Arda Erdikmen (MA) (a.k.a. Arda Öncü)

 

Beykent University, Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Cinema & Television Sıraselviler Cad. No.111 Beyoğlu 34437 İstanbul

url: http://www.veanewmedia.com/ardae phone: (212)-243-0273 fax: (212)-273-0278 e-mail: arda@beykent.edu.tr

Citizenship: Turkey

 

EDUCATION

 

• 2003-2005: Beykent University, İstanbul, Turkey. MA. in the Cinema&TV Department,

• 1999-2003: Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. B.S. in Visual Communication and Design

• 1994-1996: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. P.S. in American Literature

• 1989-1993: Kartal Technical High School, İstanbul, Turkey – Department of Electric and Electronics

 

CERTIFICATION

 

• 1996-1998: Z1 Film School, İstanbul, Turkey, Certificate of Animation and Cinema Studies

 

POSITION and WORK EXPERIENCE

 

• 2006-present: Founder of Vea New Media – Multimedia & Design Co.

• 2004-present: Beykent University, İstanbul, Turkey. Lecturer

• 2003-2004: Beykent University, İstanbul, Turkey. Teaching Assistant.

• 2002-2003: Alfavizyon Film Production Internship.

• 1996-2002: Various Computer Coding and Animation Projects for Compaines

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

• Visual Effects in Cinema

• Visual Perception in Film Continuity

• Soft Cinema

• Crossplatform Computing

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

• 2003-present: Teaching Following Courses in Beykent University:

–        Film Editing I-II-III as Lecturer (Cinema & TV Dept. Y.I,II&III)

–        Visual Communication Projects I-II as Lecturer(Communication and Design Year.IV)

–        Digital Production Projects I-II as Lecturer(Communication and Design Dept Y.III)

–        Video and Sound Editing I-II as Lecturer (Communication and Design Dept Y.III)

–        Illustration I-II as Teaching Assistant (Communication and Design Dept Y.I)

–        Directing I as Lecturer (Cinema & TV Dept.)

–        Sceenwriting I as Lecturer (Cinema & TV dept.)

–        Multimedia I-II as Lecturer (Plastic Arts dept.)

–        Web Design I-II as lecturer (Communication and Design Dept)

–        3D Modelling & Animation as Lecturer(Communication and Design Dept)

 

 

 

• 2002-2003: Special Lessons at Maltepe University for the courses:

–        Basics of Film Editing

–        Non-linear Video Editing

 

• 1998-2003: Private Tutor,

–        Teaching video editing to high school students, individuals and professionals

–        Teaching Digital Video Systems

–        Teaching Introduction to Structured Programming: Basic

–        Teaching Fast Web Design and Programming in Perl Course for Small Groups

–        Teaching Introduction to Computers

 

AWARDS

 

• 2004: GBAX 2004 – International ARM9 Pocket Computing Competition, Newcastle, England
      1st Prize

• 2003: Aydın Doğan Foundation 13.Young Communicators Award, İstanbul, Turkey

   Internet broadcasting Category – Best Web Design Award, 1st prize

 

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES and OCCURENCES:

 

• 2004: Akbank Shortfilm Festival – Selective Jury

 

WORKSHOPS (as Lecturer)

 

• 2005: Akbank Shortfilm Festival – “Arda Erdikmen Editing Workshop” (1 Week)

• 2006: IFSAK – “Arda Erdikmen Film Editing Workshop” (8 Weeks)

 

NOTABLE PERSONAL PRODUCTIONS:

 

• 2003: “the Fly” 3D animation project featuring inverse kinematics and cloth physics presented in a DVD including animated menus, behind the scenes, creator commentary.

• 2003: “kisafilm.org” Award Winning Student Shortfilm Portal.

• 2002: “Netsayar: a Freeware Popular Dial-up Tool” award winning tool. Downloaded and used by 150000+ users. It still has more than 10000 active users nationwide.

• 2002: “Medialist/Novalist” User Management Utility for Large or Massive Media Companies. Currently in use at ShowTV Broadcasting and Novamedia Publishing.

 

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

• 2006: BodrumArt Festival Installation Project: "Virus is here!"  Guided Montage

• 2003-Present: Mentoring for Numerous (150+) Film Projects.

• 2003: Aytekin, H. “Maltepe University Informative Film” complete editing and production

• 2002: Evci, S. “The man who seeks for the red” award winning documentary film production

• 2002: Hakyemez, M. “Cihan is here” award winning short film with complete video editing

• 2001: Hakyemez, M.  “Tabela Şov” award winning documentary film with complete video editing, production and camera

• 2000: Evci, S. “You or your dream” multi-award winning shortfilm complete video editing and sound production

 

 

 

 

CV updated: 06.10.2006