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The Bath & West Show Documentary
Experienced professional filmmaker with a rounded background in film production. I am dedicated to helping people tell their stories. Leveraging my technical and editorial expertise, my aim is to create films that enable audiences to understand and empathise with diverse experiences, causes, and messages.
In the most recent years I have honed my documentary editing skills as this has been the majority of my work. This spans across identifying key themes, finding patterns, editing down hours of interview footage and applying appropriate to convey complex messages - designed to engage the target audience. Another large part of my work over the past few years has consisted of creating animations that clearly and compellingly convey clients’ value propositions.
Employment Experience
Digital Media Creator, Chantry Group - Jul 2021 - Nov 2024
Franchise Marketing Agency
With experience producing over 50 franchise videos and editing numerous franchisee interviews for clients such as Dyno-Rod, TaxAssist, Right At Home, Laser Clinics, Zerorez & Schmidt - within this role I developed a strong understanding of how to create videos that capture franchisee attention while honing my documentary storytelling skills.
Utilising Adobe Aftereffects & Illustrator, I also created animation explainer films for clients such as Dyno-Rod, NIC Group & Ableworld. During this role I was also a camera operator and production assistant on multiple film shoots, working with actors and interview subjects.
Editor & Camera Operator, Floating Harbour Films, Feb 2019- Sep 2020
Independant Film Production Company
Working within a team as a camera operator, editor and colourist on a wide range of documentary and promotional productions.
Work included docupromos for Bristol University, live event production & promos for TEDxBristol 2019, drama adverts for National Rail, colourgrading for Wildscreen, promotional material for Sustrans, multi live streaming for WECA & Accounting Excellence, live idents and heavy data management for The International Judo Federation Düsseldorf 3 day tournament.
Another part of my role was managing equipment hire bookings and maintaining equipment.
Editor, Camera Operator Director & Co-Founder, Hall & Gaines, Jan 2017 - Oct 2020
Content Creation & Communication Company
Creating mini-documentaries, promotional films, and informative videos for a range of clients (primarily in the heritage sector). During this time we produced the highest engaging video for the National Trust in 2016, alongside documenting Danny Boyles Pages Of the Sea. We also created videos for Southwest Heritage Trust and American Museum.
These videos created high social media engagement and increased increased visitor numbers for the tourist attractions, exhibitions and events. Other clients featured Extract Coffee & Bristol City Council. Within this role I worked alongside my business parter on concepting, directing and producing, creating proposals, quotes and budget sheets. I would also shoot and edit the films, and on occasion directing drone pilots.
Filmmaker, Reuben Gaines, 2012 - Present
Freelance Filmmaker
Bringing extensive experience in shooting and editing films across diverse genres, I manage and work in all stages of the production process, from client liaison, concepting, project planning and camera work to editing and final delivery. I have created documentary, promo, timelapse and photography material for craft companies such as Sebastian Blakeley and Method Furniture Makers, Ashmore Building Co and Helen Moore as well as creating promotional films and photography to showcase new property developments.
Work has also included music videos for local artists, communities and corporate companies. Within the freelance world I have worked for companies in specific roles as an editor, camera operator, colourist and photographer.
Content Producer Intern, Tyntesfield, June 2016 - January 2017
National Trust, Marketing Department
I implemented the 2016 marketing plan by blending the National Trust’s core values with my creative skills to produce compelling content tailored to NT audience segments, boosting engagement both online and offline. Through this process, I built strong, creative relationships with NT staff, collaborating on diverse film, photography, and social media projects, including event documentation and focused shoots.
Founder, VALV, 2012 - 2014
Music Vido Production Company
During my third and final year of university I created a business plan for a music video production company & website. I pitched the project in the form of an in person presentation and written business plan to a panel of potential funders. This resulted in securing £1000 of funding and a summer ‘entrepreneurship’ with UWE Enterprise. Following this I won ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year’, and received an additional £250 of funding. The VALV YouTube channel went on to accumulate 186,739k (and counting) views.
Within the company I directed, produced, shot & edited a series of Live Sessions for ‘The Gallimaufry’, a popular music venue in Bristol. I won this project by creating a proposal and budget for the client and sponsors (Tiger Beer). In addition to this I created 2 other sets of live sessions, one filmed at UWE in the TV studio (The Ship Sessions) and another in Brighton (Pressed Sessions). Each of these projects had different budgets, variables and restrictions to work with, however we still managed to work within the different parameters to produce multiple series of videos that all of the artists and organisers were pleased with.