fortunate to be associated with some of sport’s most prestigious live events, including six editions of the World Cup of Soccer, the UEFA Champions League and the first ever multilingual telecast of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada.
For close to three decades, I supervised daily, weekly and occasional special event news and sports productions for national television networks such as TLN TV and OMNI TV.
But I have also been involved in the development of a number of other productions, including television promotions, commercials, interstitials and miniseries, as well as corporate videos and podcasts.
Earlier this year, I was recruited to oversee a segment for the YeeHong Foundation’s annual Dragon Ball live streamed across multiple online platforms and recently broadcast nationally on Rogers’ OMNI TV.
As segment producer for the live stream’s cooking demo, I was excited to work with established Toronto chef Ken Yau who prepared a typical Asian dish of fish balls with curry sauce, a popular street food in Hong Kong, especially during Lunar New Year festivities. Working with a small but talented crew, under the supervision of YeeHong Foundation representatives, we captured the essence of the dish with its complex flavours and how it brought generations of families together.
After selecting the key scenes in post-production, and some final packaging, the end result was the four-minute video that appeared during the second half of the live stream. I’m very proud to have contributed to this prestigious event that has been viewed by thousands.
As an experienced, award-winning producer, I bring a wealth of knowledge, creativity and versatility to any production, and I have taken on many roles from scriptwriting to talent recruitment to post production editing and packaging. I have worked with teams of two to two dozen and have collaborated with many talented and accomplished colleagues who are highly successful and respected in the industry.
If your organization is looking for an experienced, detailed and creative producer for any size production, reach out to me by email at: alfdeblasis@gmail.com.
Here’s a link to the 2022 YeeHong Foundation Dragon Ball livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phzF5YRxX6o.
To sample some of my other work, visit my YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvwajn4LX3Sc-JhL_gRBhcQ/videos for my library of visual productions and, for my catalogue of audio productions, see my podcast page here: http://italian.itoc.ca/podcastfilter/alf-de-blasis-podcast/
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