702's local, national and international client list has been built by its owners, Rob Gatti and Mark Ott, during their combined 30 years of experience in television and commercial production. Since its inception, 702 has been able to offer well-rounded services to high-end clients that include R&R Partners, Schadler Kramer Group (SKG) Advertising, HKM Productions and MGM MIRAGE Corporate Services.
702's services include cutting edge audio and video production, copywriting, producing, live show directing, certified legal videography, still photography and dynamic, state-of-the-art post production services.



ROB GATTI
Owner & Director of Production
rob@702productions.tv

Originally from New York, Rob Gatti has been based in Las Vegas for almost 15 years. Rob lived in Las Vegas previously for about two years and began taking classes in editing and ENG at UNLV. Unfortunately, Rob' s plans were put on hold after an accident forced him to move back to New York for a period of time.

During his recuperation, Rob volunteered at Continental Cablevision, the local cable network. Rob' s extensive experience as a broadcast videographer and producer/director began during his time at Continental where he shot, wrote, directed and produced community event shows. During this time, Rob helmed many sports and music themed products, which would prove to be a staple of his future professional career. Rob also produced several documentaries including A Story of Trains, a copy of which was requested by Frank Sinatra (an avid train enthusiast) for his personal collection.

In 1991, Rob returned to Las Vegas to bring his accumulated knowledge and experience into the vastly diversified production market. He started work at KTNV 13 as a studio cameraman, but soon his videography skills were noticed by ABCs 20/20 and Primetime live and he became their freelancer of choice. In a short time he was key videographer for several production companies and networks.

From 1992 – 1994 Rob served as videographer for ESPN's Fly Fishing the World, and Fly Fishing America Series as well as TNN' s North American Sportsman. Rob' s world wide travel to Africa, South America, Mexico and Canada greatly enhanced his production skills and experience.

In 1994, Rob co-founded Dreamsource Productions which to date has been responsible for the production of over 400 action-adventure shows. Some of Dreamsource's clients include ESPN, TNN, MTV/VH1, Fox, Discovery and ABC. At the forefront of the current poker show explosion, Dreamsource has produced U.S. Poker Championship, World Series of Poker, World Poker Open and in 2002, brought poker to Primetime on ESPN. When not producing poker, Rob was also the key freelance videographer for Vh1 and MTV and ABC.

An accomplished, high-end videographer, Rob is also a certified Stedi-cam operator. With a passion for telling stories through pictures, Rob is a versatile videographer who is well qualified to shoot in any format. Rob is also an experienced field producer whose visual acumen adds a higher level of professionalism to any project.

This year, Rob has been honing his skills as a producer and gaining further production experience shooting reality shows like Las Vegas Wedding Unveiled, Lifetime Channel' s Weddings and rap star Missy Elliot' s new reality show while also line producing for CBS's poker series.



MARK OTT
Owner & Director of Post Production
mark@702productions.tv

With degrees in both engineering and broadcast technology, Mark Ott has immersed himself in emerging technologies since his early teenage years. Beginning his professional career in television production as both an editor and camera operator on The Jerry Springer Show in his native Ohio, Mark' s richly diverse production skills continued to evolve as he moved into television news. While working as a producer/director for the ABC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio, Mark developed an interest in editing. Here he added online and offline editing to his list of production skills.

Mark landed in Las Vegas in 1999 following a three-year stint as an online editor at Barrett Productions in Missoula, Montana. While at Barrett, Mark edited programs for air on ESPN, ESPN2, TNN and PBS. Mark' s return to Las Vegas, where he lived and worked for a short time in 1997, was prompted by a job offer from Encore Productions. Serving as both an online and offline editor at Encore, Mark' s client list expanded globally to include television editing for Premiere Network in Germany and Sky Sports in the UK among others.
After his time at Encore, Mark moved on to Century Productions where his client base as an online and offline editor continued to grow. As an editor at Century, Mark worked with clients from all over the world editing everything from commercial and corporate to narrative projects with a wide range of budget levels. His clients included Taco Bell, Pepsi, Ford, Microsoft, ABC, MTV, VH-1, Showtime. As Mark developed relationships with these clients, many of them urged him to go out of his own as an editor and encouraged him by offering their business if he did.



RICHARD DEFRIES
Operations Manager
rick@702productions.tv

Rick graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Kansas State University. He first became involved in broadcasting and production in 1981 as a weekend DJ for an FM radio station in Kansas. From there, he worked in a succession of television stations in Kansas and Texas doing everything from engineering and production to news, promotions, and programming. During this time he was involved in founding two low-power and two full-power start-up television stations. In 1994, he moved to Las Vegas, where he joined Century Productions as Director of Client Services. Under Rick's guidance, he helped expand that facility and grow it's client base prior to its sale in 2003. In January, 2006, Rick joined 702 Productions as Operations Manager with the goal of making 702 Productions the most cutting edge High Definition production facility in Nevada.


JOHN STOCKER
Senior Editor
johns@702productions.tv

John Stocker, born in San Diego and raised in Salt Lake City, is truly a son of the Southwest.  After working as an editor in Salt Lake City, he moved to Las Vegas in 1996 where he has been Senior Editor for Post Digital and Encore Productions, and now 702 Productions.  John’s experience includes a stint on the CBS television series “Promised Land,” and lead editor for the Discovery Channel series, “Casino Diaries.”  John has received many Ema, Addy, and Aurora Awards for his editing work and confesses to being a Stars Wars, Video Games, Computers, and Avid Editing Systems junkie.

 

 


 

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