My production experiences

In 2012 I was the boom operator in a short film, filming over a weekend in and around a housing estate.

In 2015/2016 in Art t we had the choice to either do photography or a short film. I was in a group making a short film. However we didn't ac. As this wasn't Film or Media Studies, we weren't marked on our techniques, only on the film at face value. The editing was done mainly by the one person in the group who had a MacBook and thereby access to iMovieMaker, while the rest of us planned it logistically and wrote the script, as well being the main actors. This has given me experience of forming a narrative and also learning you might have to adapt to certain sudden circumstances like rain.

During the summer holidays I took an Acting For Screen course at the National Youth Theatre. While this was mainly focused on acting and not on the production level of filming, I still got a good insight into how the industry works when we looked at the scripts for Wolf Hall and This Is England, a series  by Warp, one of our two case studies companies. This was also when I was introduced to the different shot types. 

I have not had a directing role in filming, but have had experience in assistant directing both actors and logistics on stage in amateur theatre groups, also managing the whole rehearsal once

I have never written a script for screen, but indulge a lot in writing short stories, poems, song texts and I am also developing a play script at the moment. I have always wanted to write scripts for screen.

I have never worked with a recording camera in photography, only done amateur recording privately with small cameras, iPhone and Samsung in my social life like all adolescents.