Benjamin Harding

BENJAMIN HARDING Address​: Via Cortina 47, Cordenons PN, 33084, Italia Telephone Number​: - Email​: - LinkedIn​: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/benjaminharding1 Gender​: Male ​Date of Birth​: 13/09/89 Nationality​: British Cinephile, Former Video Producer and an Englishman in Italy. Next venture, to build on my skills as a video graphic designer and teacher, and grow a future for myself in Italy with my partner. Experience September 2018 Present English Teacher at Language House All my lessons are conducted in the English language and are designed to be fun and enjoyable. I present mime and illustrations to teach words and grammar, then use interactive games for students to practice what they have learned. I’m currently preparing students for Trinity grades 1-4. April 2018 - July 2018 Customer Assistant at Havana House Ltd In this position I acquired knowledge in the tobacco trade. Duties include assisting customers face-to-face and over the phone, restocking sale items, keeping the store well presented, managing mail order purchases, end of day accounting and ensuring the security of the store. September 2017 February 2018 Technical Assistant at Lifejak Ltd Within this role I developed skills in office administration, customer support and accounts management. Main duties include management of inbound communications from clients and customers, testing production from the development team, generating sales leads and managing client accounts. July 2014 - October 2018 Video Producer at 2 Bee Videos Within this role I developed skills in project management, customer services and accounts administration. I'm a sole trading professional within the brand and conduct the entire production process. My goal was to create an alternative video production service for corporate and short online videos in Bath and Bristol. One in which provided high quality tailored and designed videos at an affordable rate. My services cover content strategy, pre-production scripting, video production, post-production editing to final format with project backup for alternative formatting requests by the client. Currently my video production brand has covered wedding and event videos, marketing, project articles, course content and music videos. July 2015 - February Film & Television Teacher at The Pauline Quirke Academy of 2017 Performing Arts Children aged 6 to 16 entered my classroom and within one hour left learning something new and had fun in the process. As long as a child has done these two things in my classroom, I feel fulfilled. During my time in this role I challenged the children to be at their best. They produced six high quality short films, winning 2 national film festival awards and 3 more accolades. I have never felt more proud knowing that I can inspire and challenge a group of students to go the distance. December 2015 September 2017 Crew Member at McDonald's In this position I developed my skills in customer service, time organisation, cleanliness, health & safety and food related hygiene. My primary duty is serving customers at the front counter. This has developed my communication skills with customers and colleagues and also people of different origins and backgrounds. August 2015 August 2015 Assistant Film Editor at Shunk Films This was a temporary role for the production company's short film entitled "A Girl and Her Gun". My main responsibility was to prepare footage from the entire film production for the film editor and colour grader. Activities included creating a sequence of all footage uncut in chronological order of slate with labelled audio files correctly synced with the appropriately slated video files. Creating a sequence with all footage with clapper loader cut in chronological order of film script. June 2013 - October Freelance Videographer 2014 As a videographer I work with clients to film events. To achieve this I use a Canon Digital SLR EOS 550D camera, Canon and Tokina lenses and a Zoom H4N audio recording device. My work experience includes a wedding, a musical performance and an awards ceremony. June 2014 - July 2014 Sound Recordist Freelance I work on location with the director during production to record all dialogue from performers and subjects. To achieve this I use a Zoom H4N sound recording device connected to a Rode NTG2 microphone attached to a Rode 3 metre boom pole. Productions include "TSP" a documentary produced by Rich Wareham and "Enemy of the Stars" a theatrical film produced by Brod Productions. June 2014 - July 2014 Camera Assistant at Zed Productions Limited My main responsibility was to assist the camera operator. Duties included assisting in preparing and rigging the camera, assist in changing camera lenses, and clapper loading duties. June 2013 - May 2014 Junior Media Technician at King Edward's School, Bath Technical support for the Audio & Visual department, ICT department and Theatre department. Digital and electronic audio and visual communications support for school assemblies. Managing projectors, printers and photocopiers. Uploading of VHS, DVD and digital video files to KESTV. Creating and managing content for the Staffroom digital signage, including creating a motion graphic ident. KESTV is the school's online television, radio and video archive and digital signage system, provided by Planet eStream. July 2012 - August 2012 Temporary Film Technician at Norwich University of the Arts My main responsibility was to produce an educational resource video for the fashion department. Entitled "Sitting by Nellie", the video demonstrates the methodology of specialist traditional handcraft techniques incorporating Couture Bespoke Tailoring, Couture Garment construction and hand finishing. Commissioned by Sue Chowles (Fashion Course Leader), Presented by former Savile Row tailor Joan Brown and assisted by Laura Old (Fashion Lecturer). My duties included four days video production of Joan Brown's presentation assisted by Laura Old on location in the fashion lab at the university and concluded with two months post-production editing and production of master dual DVD project including menus and chapters. July 2008 - October 2008 Video Producer at CRITICAL FLOW SYSTEMS LIMITED My main responsibility was to produce a video representing the company's services. This was to be displayed at their exhibition stand during networking events and also used as a resource for training at their main office. The video required a week of video production on location with the team and two months of post-production editing. Education September 2009 July 2012 Norwich University of the Arts Bachelor Degree in Arts (B.A.), Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant, Grade: 2.1 My degree focused on moving image in film production, motion graphic design and art installation. I personally focused on video and film production design and post-production editing. During my first year 2009/2010 I directed the photography in a short fantasy film, designed and produced sound for a film introduction sequence and researched the history of film adaptations of graphic novels. In my second year 2010/2011, I co-produced a pilot for a web series that was also selected and screened at the Norwich Film Festival 2011, produced a short sci-fi film and researched Meta-Narrative, Time-Travel and religious iconography within the film "Donnie Darko". In my final year 2011/2012, I produced a short dramatic film and researched Noir conventions within the film "Memento". Activities and Societies: Sound Recordist on student short film production "The Lost School" produced by Kris Smith in 2011. Sound Recordist on short film production "Z-Lister" produced by Kris Smith in 2012. Sound Recordist on feature film production "Another Day" produced by Jodie Welham in 2012. Self-shooting producer of Norwich Cathedral school tour video in 2012. September 2006 July 2009 City of Bath College National Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Grade: Triple Distinction I specifically focused on the following modules; Video Production, Print Production, Animation Techniques, Web Authoring, Media Pre-Production Techniques, Production Management, Film & Video Editing Techniques, Interactive Media Digital Graphics, Camera Techniques, Video & Television Writing, Factual Film & Video Production Techniques, Music Video Production, Television Ident Design, Video Installation Production, Print Digital Graphics, DVD Menu Design & Authoring, Interactive Media Video Production, Motion Graphics Compositing. Activities and Societies: Producer of film sequence for the drama department's stage production "Alice: The Musical" in 2009. Camera Operator for filming of the stage production "Alice: The Musical" in 2009. Volunteer Experience July 2014 September 2014 Chippenham Half Marathon Runner at Stroke Association I chose to run the half marathon in aid of the Stroke Association because a good friend suffered a stroke in 2014. Thankfully she is alive and well. I completed the half marathon with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 6 seconds, raising £398 for the charity. https://www.justgiving.com/Benjamin-Harding/ Additional Information Skills & Expertise Video Editing, Short Films, Film Production, Final Cut Pro 7, Post Production, Soundtrack Pro, Audition CS6, Music Videos, Film, Video, Videography, Canon DSLR, DVD Studio Pro, Sound Recordist, Boom Operator, Digital Photography, Colour Grading, Apple Color, Audio/Visual Script Writing, CeltX, Camera Assistant, Mac OS X, Photoshop CS6, After Effects CS6, Premiere Pro CS6, Zoom H4N, Corporate Videos, Scheduling Management, Editing Assistant, DVD authoring, DVD Architect, ICT/Audio Visual Support Certifications ABC Level 3 Award in Digital Photo-Imaging - QCA License L- July 2008 ABC Level 3 Award in Web Production Skills - QCA License H- July 2008 Full Clean UK Driving Licence