About Me

I'm a good guy. I work hard and always have a laugh. I'm a firm believer in the glass being half full and constantly strive for better.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

AMATURE DRAMATICS IN SHORT FILMS AND PLAYS — 06/02/1994 - present
Acting on starge or on camera, doing accents and learning lines. I've worked on adaptations of Romeo and Juliet (as Benvolio) and MacBeth (as the murdered King, the Porter and last fighting guard)

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, URBAN ATELES, STOWMARKET — 01/05/10 - 15/08/10
Freelance project. Working with a group of 5 parkor specialists and a presenter. We traveled to Lisse, France, to film a short documentary on the sport over 4 days. I then edited up the footage for a promotional video for the company to use, which resulted in them gaining fund- ing from the local council.

KINETIC TYPOGRAPHER, SUI RIU NINJUTSU, BURY ST EDMUNDS — 07/01/10 - 15/03/10
Unpaid motion graphics short for the promotion of a ninjutsu club in Bury St Edmunds to go on their website.

BROADCAST TRAINING, BBC TRAINING CENTER WOOD NORTON — 03/02/07 - 08/02/08
In my second and third years of university, I spent two weeks on broadcast training in the Wood Norton facilities. The first time I went there we had to create a studio based TV show and film it live. The final two weeks were to teach us how to edit a pre recorded show and to create a small 'behind the scenes' feature for the same show.

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS — 10/09/06 - 25/06/09
UK Hip hop music video: I filmed and edited the music video for a hip hop concept track. News broadcast: co wrote and presented a short comedic news broadcast. Film trailer: I created, filmed and edited a film trailer for a low budget thriller. Motion graphics sequence: I created, filmed and edited two intro sequences for fictitious televi- sion series' and a western film.
ADR projects: two audio projects, one to test microphones and audio equipment to show dif- ferences between certain mics in certain areas. The second to delete audio from a scene in a film and recreate it using my own devices. Web design: in a team, we created a small film review website with 4 pages of embedded vid- eos, reviews and links to other websites.

TRAINEE REPORTER AND PRINT EDITOR, BURY FREE PRESS, BURY ST EDMUNDS — 06/05/03
Unpaid two weeks work experience. Writing columns, reporting on local events, selecting pic- tures for larger features.

Presenting

Experience

Specialist Areas

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Instruments Played

Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant

Experience

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

Editorial Skills; I’m completely fluent in Final Cut Pro, Adobe AE-Ps-Pr-En, Pro Tools, and Avid. I mostly work on Apple Mac, but am just as good on Windows. I’ve worked in television studios as a director and on set as a camera man and in sound studios as a producer, I’ve done presenting and act- ing in front of the camera and worked on ADR projects. I’ve directed from the gallery and cre- ated many filmed projects completely from scratch. I’ve worked with HTML and C++ and I am keen to learn more in those areas.

Qualifications & Training

GCSEs A in Drama
A Levels C in Drama and Media Studies
2:1 in Media Production BSc

Other Information

Relevant Skills

I can act and present, in front of camera, or film. I can learn lines over night and learn accents fast. I can script write and storyboard, edit footage and create motion graphics. I've done ARD work and can record as a sound man.

Interests & Hobbies

All things film and acting, eiting footage, making short films, playing either my guitar or piano, watching films, walking, keeping fit and ninjutsu.

Miscellaneous Information

If you see something about me you like, don't hesitate to email me. I'm not a product, i'm a skill set and what I say I can do, I do well.
Let me help you, and in turn you'll be helping me.

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