About Zoe

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    I am a multi-skilled production manager with experience in a range of broadcast genres including drama, documentary and corporate.

     I originally trained as a television journalist, and I can research, shoot (mainly Z1 experience for broadcast and now some Canon 5D), and turn around straight-forward edits on FCP.

    I am a team player, without ego, hard-working and level-headed, and I will chip in where-ever needed on a production.

    My specialisms are  the Middle-East, education and business.  I whave worked on numerous programmes shot in hostile environments, and I have handled under-cover filming protocols.  

    I have extensive experience of co-ordinating complex international shoots,  bringing in projects to deadline and cost managed from beginning to end.  

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    Credits

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    Complicit  - Many Rivers Films , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2012 - Production Manager
    Production Manager
    Complicit
    Many Rivers Films
    An 102 minute drama commissioned by Channel 4, to be broadcast in November 2012.
    Arranged a shooting trip and recce to Cairo, Egypt in January 2012, which involved very extensive health and safety work.
    Preliminary footage shot on Canon 5D.
    January - February 2012


    Dispatches (Commissioned development) - The Bureau of Investigative Journalism , United Kingdom
    2011 - Production Manager
    Managed of television projects including a Channel 4 Dispatches development, and day to day office. management. Wrote journalistic reports for the web. Also edited web videos and various taster tapes using Final Cut Pro.
    July 2011 - January 2012


    Qatar: Oral History  - Oxford Film and Television , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    2011 - Production Co-ordinator
    A major project commissioned by the government of Qatar for the new National Museum.
    Co-ordinated travel, equipment and filming. Organised Bedouin and Arabic translations.
    Shot on Arri Alexa.
    June - July 2011


    Deutsche Bank: Opening video, Women in European Business Conference 2011 [corporate] - CTN Communications , United Kingdom
    2011 - Production Manager
    Carried out contributor finding research in addition to production management. Two unit shoot. Shot on Canon 5D. 1 x 3 mins

    Tesco: A Business for a New Decade [Corporate] - CTN Communications , United Kingdom
    2011 - Production Manager
    Production managed this investor relations video, for Tesco. The role included client liason. Shot on Sony F3. Included text substitution and vector graphics.
    1 x 9 mins

    Panorama: The Trauma Industry - Many Rivers Films for BBC One , United Kingdom
    2009 - Production Manager
    Assisted with research, set up for shoots, sourced and cleared public domain and low cost archive, and otherwise carried out production management for production and post-production. 1 x 30 mins. TX 27th July 2009

    Connecting Classrooms - Brazil - Illumina Digital for Teachers' Tv , United Kingdom
    2009 - Researcher
    Set up crew equipment, travel and complex risk assessments for a three location shoot in Brazil which included filming in a favela (Brazilian slum).
    2 x 20 minutes

    Youth and Community Justice - Illumina Digital for BBC Two Learning Zone , United Kingdom
    2009 - Researcher
    Recce'd and set up filming with young people who had committed offences or had involvement with their local youth offending prevention teams.
    The videos will be used to educate school children about the youth justice system.
    I obtained full CRB clearance for this work.
    4 x 10 mins

    Film It Share It! - Illumina Digital for Teachers' Tv , United Kingdom
    2009 - Researcher
    Sourced and cleared user generated video clips featuring teachers and school children to tight deadlines. Assisted with script writing. Organised studio shoot including presenter and crew bookings and operated autocue.
    4 x 7 mins

    Car Bomb (episodes 1 & 2) - Many Rivers Films for Channel 4 , United Kingdom
    2008 - Production Manager
    Production managed both episodes of the documentary Car Bomb, which examined the history and evolution of the use of car bombs by terrorists in the 20th Century. Set up shoots in USA (3 locations), Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Sicily and the UK. Also filmed interviews and GVs on Z1 for the programmes and researched. 2 x 48 mins

    Cult of the Suicide Bomber series III - Many Rivers Films for Channel 4 , United Kingdom
    2007 - Production Manager
    Shot interviews and GVs on Sony DSR 450. I was in charge of risk assessments and security preparations for locations including Afghanistan and the West Bank.
    1 x 48 mins

    Cult of the Suicide Bomber: westerners - Many Rivers Films for Channel 4 , United Kingdom
    2006 - Production Manager
    Documentary examining the 7/7 bombing and a previous bombing carried out in 2003 by British citizens. I shot parts of the film on Z1.
    1 x 48 mins

    Cult of the Suicide Bomber: women - Many Rivers Films for Channel 4 , United Kingdom
    2006 - Post Production Supervisor
    Ordered archive, co-ordinated narration and voice-overs, assisted with publicity and completed all post-production paperwork.

    1 x 48 mins

    Teachers' TV News - Brook Lapping Productions for Teachers' TV , United Kingdom
    2006 - Production Co-ordinator
    Over 20 credits as Newsroom Co-ordinator. Wide variety of tasks, including lots of practical journalism and filming interviews on PD-170 cameras. (That's what we used back then!) I pitched stories at news meetings, organised filming, and wrote briefs and scripts for our presenter, Sheena MacDonald. I also regularly operated autocue for broadcast at MTV studios.

    Resource Review - Brook Lapping for Teachers' TV , United Kingdom
    2005 - Researcher
    Over 20 credits as Researcher.

    Studio programme with VTs. Set up contributors and shoots, organised filming equipment, and wrote research briefs. Also assisted on location and in the studio.

    Robbie Williams' Secrets - Vascha for Channel 5 , United Kingdom
    2005 - Researcher
    Carried out in-depth investigative research, devised ideas for entertaining elements, and also set up shoots for this light-hearted documentary.
    1 x 48 mins
    TX May 2006


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    Employment History

    March - April 2011
    Production Manager
    CTN Communications
    Production Managed corporate videos for clients including Tesco.

    April  - July 2009
    Production Manager
    Many Rivers Films
    Production Managed 'Panorama:  The Trauma Industry'.  Also assisted with the PR for the programme and developed a new programme idea which the company is still working with.

    January 2009 - April 2009
    Researcher
    Illumina Digital
    Researched and set up filming, assisted on shoots and orgnanised post-production deliverables on programmes for BBC Learning, Teachers' TV and an educational web video client, LSIS.

    August 2006 - January 2009
    Production Manager
    Many Rivers Films
    Working with acclaimed journalist Kevin Toolis and former CIA agent Robert Baer on three high profile internationally filmed projects, including Car Bomb:  A History of the Deadliest Weapon of the 21st Century for Channel 4.
     
    July 2006 - August 2006
    Post-Production Supervisor
    Many Rivers Films
    Worked on the post-production for the programme 'Cult of the Suicide Bomber II: Women', which involved a lot of international archive and complex organisation.
     

    October 2005- July 2006
    Researcher/Newsroom Co-ordinator/Journalist
    Brook Lapping Productions
    Year internship. First six months on documentaries and final six months on news. Wide variety of tasks, including lots of practical journalism and filming interviews on PD-170 cameras. I pitched stories at news meetings, organised filming, and wrote briefs and scripts for our presenter, Sheena MacDonald. I also regularly operated autocue at MTV studios.
     

    June 2005- September 2005
    Researcher
    Vashca Productions for Channel 5
    Worked as an investigative kind of researcher, following leads, verifying facts and people-finding.
     

    5 January- 23 April 2005
    General Election Researcher
    BBC London News
    Duties included arranging interviews with politicians, sorting out locations and writing briefs. I also compiled data using Excel, including a survey on the availability of NHS dental services across London. Used ENPS. Assisted on location and in edit. Although most of the work was for television I also got the chance to work with the online news team.
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    my article on the BBC London website (published under my full name Zeynep Brooker) (initially work-experience which became full time paid work)
     

    May 2005
    DV camera operator
    BBC London News
    Using a PD-150 camera I filmed the general election result for Hackney South and Shoreditch.
     

    April - June 2005
    Runner
    Richard and Judy
    Cactus TV for Channel 4
    Duties included lookng after celebrities and buying props for the show.
    (Work experience while studying journalism)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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    Education

    2004-2005
    Post Graduate Diploma in Television Current Affairs Journalism
    City University, London
    I've done exams in media law, politics and practical journalism. The class was also assessed in news report and documentary making (includes camera work and editing using Adobe Premiere) and studio programme making.

    2001-2004
    BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences
    University of Brighton

    A Levels:  Biology, Chemistry, Physics

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    Industry Qualifications

    October 2007
    Short Course in Factual Documentary Production Management
    National Film and Television School

    July 2006
    Research Skills
    Skillset two day intensive course
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    Technical Equipment

    Sony PD-X10 camera (true 16:9, 3CCD, DVCam/ MIni-DV recording, standard definition).
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    Affiliations

    No affiliations.
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    Referees

    Kevin Toolis
    Director, Many Rivers Films

    Cathy Collis
    Executive Producer, Illumina Digital


    Contact details on request.

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    Industry Awards

    Royal Television Society Award Nomination 2007:
    Cult of the Suicide Bomber Series II
    (Channel 4)
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    Skills


    I take a strong interest in current affairs.
    From my work, I have experience in the following areas:

    factual research and journalism to get results
    • organising major shoots in hostile environments- Afghanistan, Israel and the West Bank, Lebanon, and the favelas of Brazil
    • budget forcasting and management
    • shooting lit interviews, actuality and gvs on Z1 cameras to a good standard
    • a wide variety of guest bookings (including contact with celebrities and their representatives)
    • working in a studio environment
    • news-room and production co-ordination
    • organising kit for DSR shooting
    • some DSR 450 shooting
    • organising international and domestic archive orders and licencing
    • writing copy for the web, taking digital photos and selecting screengrabs as programme deliverable components
    • handling all post-production paperwork, including PAC (PasC) forms, post-production scripts and Soundmouse

    Additional skills gained from post-graduate journalism course at City University
    • knowledge of media law
    • practical journalism: how to write good news stories
    • editing using Adobe Premiere
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Animation, 
    • Commercials, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Film, 
    • Mobile Content, 
    • Music Promos, 
    • Online, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Animation, 
    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Comedy (Children's), 
    • Commercial, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Development, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Docusoap, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Feature Film, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Drama: Television Serial, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Food, 
    • Game Show, 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Leisure, 
    • Live TV, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Pre-School, 
    • Property, 
    • Quiz Show, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Religion, 
    • Science, 
    • Science Fiction, 
    • Shopping, 
    • Sitcom, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Sport, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Style, 
    • Training, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Africa, 
    • Architecture, 
    • Art, 
    • Art History, 
    • Arts, 
    • Asian Britain, 
    • Biology, 
    • Business, 
    • Celebrity, 
    • Children's, 
    • China, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Clubbing, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Community, 
    • Computer Gaming, 
    • Consumer Affairs, 
    • Copyright Clearance, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Crime, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Disability/Special Needs, 
    • Drama, 
    • Drugs, 
    • Ecology, 
    • Economics, 
    • Education, 
    • Environment, 
    • Ethnic, 
    • Fashion, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Finance, 
    • Genetics, 
    • History, 
    • International Affairs, 
    • Journalism, 
    • Latin America, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Middle East, 
    • Music, 
    • News & Current Affairs, 
    • Parenting, 
    • People Finding, 
    • Programme Development, 
    • Rights Acquisition, 
    • Science, 
    • Travel, 
    • USA, 
    • Writing, 
    • Zoology

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French
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