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Alex Bluffield
Editor (Final Cut Pro), Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
United Kingdom

Alex's Biography

Runner-up in BECTU 2010 Short Film Comp!! I'm an Apple Certified Pro Final Cut Pro editor and a creative self-shooting Director with 4 years industry experience. To date I have worked on broadcast documentary series, shorts, corporate, virals and IPTV. I have strong narrative skills, pace and pay attention to detail. I am a Final Cut Studio specialist. Since April 2010 I have been shooting with the Canon 5D HD-DSLR. 2010 Showreel is now on my PB Showfolio.
  • Experienced in both long and short form projects, from broadcast documentary, corporate and IPTV.
  • Experienced in HD Tapeless Workflows.
  • Skills include Motion Graphics Design (Apple Certified Pro), and Camera (Sony Z1, XDCAM HD, EX1/3 and Canon 5D).
  • PB Showfolio and own website: www.a2bpostproduction.co.uk
  • Own Macbook Pro & Final Cut Studio 3

Credits

Horse&Country TV - Horse&Country TV , United Kingdom
2010 - Editor
Cutting all promos/trails for Channel. Ingest and cut programmes into parts/reversion - QC and ensure broadcast legal. Compress and encode for TX/web. Ftp to Arqiva for playout.

SpOILt - The Co-operative , United Kingdom
2010 - Director/Cameraperson
30' Documentary about the tar sands developments in Canada for the Co-operative's Toxic Fuels Campaign.

The Real Cinema Paradiso - A2Bpostproduction , United Kingdom
2010 - Director/Cameraperson
Finalist in BECTU 2010 Short Film Competition.

A short documentary about a magical picture house and the couple that ran it as a family business for 30 years.





Power and Place - National Screen & Sound Archive of Wales , Wales
2010 - Editor (Online)
Power and Place is a Welsh Assembly Government funded archive documentary (25')exploring the history and future of energy production in Wales.

Repairer TV (IP TV Channel) - Fast Forward Video Productions , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2009 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
Senior Editor/Videographer
shooting, editing content for ip tv channel and high end corporate production.

BBC Wales PS Website - Sara Penrhyn Jones - BBC , United Kingdom
2009 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
Short ob-docs of young people across Wales by Producer/Director Sara Penrhyn Jones.
Key responsibilities: Audio post, colour correction, web conversion. Shooting Format: XDCAM EX 720p


Dream Girl - Film15 , Wales
2008 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
Bollywood style short film funded by the Welsh Broadcasting Trust/Film Agency for Wales/Pete Saunders Trust.
Genre: Drama Shooting Format: DVCPRO-HD 1080p
Key Responsibilities: Setting up final cut system and project, ingest media, edit and audio mix.

Ancient Discoveries - Wild Dream Films - History Channel , United Kingdom
2008 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
Ancient Discoveries, Wild Dream Films for A&E US, The History Channel
13x60' prime time programmes. A series that uses dramatic tests and reconstructions to make genuine discoveries about the ancient world. Exciting, cinematic and with ground-breaking CGI.
Credits - Death Weapons Of The East, Lost Science Of The Bible, Ancient Torture Techniques.
TX: Autumn 2008
Key responsibilities: Floating editor on series, setting up FCP projects from SAN (MetaSAN), rough assemble and off-line edit parts of programmes.


In Search Of Timbuktu - Nick Sanders - ITV/M&M , United Kingdom
2007 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
In Search of Timbuktu And The Dakar Rally, Nick Sanders Films for ITV, Men & Motors
6x30' programmes. Nick Sanders presents a series of programmes documenting two very different, but equally strenuous, motorcycle treks across Africa.
TX: August 2007
Key responsibilities: Ingest and organise media; offline edit all programmes for whole series, including music, motion graphics, titles etc; mix audio ready for online edit.


Biker Britain - Nick Sanders - ITV/M&M , United Kingdom
2007 - Editor (Final Cut Pro)
Biker Britain, Nick Sanders Films for ITV/Men & Motors
10x30' programmes. Nick Sanders presents the series exploring the nation's fascination with motorcycling. Along the way Nick runs into racers, bike builders, adventurers and rides the Wall of Death! Includes reviews and interviews with Valentino Rossi and Hairy Biker Dave Myers.
TX: September 2007
Key responsibilities: Ingest and organise media; offline edit programmes for whole series, including music, motion graphics, titles etc; mix audio ready for online edit.

Employment History

2010 Director/Producer & Freelance FCP Editor T/A A2Bpostproduction
Clients - The Co-operative|Arts Council Wales|British Institute of Learning Disabilities|Heartbeat Travel Guides|ORCi Ltd|Motor Racing Live|Centre for Alternative Technology, National Sound & Screen Archive Wales, University of Wales, Aberystwyth|

2009 Senior Editor/Videographer: Fast Forward Video Productions/Repairer TV
Shoot (XDCAM HD), edit, produce promotional videos for corporate clients and content for specialist IP TV channel. Key responsibilities: Management of post-production workflow, Final Cut system setup, training junior staff, motion graphics and DVD design, encoding, uploading and editing CMS for web channels.

2009 Director/Producer: Web promos for Motor Racing Live Ltd. Self-shot/edited promos for stunt school and stock car racing corporate experience days for use on Red Letter Days and multiple websites.

2009 Editor/tutor: Theatre, Film, Television Studies Dept, Aberystwyth University
Working with MA students to edit the Department's first HD documentary project shot on Panasonic HVX171.
Also Edit Assistant (Archive) for Power and Place documentary commissioned by Centre for Alternative Technology, dir: John Burgan.

2009 Post-production, ob-docs, BBC Wales PS Website.
Short ob-docs of young people across Wales for problem share site. Producer/Director Sara Penrhyn Jones.

2008 Editor: Tunnel 2K VNR, Silverspoon Films.
Web video news release of the Tunnel 2K wheel chair race promoting the sponsor. Key responsibilities: Edit, motion graphics and web conversion.

2008 Editor: The Making Of Dream Girl, cuts for Film15 (DVD) and British Council Website.
Documentary funded by British Council/Wales Arts International. Key responsibilities: Edit, motion graphics and DVD/web conversion.

2008 Editor, Dream Girl, Film15
Short funded by the Welsh Broadcasting Trust/Film Agency for Wales/Pete Saunders Trust. Key Responsibilities: Final cut system setup, film edit and audio mix.

2008 Offline Editor, Ancient Discoveries, Wild Dream Films for A&E US, The History Channel
13x60' prime time programmes. A series that uses dramatic tests and reconstructions to make genuine discoveries about the ancient world. Exciting, cinematic and with ground-breaking CGI.
Credits - Death Weapons Of The East, Lost Science Of The Bible, Ancient Torture Techniques.
TX: September 2008 (History Channel US), UK April 2009 .Key responsibilities: Floating editor on series, setting up FCP projects from SAN (MetaSAN) and offline parts of programmes.

2007 Offline (Series) Editor, In Search of Timbuktu, Nick Sanders Films for ITV, Men & Motors 6x30' prime time programmes. Nick Sanders presents a series of programmes documenting two very different, but equally strenuous, motorcycle treks across Africa TX: August 2007. Key responsibilities: Ingest/media managemet, offline edit all programmes for series, including music, motion graphics, stings, bumpers.

2006/2007 Offline (Series) Editor, Biker Britain, Nick Sanders Films for ITV, Men & Motors
10x30' prime time programmes. Nick Sanders presents the series exploring the nation's fascination with motorcycling. Along the way Nick runs into racers, bike builders, adventurers and rides the Wall of Death! Includes reviews and interviews with Valentino Rossi and Hairy Biker Dave Myers.
TX: September 2007. Key responsibilities: Ingest/media managemet, offline edit all programmes for series, including music, motion graphics, stings, bumpers.


2005/2006 Production Assistant, Film15 Ltd.
Training young people (14-24 year olds) in script development, camera skills and editing (Adobe Premiere) for a variety of film-making projects in Mid-Wales. Delivering workshops and hands on training. Production of video shorts for young peoples film festivals.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

1998 A/V Assistant Techinician, Sir John Cass Dept of Art, London Guildhall University
1997 Editor, Down The Dogs (BBC Talent 2000 winner) *, London Guildhall University for BBC2 Talent 2000 Competition Documentary on Wimbledom Greyhound Stadium/Racing, part of 1x60' compilation programme.TX: 30th October 1997, BBC2 Learning Zone.*Edited as an undergraduate and selected by BBC Talent.

Education

  • 1994-97 London Guildhall University (now London Metropolitan)
  • BA (Hons) Communication and Audio Visual Production Studies 2nd Class-Upper (2.1)
Modular degree with 50/50 split between theory/practice. Practical courses included Editing (Avid), Documentary Production, Dramatic Fiction and Advanced A/V Production for Television and Radio Production<span style="display: none;" id="1234484359396E"> </span>.
  • 1983-93 Bedford Modern School
2 'A' levels English Literature A Classics E
8 GCSEs 6 at grade A, 1 grade B, 1 grade C

Industry Qualifications

  • APPLE CERTIFIED PRO: Final Cut Pro 7,
  • APPLE CERTIFIED PRO: Motion Graphics in Final Cut Studio.

Technical Equipment

17" MACBOOK PRO + FIINAL CUT STUDIO 3
CANON 5D MARK II HD-DSLR SHOOTING KIT



Affiliations

BECTU (grade - editor)

Referees

Ben Mole
Series Producer, Ancient Discoveries
M: +44 (0) 7765 256129 E: ben.mole@yahoo.co.uk

Natalie Brady
The Bridge Media Training Limited
M: +44 (0) 7863996389
T: +44 (0) 208 525 5600
E: natalie@thebridgetraining.com


Jon Parker
Managing Director,
Fast Forward Video Productions (Division of Byteback Ltd group)
Mobile: +44 (0)7968 107764 Work Phone: +44 (0)1654 705100
E: jonp@bback.com


Nick Sanders
Managing Director
Nick Sanders Films
T: +44 (0)1650 511399
M: +44 (0)7904156224
E: nick@nicksanders.com

Industry Awards

EDITOR, Down The Dogs (BBC Talent 2000 winner) *, London Guildhall University for BBC2 Talent 2000/Learning Zone
Documentary on Wimbledom Greyhound Stadium/Racing, part of 1x60' compilation programme.
TX: 30th October 1997, BBC2
*Edited as an undergraduate and selected by BBC Talent.

Skills

SKILLS:
  • Self-shooting DP experienced with range of Sony cameras - Z1, XDCAM HD, EX3 and recently Canon 5D HD-DSLR.
  • Editing/post-production: skilled in all areas - ingest, media management, graphics repurposing, VFX, V/O recording, music, compositing, colour correction and audio mixing. Exports and conversions for web/DVD.
  • Motion Graphics design: use of Motion 4 for compositing, animating graphics.
  • DVD Authoring: DVD menu design, hard copy samples of work available on request.
  • Working knowledge of SD/HD formats, codecs, post-production processes and broadcast standards.
  • Strong narrative skills, able to pick out key story points.
  • Creative editing with attention to detail and mood.
  • Supervision, training staff, self-management and project management.

Additional Information

Industries

  • Corporate, 
  • Film, 
  • Online, 
  • TV

Programme Types

  • Corporate, 
  • Documentary, 
  • Drama: Short Film, 
  • Historical Documentary, 
  • Magazine, 
  • Motoring, 
  • News, 
  • Observational Documentary, 
  • Reality TV, 
  • Sport, 
  • Training, 
  • Travel

Organizations

  • BECTU

Specialisms

  • Final Cut Pro, 
  • High-Definition

Languages

  • English, 
  • French, 
  • Italian, 
  • Welsh

Permits

  • EU

Licenses

  • Basic Driving (PLG)