Denise Smith

Tel: 07885 411558 Email: Denise_dee_dee@hotmail.co.uk

I am a graduate film- maker with experience of producing self-shooting documentaries, promotional videos and events- coverage, organising small crews and always thriving to push my abilities in multi-skilled environments including administration, bookkeeping and project- planning for pre-production, camera, audio, lighting and rigging for production as well as editing, graphics and sound design in post- production.

Education ICB Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping, Open Study College (2015- present) BSc (Hons) Film Production Technology, Staffordshire University (2011-2014) 3x A Levels- Film Studies, Music and Drama & Theatre Studies, Cleeve School (2009-2011) GCSE Short course Mandarin, Chinese, Cleeve School (2009-2011)

Skills- Film- making - Sound recording and design- Self-shooting - Documentary- Video Editing - Social- networking- Adobe Creative Suite - Minute-taking- Final Cut Pro - Customer- service- Avid - Problem- solving- Lighting - Producing- Photography - Acting- Theatre - Short films- Bookkeeping - IT literate

Career Highlights ‘Farmers on Film’ was set up to produce short films for farms and their farmers in order to

promote themselves. I was one of the first to get this project off the ground by filming pre-organised visits to selected farms and coming together with a quirky short promotional video for ‘Ernie’s Guernsleigh A2 Cheese’, which sparked a huge wave of enthusiasm for the movement and held its first Farmers on Film Festival, which I then was asked to become the Festival Co-Director and organised parts of the whole exciting event, including website updating, planning of the day, projection of the films and handing out awards.

As part of the film crew for ‘Sea of Change’, a documentary about the rights of the blind and visually- impaired in Britain in terms of town centre road design, I was hired to film one scene in Lewes and edited a version that was later screened in The Phoenix Cinema in Oxford during the Public Health Film Festival in 2014 and parts of it were shown on ITV Central after pitching the idea to them during a Diversity Meeting in October 2013, which certainly created the right amount of controversy within the government for them to start doing something about the problems the blind were facing.

Career HistoryFreelance Film- maker (2012- present)

Staffordshire University

Video Content Producer

Producing several short promotional films in the style of creative interviews to be uploaded on the University’s Health Sciences website to promote the Faculty and increase interest in the courses alongside 3 other crew members.

6th July- 31st July 2015

Sarah Gayton (Client)

Camera, Sound design and

Sea of Change, as stated above was partly shot by myself but was re-edited in HD to provide a much more compelling

Sept 2013-July 2014

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Denise Smith

Editor storyline and in a way to suggest help was still needed.

Adam and Marinha’s Delicious Sauce Company

Producer, Camera, Co-Editor

Filmed the opening of their new shop as well as produced 3 x short cooking shows with chef David Mooney to showcase their delicious sauces.

Jan 2014

Curatorial Intern

Fliqio Judging hundreds of films that have been submitted to the online platform for submission. I assess if each film has the technical quality that the platform wants to uphold, giving each one a rating of 0-5, where only 4’s and 5’s get in.

June 2015- present

Festival Co-Director

Farmers on Film Festival

Organising the event, producing some short films of farmers, sending emails, updating the website,

March 2014- April 2015

Student Ambassador

Staffordshire University

Setting up events, customer service, taking up to 50 people on tours of the University’s campus and accommodation, presenting to small and large audiences.

Oct 2013- Nov 2014

Vice President and Business Manager

Staffordshire University’s Film Society

Organising the committee, setting up meetings and taking minutes, planning long-term events and trips, dealing with enquiring from members, emailing, liaising with Student’s Union, Social networking, filing, working with the President and Treasurer to address how the society will get funding and where it needs to be spent. Holding events and lectures for the members.Helping groups to organise crews, locations and make sure they fill out the right forms.

Oct 2012- Feb 2014

Secretary Staffs TV Camera Operator, Lighting Technician and Floor Manager

Organising committee meetings, taking minutes, contributing to decisions and ideas. As a member, I was regularly in the crew of the weekly live show and in 2013, Staffs TV won Best Student TV Channel after hosting the NaSTAvision Awards 2013- I was Floor Operator at the time.

July 2012- Feb 2013

RecommendationsMs Sarah Gayton Mr Tony Stewart (known as James Appleby)Director Voiceover ArtistFarmers on Film Staffordshire University/ Appleby Voiceover51, Queens Street College RoadLeek Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire StaffordshireST13 6LP ST4 2DEMob: 07903 155858 Tel: 01785 353692Email: sarahgayton@yahoo.co.uk Email: applebyvoiceover@gmail.com

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