Caitlin Donaldson
Online CV
Gaffer/Lighting | Camera Operator | Editor | Colourist
caitlin_donaldson@hotmail.co.uk | @CaitlinD115 | 07833 338382
www.caitlindonaldson.wix.com/filmmaker | www.vimeo.com/caitlin151
Personal Statement/Career Objective:
The level of drive and determination I have to succeed in post-production is dominant. My aim is the gain further experience and knowledge within the film industry, specifically within editing, as well as to increase my confidence in working within a team/crew; be it being a runner or assisting/shadowing for help in my aspiring career within film.
Education & Credits:
Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
BA(Hons) Media (Film) Production. Sept. 2011 - July 2014.
Own Productions (Written, Produced, Directed, Edited & Coloured by Me):
Other Productions:
Relevant Work Experience:
Chevron – Graphics Department, Canary Wharf, London.
Assisting in Graphics department on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Grand Independent, Stafford, Staffordshire
Junior Graphic Designer
Work Experience designing DVD sleeves, disc designs and posters for commercial use.
ENVY Post-production, SOHO, London.
Runner.
Staffordshire Universtiy, West Midlands and North of England.
Freelance Filmmaker
Worked on numerous films (50+) as part of a crew, from strenuous lifting and under hot and freezing conditions. Been an editor for 4 years, which requires concentration at it’s best.
Key Skills
Other Strengths
Money Machine
Justice Needs No ZimmerFrame
The Guide To The Ultimate Oatcake
Pink Mist
P^RTS
Brute
Hide, Don't Seek
Ghosts
- Lighting/Gaffer
- Editor & Colourist
- Camera Operator & Assistant Colourist
- Camera Operator
- Steadicam Op & Assistant Editor
- Camera & Steadicam Op and DOP
- Lighting
- Camera Trainee
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
Platform No.4
Breathe...
Been There, Done That
One Too Many
Ella's Moments
- That horror of being left alone as a child.
- One girl finding closure after her best friends death.
- An insight in to the intimate lives of some of the locals in Stoke
- Friendly game of Scrabble that turns sour after one too many...
- True story of a how 1 cancer patient affected one nurse.
- 2012
- 2012
- 2013
- 2013
- 2014
Camera Skills:
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JVC HD110
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Sony EX3
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Canon 550D, 600D, 650D, 60D and 5D Mark II
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Canon C100
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Red Dragon 6K (Training)
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Freefly Mōvi M10 (Training)
Post-Production Skills:
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Final Cut Pro 7
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Photoshop CS5 & CS6
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Pro Tools
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Premiere Pro CS6
Other Skills:
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Script Advisor
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Editing
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Colour Grading
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Filming/Camera Operator
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Steadicam Operator
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Lighting/gaffer
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CastingProducing
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Running
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Planning & Organisation
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Resourceful
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Continual Improver
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Hands-on, always willing to work and do more
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Approachable and friendly
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Can cope under pressure
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Good communicator, both verbally and listening
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Financial awareness
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Decision making/problem solving
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Punctual and dedicated
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Opportunistic
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Team player
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Experience in the industry and style of work
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Understanding of strict deadlines, working conditions and concentration levels