Work Experience

I worked on the BBC film 'The Trick' as a props assistant for 5 days.

I would help through painting chairs green for a meeting scene in the film along with carrying props from the van to the set.

This was the first time I worked on a professional production, which gave me great insight into the amount of work it takes to create the look of a scene. 

I learnt a lot whilst I was at the Hay Festival. I worked with Bubble Production on filming the interviews in which they taught me a lot about how to position shots such as being aware of the looking room of the interviewer. 

Alongside this, I learnt how to use the vision mixer, which as an aspiring editor I loved doing as it gave me another option to pursue for my future career.

Getting the opportunity to work at the Green Man festival was great. I got to do some editing for the Green Man documentary we had to make about sustainability. The highlight of the festival was definitely filming the bands in which I got to experiment with the cameras during the show and got shots that the director over coms was really impressed by.

I got to be a Steward for the Antiques Roadshow for one day in Cardiff in which my job was to manage the queue for the clocks and watches store.

After my stewardship was done, I got the opportunity to appear in the background of two segments of the production in which my face was shown on the programme numerous times.

Straight after the Green Man Festival, I was given the opportunity to observe the filming for Weatherman Walking as the crew were filming in my hometown and in the garden of my parents' cafe.

This was a great experience for me as I was able to see exactly how a scene for a TV production was filmed.

After graduating from Media Production I got the opportunity to shadow some editors who work at Gorilla Group at Cardiff Bay. I got to see how 'Bargain Hunt' was edited on Avid Media Composer alongside seeing how colour correction is done in BaseLight and seeing how VFX is used in Welsh pre-school programmes.

During my final year of Media Production I was given the opportunity to film the Social Media Hair & Beauty Awards hosted by Josh and Kally from Capital FM. I got to film the award ceremony itself and take photos of people on the red carpet and record a band in which it was a great experience as I got an insight in how award shows are made.

Right after my trip with the Media Production course to Amsterdam I got an email from a student on the USW Journalism course about filming the band 'WSTRN' in Bristol. I thought it would be a great opportunity and it most certainly was. I really enjoyed filming the band in which I filmed handheld for most of it in which I got lots of great angles that I used for my showreel.

I got the opportunity to film in Barry Docks a retelling of Macbeth.

After filming, I was given the files and I made sure to get my head down and start editing the play. The final edit was 1 hour 40 minutes. After the edit of the play itself I edited a short 1 minute promo for Memo Arts Centre to use as advertisement. Filming and editing this play was a great experience of gaining contacts and understanding the amount of work that goes into this type of production.

I got the opportunity to interview Dario Deabreu ready for his book 'Little Boy Scared'. In this fascinating interview, Dario reflects over his life, from his childhood of sleeping on the streets of Cardiff to founding a multi-million pound business.

This was a great opportunity to learn about one of Wales' toughest men and being able to edit the interview for him.

Through my masters course, I got the opportunity to help out with the Iris festival. I did 4 days of work which included lighting and sound for the talks at the start and end of each showing.

This was a great experience for me as I got to see a variety of creatives talk about their thought process behind making their films.