Get Your House in Order - Reef TV
, England
2012 - Researcher
"Get Your House in Order"
- Researcher on TX Pilot C4 Daytime
- Sarah Beeny assesses 3 houses on the market where the owners' have struggled to sell. She gives her helpful tips and aids them on their way to sale success.
- Casting research for vendors, houses and buyers through Estate Agents in the South East.
- Organising and shooting the taster tapes of the recces on my own.
Development on various projects - Shine TV
, United Kingdom
2011 - Development Researcher
- Working in the Factual and Factual Entertainment Development Team on numerous development projects.
- Shooting talent and contributor taster tapes on Canon XF305.
- Sync pulling taster tapes and editing them with an Edit Assistant.
- Talent and contributor casting/research, organising their filming, researching facts for treatments, etc.
- Brain storming with the development team.
Cooks to Market - Splash Media
, England
2011 - Researcher
• Development of Sky 1 cookery pilot to be made into a series. Bringing amateur cooks to the market and ultimately creating a sellable product.
• Contestant finding
• Filming of contributor and talent taster tapes.
• Writing of Contestant blogs
• Location finding, reccying and clearing
• Talks with Supermarket Buyers to get their involvement to be panalists and reviewers of the contestants' product.
The Great British Food Revival - Outline Productions
, England
2011 - Researcher
- Fact and statistics finding for specific UK foods and the farming industry.
- Writing briefs and creating arguments for why specifics foods should be used in the show.
- Organising the shooting schedule.
- Finding and organising contributors and locations - farms, producers and small local producers, experts.
- On location with P/D and a diverse array of celebrity Chef talent - Gary Rhodes, Valentine Warner, Raymond Blanc, Matt Tebbutt, Ainsley Harriott and Antonio Carluccio - providing facts for PTCs and I/Vs.
- Shooting Researcher/2nd camera for Raymond Blanc's "Plum" episode on the Canon XF305.
Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance - Outline Productions
, England
2011 - Junior Researcher
Junior Researcher
Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance (C4 July 2011 - Jo Frost aka Supernanny tackles parenting problems across the UK)
- Casting research for contributors by talking to families of potential case studies.
- Researching families on parenting websites, forums, schools, leisure centres, playgroups, childminders and nurseries.
- Location research & clearances, release form responsibility
- Two man team with P/D filming casting recces and follow ups of families with Canon XF305 and EX3 with Nanoflash.
- Assisting storylines in the edit with P/D to create fast turnaround 30 x 5min tapes in 10 weeks.
- Writing the questions & schedule for the shoot, writing post recce debriefs, building relationship with contributors.
- Shoot lighting set up + night vision cameras.
Educating Essex - Twofour
, England
2010 - Locations Assistant
Location Runner / Camera Assistant
"Educating Essex" (September 2011 - C4) - 8 x 60 mins Fixed rig OB Doc
- Assistant to PD in two man team on location in the school, boom operation, and Z5 kit organisation.
- Researching information about key characters within the year group and throughout the term and identifying story lines.
- Shooting and spending an intense amount of time with under 16 year olds, acting with sensitivity in order to gain the trust of them, their families and the teachers of the school in order to attain information to update biogs.
Comedy Roast II - Monkey Kingdom
, England
2010 - Junior Researcher
- Researching and reccying locations for V/T shoots.
- Assisting in the organisation and bookings of locations.
- Location Assistant on shoots.
- Data Wrangling on shoot.
- Boom Operating on shoot.
- V/T props researching.
- Production development meetings for comedy sketches.
- Archive clip researching of Barbara Windsor, Davina McCall, Martin Sheen.
The Great British Hairdresser - Splash Media
, England
2010 - Runner
"The Great British Hairdresser" (Spring 2011 - E4) Entertainment Reality Show with Abbey Clancy and James Brown
- Assistant to Talent, Task Producer, Production Manager & Researchers on location & in the office.
- Living in the contestant house with Casting Producer.
- Assisting from audition studio stage to final: dealing with contestants, evictees and finalists' problems.
- Art department preparation in setting up and maintaining Elstree studio salon, Richmond salon and contestants' house.
A Farmers' Life for Me - Splash Media
, England
2010 - Camera Assistant
- (Spring 2011) Factual entertainment reality competition for BBC 2.
- Talent Runner to Jimmy Doherty.
- Assistant to Series Director, Senior Producer, Digi Cam Camera man and Soundman.
- Camera assistant on location.
- On location logging, responsible for release forms and looking after contestants.
- Assisting in researching tasks for Task Team, speaking to local shops and companies, and assisting in co-ordinating shoots when Presenter was not on location.
Episodes - Hat Trick
, England
2010 - Runner
Production Runner
- Pre and production assistance to Co-ordinator, Secretary, Accountant, Line Producer and ADs at Office & Unit base.
- Responsible for script organisation and sides distribution, 1/8ths breakdown, purchase orders, clearance organisation.
- Rushes runner, call sheet distribution, providing hospitality to crew, cast, and writers.
X-Factor - talkbackTHAMES
, England
2010 - Runner
- Weekend 1st round auditions tour runner.
- Assistant to the Production team on the floor.
- Contestant calling at Manchester and London auditions.
Solitude - Lack of Silence Productions http://solitudefilm.moonfruit.com/#
, England
2010 - Runner
Production Runner on 4 day shoot for independent short festival film.
26th Feb - 1st March 2010
- Location running duties
- Logging of shots
- Assistance in RED camera set up.
- Driving of equipment van.
- Collection of lighting equipment.
- Crew and cast hospitality.
- Assistant to Producer, Carolina Sganzerla, and
DOP, Hamish Doyne-Ditmas.
Filthy Rotten Scoundrels - Leopard Films
, England
2010 - Locations Assistant
- 15 x 45mins BBC1 Daytime factual series about environmental crime.
- Assistant to Director on location in a close knit two-man team.
- Managed release forms, floats, tape stock, labelling.
- On-location logging.
- Location photos.
- Driving from location to location.
- Meeting and greeting contributors.
- Door knocking to follow up leads and developing researched stories.
FDM - Music video - New Treatment
, England
2010 - Runner
- Assistant to Producer on location.
- Lighting equipment set up and de-rig.
- Music video shoot.
Britain's Got Talent - Talkback Thames
, United Kingdom
2009 - Runner
- Same as below but at Birmingham auditions.
Bobby Fisher (Autumn 2010) - Moxie Firecracker Films, Brooklyn, NY, USA
, United Kingdom
2009 - Production Assistant
Bobby Fisher - BBC Storyville/HBO feature documentary (Autumn 2010)
Moxie Firecracker Films, Brooklyn, New York http://www.moxiefirecracker.com/index.php
- London based contact for NY Production company. Assisting Producer and Director at UK locations.
- Organised location finalisations, entertained contributors/talent, van and lighting hire, lunches, organised additional Runner/Production Assistant hire.
Eastenders: The Greatest Cliffhangers - BBC Entertainment
, United Kingdom
2009 - Runner
Logger / Archive Researcher
- Archive researching Eastenders episodes for BBC Three 3 x 60mins for 25th anniversary.
- Development for sequence ideas, title, and interviews of classic cast members.
- Logging each character.
Britain's Got Talent - Talkback Thames
, Scotland
2009 - Runner
- Glasgow, Cardiff, and London Auditions Runner
- Filming contestants' auditions using a Sony DSR PD-150.
- Own time coding and tape logging.
- Assistant to Producers and Production team in hectic entertainment show environment.
One Man and His Dog - Between the Eyes
, England
2009 - Runner
- Production Runner
- Assistant to Producer
- Short festival film directed by Johnny Hopkins. Produced by Maddy Ellis-Hill.
- October 7th - 10th.
www.betweentheeyes.co.uk
The Arbor - Artangel
, England
2009 - Runner
- Production Runner for Art House feature film.
- Assistant to 2nd AD
- Financed by More4 and the British Film Council.
- 15th - 20th September 2009
James May's Toy Stories - Plum Pictures
, England
2009 - Runner
- 2 episodes of 6 x 60 minute entertainment series
- Assisting talent: Oz Clarke's personal Location Runner.
- Assisted Series DV Operator and Soundman on location
- Vox Pops + contributor release form organisation.
- On set logging.
Ashes - Windword Films
, England
2009 - Locations Assistant
- 6 day shoot for independent festival film.
- Assistant to the Location Manager.
-Directed by Sonia Castang
www.soniacastang.com
- Prep work: Location reccys, photos, location set ups, support for Location Manager.
The Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Revolutionaries - IWC Media
, Scotland
2008 - Production Assistant
Production Assistant, Location Runner and Driver
- archive researching
- Production Runner
- Assistant to Production Manager and Producer on set.
- Organising release forms
- Creating production packs.
The Joy of Motoring - IWC Media
, Scotland
2008 - Production Assistant
Production Assistant
- timecoding
- archive researching
- logging
Vera Brittain: A Woman in Love and War - IWC Media
, Scotland
2008 - Production Assistant
- Time coding
- Editing post-production scripts,
- Archive research
- Tape logging
Hands Solo - 104 Productions
, United Kingdom
2009 - Runner
- 3-day 21st - 23rd July studio shoot on set construction and other runner duties.
- Mockumentary about the trouble of deafness and hearing diffulties in the entertainment industry in association with The Ealing Film Council and UK Disabilities Association.
Around the World in 80 Faiths - BBC Manchester
, United Kingdom
2008 - Junior Researcher
BBC Religion and Ethics
- Junior Researcher for several episodes of 2009 series in the 'Documentaries and Development' department.
- Liaised with Series + Executive Producter over producing the supplement pack that acts as a teaching aid for Religious Studies GCSE teachers.
- Attending development meetings for future Religion & Ethics programmes.
Q.C.A Teaching Agency - 'Engaging Pupils' Project - AON Productions, York
, England
2008 - Camera Assistant
On set camera assistant for Vox Pops and lighting; on set logging
Religion versus Darwin: The Great Hoax? - BBC
, United Kingdom
2008 - Runner
BBC Religion and Ethics, Manchester.
Production runner and camera assistant on set for BBC FOUR Religion versus Darwin: The Great Hoax?
Africa Have Your Say - BBC
, United Kingdom
2007 - Junior Researcher
BBC World Service Radio
- Work experience with African Productions 5pm daily live one hour discussion show. I worked on the research and development of ideas as well as finding and looking after guest speakers, searching for interviewees and callers. I learnt the details and journalistic practicalities involved in production for radio, but also saw how this could easily be transferred over to television production.
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