Date of Birth: 07.05.1984Address: 14a Hayes Crescent, London NW11 0DE
Nationality: British Phone: 07967016736
Employment history:
FILM: Script Supervision
• Maintaining continuity of action, props, costumes and make-up, and producing detailed notes on slates shot and a marked-up script for the editor.
• Acting as an intermediary between the creative departments and production on matters of continuity and how they will affect scheduling.
• Providing script support during rehearsals
• Noting errors and potential problems during and after each take
October 2009: Script Supervisor: 'I Divorce You' Short, Director: Siri Rodnes.
September 2009: Script Supervisor: 'Inaam' Short, Director: Akifa Mian.
May 2009 – July: Script Supervisor: ‘Infliction’ Feature, Director: Navin Thapar. INvision media
July 2009: Script Supervisor: ‘That Thing you Drew’ (working title), Short. Director: Kerri Davenport-Burton.
June 2009: Script Supervisor: ‘Mr. Lewis’ Short, Director: Louisa Fielden.
January 2009 - May: Script Supervisor: 'Jack Said' Feature. Directors: Lee Basannavar, Michael Tchbouroff. Kalimasu Productions
May 2009: Script Supervisor: ‘Lights Out’ Short, Director Ludovico Taliani
March 2009: Script Supervisor/Shot co-ordinator: 'Cut'. (A horror feature shot in one take) Director: Dominic Burns. Hawthorne Productions
• Brainstorming timings and positions of cast and crew during the takes with the ADs
• Guiding the camera crew through radio during the take to ensure all script action was covered.
RADIO:
June 2009: Broadcast Assistant: 'The Conflict is Over' Director: Nicolas Kent, Promenade Productions •Preparing script breakdowns, helping with scheduling, looking after actors and creating spot FX.
February 2009: Script Supervisor: ‘Listen Up’. Director: Boz Temple-Morris, Holy Mountain Productions
•Identifying errors and keeping track of takes, producing detailed notes for the editors.
October 2008: Placement with Falling Tree Productions.
•Experienced the creative, technical and structural steps of production.
•Carried out research and presented it to the producers
•Observed the editing and interview processes.
THEATRE:
August 2009: Head of Reception, Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
• Managing a team of four, allocating thousands of tickets for promoters, liaising with the Fringe Office and providing support for companies promoters and staff.
June 2007 – September 2008: Front of House Manager / Box Office Supervisor,Pleasance Theatre London and Edinburgh.
•Provided production support to companies and promoters.
•First point of contact for theatre professionals and the public.
•Maintained good communication and support for those working around me.
•Banking, marketing, managing staff and maintaining the bar
•Website administration and proofing content.
July 2002: Stage Manager/Assistant Stage Manager, New Fortune Theatre Company. Professional productions at the Bloomsbury Theatre, NW1
•Managing calls, lighting and sound cues, props and prompting, general administration.
MISC:
October 2008: Assistant Costumier, Studio Boardman
•Organising costumes, logging them in/out, running up and down a lot of stairs and some creative folding.
October 2007 – present: Language coach for foreign students:
•Producing oral and written lesson plans, proofing written work and preparation for IELTS (English proficiency tests).
September 2007: Archival assistant to Director
•Archiving personal and professional documents for a theatre director in the development of a production.
October 2006 - present: PA and editorial assistant to Christie Dickason, author.
•Administrative support, critical and creative input, proofreading
Experience and Skills:
Media:
•Performing arts - Theatre, film, radio and music
•Been part of the production process in theatre, film and radio, working with performers, promoters, agents and the public.
Time management:
•Flexibility, working under intense pressure, knowing when and what to prioritise and finding solutions under strict time limits.
Administrative skills:
•PC and Macintosh systems, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Adobe, WaveLab, Cubase, Outlook, Picture Manager, Filemaker, resources e.g. Jstor and Athens. As a supervisor I had advanced user access to Box Office software.
•Administered online content, some HTML.
•Worked with networks and have used FTP.
Proofreading:
•I have a very good grasp of grammar and style; have proofed brochures, books and internet content.
Anthropology:
•Covered social, material and evolutionary Anthropology and human ecology. Particular topics: religious fundamentalism in American politics and rhetoric; the Holocaust, Second World War and its aftermath; memorialisation; museum and exhibition theory; Western colonialism reflected in art; Racialisation in Rwanda and post-war Germany; Ethnographic film.
Interests:
•Radio, Film and TV: I enjoy good dramas and documentaries
•Art: I enjoy drawing impossible things and writing.
•Audio: Experimenting with music and soundscapes in Cubase.
•Books: I read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction, recently I’ve been reading about the history of London burial practices, the history of medicine and science, and the relationship between historical events and horror fiction.
Education:
2003 – 2006: University College London, BSc in Anthropology (2:1)
1996 – 2002: St. Paul’s Girls’ School, W6: ‘A’ Level: English (A), Art History (A), Art (A), ‘AS’ Level: Economics (A), ‘AO’ Level: French (B).
2000: 8 ‘GCSEs’:1 A*, 5 A, 2 B. SPGS Art certificate: Distinction
