About Reuben Jacob

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    1. As a Shooting PD, I script, shoot and direct factuals, promos and corporate films.

    With my past experience of shooting in India, and my local language skills, I'm skilled in shooting/directing there,while also managing local crews, fixers and presenters. I know the lay of the land in India.  

    Earlier, I used to work as an Advertising Copywriter (on accounts like Glaxo-Welcome, Hertz-Rent-A-car and TATA.), so I  know how to write TV scripts. I'm good at conducting interviews, directing and filming presenters.

    I've been trained by the BBC to direct and shoot their packages for TV, Radio and Online Broadcast. I have experience shooting with Sony PMW 500, Sony F3, Sony Ex3 and Ex1.

    Most recently, I worked as Shooting PD for Zodiak-Active, London on a film about Renault cars in New Delhi, and the growth of the middle class powering the transformation there.
     
    Recently, I completed :

    • North By North-East - an internal corporate for BBC North, commissioned by Peter Salmon, Director for BBC North. 
    • Feeling Whole Again - a major instructional film for the NHS about Breast Reconstruction after cancer. The film will be distributed abroad to get international patients to come to the UK for treatment. 
    • Finding Jamie/Breaking The Silence  - 2 large factual film projects about the impact of sentencing on families of convicts, and the govt's new plan for drug addicted inmates inside Prison.
    • Training manual for Video-Games specially designed to rehabilitate stroke-affected people.
    2. As a VideoJounalist, my forte is human-interest stories.

    I worked as BBC Video Journalist for 5 years, with extensive experience in news & factual features, in UK and abroad.
     
    I have filmed several of the BBC's campaigns - Homelessness, Abolition of Slavery, 60th Anniversary of India's Freedom and Children in Need.

    I also worked as Undercover Reporter for several of the BBC's Inside Out Stories. My news stories have all been broadcast on BBC One. 

    The reason clients call me is for my ability to sense a special angle on a story, and of course, the way I script and shoot it.

    I have my own HD XDCAM EX3 camera, LED Light panels, Glide Track and Radio Mikes. I have my own editing equipment, and my own studio to film interviews etc. 

    Examples of work :

    http://exposureroom.com/indiafastlane

    http://exposureroom.com/findingjamie1

    http://exposureroom.com/cryingtosmile
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    Credits

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    India In The Fast Lane - Zodiak-Active Ltd UK , United Kingdom
    2012 - Director/Cameraperson
    A 27 minute factual for Publicis about the rise of the middle-class and the cars they buy to reflect their new-found prosperity.

    Client : Renault

    To be broadcast on Renault.TV and on the FreeSat Network

    BBC Inside Out  - BBC Inside Out , United Kingdom
    2010 - Assistant Producer (Self-shooting)
    I filmed alongside Police Forensic Teams while they conducted an investigation called COLD CASES which dealt with a rapist being discovered after 20 years.

    I filmed and interviewed in police stations, raids at the rapist's home etc.

    The fully edited piece was broadcast this year on BBC One.

    BBC INSIDE OUT - BBC , England
    2009 - Assistant Producer (Self-shooting)
    I have just directed and filmed a piece on Restorative Justice offered by the Youth Courts to young offenders. The session involved two young girls who were involved in a violent confrontation with each other. One of them was clearly heading to a jail sentence, so the courts offered her an opportunity to apologise to the victim in front of their families.

    Soon to be out on BBC One.

    Panorama, BBC  - BBC , United Kingdom
    2009 - Video-journalist
    Shot for latest episode on Boris Johnson's new plan to give one-time amnesty to illegal immigrants in the UK, so as to enable them to pay taxes.

    BBC School Reports - BBC One , United Kingdom
    2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
    Shot, directed and produced 5 films for BBC School Reports.

    Broadcast on BBC One and BBC Red Button and BBC Online. Recut radio on BBC Tees. Made available to other broadcast outlets.

    Inside Out - BBC , United Kingdom
    2007 - Assistant Producer (Self-shooting)
    I filmed and assisted in producing an undercover story on fake immigrantion racket in Middlesbrough. This involved wearing a shirt-button cameras, false names etc and posing as a customer. The piece came Runner-up in the RTS Awards, North-East.

    In another piece of work, I directed/ filmed police teams as they investigated a rape committed 20 years ago.

    Look North News - BBC , England
    2009 - Video-journalist
    As a full-time staffer at the BBC, I filmed, edited and presented several news stories, mostly about young people that were broadcast on Look North News, BBC One.

    Now, As a free-lancer shooting PD, I'm given assignments to shoot and produce stories for them.

    My specialism at the BBC -gritty, urban stories.

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    Employment History


    1. Shooting PD for NHS promotional films.

    2. VideoJournalist, PANORAMA, BBC One.

    3. Shooting P/D, 5 films for BBC School Reports, BBC Network Television. 

    4. Undercover/ Reporter/Cameraman for INSIDE OUT Factual Investigative Documentaries, BBC North-East & Cumbria.

    5. Shooting P/D for INSIDE OUT alongside Police raids investigating Cold Cases re-opened on the basis of new evidence provided by advances in DNA Technology. 

    7. Producer/Director, BBC World, Factual films on people in cities and villages of modern India.

    6. Producer/Director, 30 min docu, 'The Lawnmowers' on Community Channel.

    7. Video Journalist - Directing, shooting, editing and presenting news packages for BBC LOOK NORTH News.

    8. Scriptwriter / Director/ Producer -
    UK Film Council, Creative Partnerships, ISIS Arts, Business Innovation Centre, Arts Council of England, Tyne & Wear Museums, Northern Film & Media, Sunderland University, Middlesbrough Arts Development, Big Ideas Co.
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    Education

    MA TV & Video Production
    (Sunderland University)
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    Industry Qualifications

    MA Film & Television Production

     
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    Technical Equipment

    Sony Xdcam EX3

    Avid, Sony Vegas Pro, 

    Coolights 

    Radio Mikes 
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    Referees

    Ms. Jacqui Hodgson
    Head - INSIDE OUT
    Factual Programmes
    BBC Newcastle

    Ms. Julie Stewart
    Asst. Editor
    LOOK NORTH NEWS
    BBC Newcastle
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    Industry Awards

    National Best Screenplay Award 2009, FIRST LIGHT MOVIES 

    Nominated for Best Drama Film Award 2009, FIRST LIGHT MOVIES 

    Runner-up, RTS Awards for Journalism 2008

    Nomination for BBC School Report, BAFTA 2007

    Spotlight Award, Arts Council of England 2003.

    National Best Television Story Award for 1-hour film FEARLESS at Radio & Advertising Producers Awards (RAPA) India 2001.



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    Skills

    Project development

    Presentations

    Fund-management and Budgets

    Scriptwriting

    Shooting

    Directing

    Editing 

    Producing
     
    Creating content for online media and radio.


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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Corporate, 
    • Film, 
    • Online, 
    • Radio, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Health, 
    • India, South Asia, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • New Media, 
    • News, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Training, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Organizations

    • BECTU

    Specialisms

    • Art, 
    • Arts, 
    • Asian Britain, 
    • Business, 
    • Children's, 
    • Community, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Crime, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Dance, 
    • Disability/Special Needs, 
    • Education, 
    • Ethnic, 
    • Health, 
    • High-Definition, 
    • History, 
    • India, Asia, South Asia, 
    • Internet, 
    • Journalism, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • New Media, 
    • News & Current Affairs, 
    • Social Issues, 
    • South East Asia, 
    • Undercover Investigation, 
    • Womens Issues, 
    • Writing

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French, 
    • Hindi, 
    • Marathi, Malayalam

    Permits

    • India

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG)
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