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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:

  • JVC HD110

  • Sony EX3

  • Canon 550D, 600D, 650D, 60D and 5D Mark II

  • Canon C100

  • Red Dragon 6K (Training)

  • Freefly Mōvi M10 (Training)

Post-Production Skills:

  • Final Cut Pro 7

  • Photoshop CS5 & CS6

  • Pro Tools

  • Premiere Pro CS6

 

 

Other Skills:

  • Script Advisor

  • Editing

  • Colour Grading

  • Filming/Camera Operator

  • Steadicam Operator

  • Lighting/gaffer

  • CastingProducing

  • Running

 

 

  • Planning & Organisation

  • Resourceful

  • Continual Improver

  • Hands-on, always willing to work and do more

  • Approachable and friendly

  • Can cope under pressure

  • Good communicator, both verbally and listening

  • Financial awareness

  • Decision making/problem solving

  • Punctual and dedicated

  • Opportunistic

  • Team player

  • Experience in the industry and style of work

  • Understanding of strict deadlines, working conditions and concentration levels

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