Film Production

Ardmore studios

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A video of the making of our student film in Ardmore studios, Bray.

Me

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I am a 29 year old Irish male with a Master's Degree in Film Production. You can see some movies I made in college below as well as details of work and education. Thanks.

Better links

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Roles I can fill on a film include: Director, First Assistant director, Script supervisor, clapper, story board artist, art department assistant, props master, production coordinator assistant, production assistant/runner.

Work and Work experience so far have included the following:

October/November 2009: Art director on short film 'My Father's Trousers'. Shot in Wicklow. directed by T.J. O' Grady.

August/September 2009: Continuity for week one of two week feature shoot on film 'Between the Canals'. Assistant continuity was done by me in the second week. Pictures cannot be added for this film yet for contractual reasons. It is still in post-production.

June/July 2009: Storyboard artist for above-mentioned feature 'Between the Canals'. -

April 2009: 2 days assistant art direction and one day continuity (unpaid)on feature film 'A Foreign Affair'. This film was written and is being directed by West Patrick Connolly. It is being produced by Karen Therese Connolly of Armchair films. Cinematographer of 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Charlie and the Chocolate factory' (newest release) is also working on said film.

-Spring 2009: Assistant Art Director (unpaid) on short film 'She Owns Everything', directed by Alexandra McGuinness.

-September-October 2008: 3 weeks work experience on 4 part ITV drama series 'Father and Son'. Based in the art department. Duties included researching images, cutting out set designs and working with wall paper samples for sets. 2 days (paid) extras casting work was also carried out on the same series.

-Summer 2008 to present: Writing of two feature scripts. Currently on 4th draft of one script. Being supervised by former employee of Irish Film Board.

Check out these better quality You Tube links of my movies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDEE5afnRP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wrvGSwu3b

Education

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2007-2008 M.A. Film Production, University College Dublin. 2.1 honours achieved.
Modules included Film Production 1 (Production of film on location in conjunction with Ardmore studios), Film Production 2 (Production of a film in Ardmore studio sound stage), (Roles on set included clapper/loader, production design and script supervision), Motion Picture Post-Production (Editing using Avid media composer), Principles of Screenwriting, Early and Silent Cinema, Hollywood Cinema, Cinema Europe, Documentary and Irish Cinema.

Production coordinator course (Dec. 2008)
Directing course (Feb-March 2009)
How to produce a short film course (June 2009).
FAS course Phototoshop CS2 for 5 weeks in Baldoyle (June-July 2009)
October to November 2009: 8 week editing course in Final Cut Pro, Filmbase, Temple Bar. (One night per week)

2004-2005 M.A. International Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland. 2.1 honours achieved.

2001-2004 B.A. English and Anthropology, National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth, Ireland. 2.1 honours achieved.

Grammar School

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This film was made in the autumn of 2007. Roles on set by me included production design. It was made in conjunction with Ardmore studios on the campus of University College Dublin. Apologies about the resolution.

Dream Factory

2009-01-18T04:19:00.000-08:00

The following is a short film made by my class in Ardmore studios Ireland called The Dream Factory. It was made in the spring of 2008. Roles on the film by me included clapper/loader and script supervisor. The film was shot in HD. Apologies about its resolution. The picture above is of my class after wrap on the film.