Elena Karathanasi

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Adobe Premiere CS5, Canon 550D DSLR

I can use: Sony Xdcam Ex1 Ex3, Adobe Premiere Cs5, Canon 550d DSLR, Final Cut Pro / X

About me

For showreel and corporate work www.elenakarathanasi.com

I have been working as Camera Operator operating Sony XDcam EX1 and EX3, setting up lights, autocues, tracking and operating the minijib in the breakfast magazine, News and other factual entertainment shows . I have been on location filming VTs covering events, interviews with ministers and live music bands.

Additionally, as a self shooting Director I have shot on different Full HD cameras (Panasonic and Canon DSLR). I have experience setting up single camera and multi-camera sets and lighting location and studios including Green Screen. I can capture the moment and I have dealt with sensitive contributors in the past from VIP celebrities to homeless refugees. I have filmed lots of promos and music videos as self shooting producer director. I have been the Producer and Director of the cooking show series "Grandma, show me how to cook", which I developed the format as well and will broadcast on freeview 225.

Previously, I worked as Production Manager running two studios with Live Presenters in Bingo game show and I produced on blue screen Video on Demand for Centurion Sports Channel. I did rota, scheduling, development of ideas, marketing, I held auditions, I contacted agents of celebrities to invite as guests,companies for sponsorship and acquisitions, I processed invoices and I did the production design of studios and programs.

I worked as production coordinator for the series "Living the Life" at Backdoor Productions which was broadcast on SKY ARTS in 2011. In this show two celebrities (fx Gary Newbon, Sir Sebastian Coe, Alan Davies etc) were interviewing each other. I was doing the Callsheets, organising the shoots, booking locations and I organised the archiving. On location, I was Assistant Director/ Script Supervisor making sure everything runs smoothly. Among other responsibilities I edited in Chroma Key Green Screen the Iphone Ap of David Icke and I contacted Sales Agents to sell a feature film.

I worked as Live Gallery Producer for Netplay TV in Battersea Studios vision mixing both roulette and blackjack broadcast on SKY and Channel 5.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Camera Operator (HD)
Job Titles	Camera Operator, Post Production Assistant, Technical Director / Vision Mixer, Teacher, Floor Staff, Content Producer, Marketing / PR, Locations Director / Manager, Props Assistant / Support, Camera Assistant, Cinematographer, Video Editor, Researcher, Production Support, Production Coordinator, Production Manager, 3rd AD (Assistant Director), Studio Producer / Director, Production Assistant (PA), Producer, Director, Script Reader, Script Editor, Writer, Script Writer
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Organisations / Memberships	WFTV (UK)