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GRAPHIC ART PROP SOURCING

RESEARCH PROP MAKING

ART DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCEProduction Title Role Production Designer Production Company Working Period

Let Us Prey (Feature) Trainee Set decorator James Lapsley Makar After Dark & Fantastic Films 3rd September 2013

Museum of the Third Horizons (corporate)

Prop Buyer and Scenic Painter Francis Gallop Third Horizons 24th July 2013 - Present

T in the Park VIP Tent Prop Builder &Installations Assistant Barry McFadyen Carnival Chaos Event Design 24th June - 12th July 2013

Border Queen (Pilot) Scenic Painter &Set Dresser Wendy Cairns Border Films 23rd & 27th April 2013

Deadinburgh (interactive theatre) Design Assistant Sean Turner LASTheatre 11th - 18th April 2013

To Venice (Short) Prop Designer & Maker - February - March 2013

Puss in Boots (Panto) Puppet &Prop Maker Trainee Francis Gallop Scene House October 2012 -

November 2012

Join In Local Sport(Viral Promo) Art Department Runner Natalie Astridge Brothers and Sisters 6th August 2012

Waterloo RoadGraphic Artist &Art Department

AssistantTina Hicks Shed Productions for BBC 31st July 2012

Shetland (BBC Drama) Graphic Artist Patrick Bill ITV Productions for BBC 23rd-25th June 2012

MI High Trainee Art Department Runner Moley Campbell Kudos Film and Television for BBC 11th - 15th June 2012

School of Silence Art Department Runner John Alston Lucky Day Productions for BBC 31st Jan - 3rd Feb 2012

Happy Lands Trainee Art Department Runner James Helps Edinburgh Theatre Workshop 25th April 2010

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AD DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCEProduction Title Role Line Manager Production Company Working Period

Case Histories II Daily Floor Runner Production Manager:Suzanne Reid Ruby Films 20th November 2012

World War Z Crowd RunnerCrowd 3rd AD’s:

Tom BrowneBarney Hughes

High Command ProductionsFor Paramount 16th - 31st August 2011

Garrow’s Law II Daily Floor Runner Producer:Nick Pitt

Shed Media/Twenty Twenty Productions 29th July 2011

Britain’s Got Talent Floor Runner/Production Assistant

Production Secretary:Mariana Marsh Talkback Thames 22nd - 23rd October 2011

Case Histories I Daily Floor Runner Line Producer:Duncan Muggogh Ruby Films 13th October 2010

One Day 2nd Unit Floor Runner

UPM:Suzanne Reid

2nd Unit Director: Martin Krauka

Hadrian Productions 1st - 4th August 2010

Power Tools including Drill, Dremmel, band saw, Circular sander, Jig Saw, sewing machine

Casting: - Various mould making materials including resin, silicone rubber, jesmonite and dental chromatic alginate - Various Model Making Materials including 2 part expanding foam, resin, plaster

Acrylic, oils and solvent spray paint

Adobe CS4 (Illustrator, Photoshop, Aftereffects, Indesign, Premiere)

Clay and Papier-mâché sculpting

Floor plan draughting using scale rule Photography 35mm, 120mm, digital

LIFE CAST MASKS - TO VENICE SHORT FILM The villains of this film lured narcissistic men into their house and ‘stole’ their faces.

These masks are the stolen faces which were hung on the wall as grisly trophies. Chromatic dental alginate powder was mixedwith water and Vaseline was applied to thesubject’s face as a release agent.

The alginate liquid was quickly poured overthe subject’s face taking care to avoid nostrils.

Several layers of wet plaster bandages were applied to the set alginate surface.

After 30 mins curing time the mold was carefully removed from the subject’s face.

After curing overnight, the inside of the moldwas smeared with vaseline as a release agent.

A thin layer of plaster/water mixture was poured into the mould. This was reinforcedwith several layers of plaster bandages.

After curing overnight, the plaster mask was removed from the mold.

Acrylic paint was applied to the surface of themask in layers using a sponge.

VENETIAN MASKS - TO VENICE SHORT FILM

Papier-mâché base finished with Gesso and gold acrylic.

Embossed Swirls achieved with hotglue piping.

Drawings show various design ideas.

Venetian Masks worn by the Villains

CAT PUPPET - PUSS IN BOOTS PANTOMIME Brunton Theatre, East Lothian Council, Musselburgh

Head - expanded foam cast in a jesmonite mould.

The puppet is operated bymeans of a glove glued intothe head.

Body - machine-stiched faux fur.

The mouth opens and closes.The limbs move freely.

CAT PUPPET Puss in Boots Pantomime

1) I modelled a master pattern in clay.

2) I fitted metal scrims down the middle of the master to create a two-part mould. 3) Then I coated each half in layers of jesmonite soaked cloth.

4) The two halves of the mould we extracted from the clay master and secured together.

5) The expanding foam came in two separate parts in liquid form.

I carefully measured the required ratio of each and poured it into the mould.

6) Once the foam had cured, I painted the face, attached faux fur to the head and

made ears from pieces of foam.

3D MIRRORED DISCO T’sCarnival Chaos Event Design

Computer-cut polystyrene T’swere surfaced with a layer of mirrored tiles

Tiles were measured to fit accurately and cut to shapeusing a band saw and circular sander

I also assisted with installation,preparation and cleaning of props and rigging of pipe and drape

Modern digital photos editedin Adobe Photoshop:- desatuarated- vignetting applied.

Edited images printed ontophoto paper and cut, leavingwhite border.

The photographs were soakedin a mixture of water and tea.

The photographs to the left show a comparison betweenoriginal digital images and their final appearance on screenafter editing and treatment.

This photograph originated asa vintage print which was scannedand edited/treated to resemblethe transformed ‘vintage’ digitalphotographs.

VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS - “SHETLAND” BBC DRAMAITV Studios Ltd. for BBC TV

CZECH BEER LABEL

Design Software

Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.

Design was printed onto glossy paper

and glued onto an empty beer bottle.

DEADINBURGH LASTheatre Interactive Theatre Experience

Designed Logo in Illustrator for pamphlets, Powerpoint and posters

Assisted with Pamphlet and Poster Design Animation can be found Password: Deadinburgh

Created animated sequences in Aftereffects including ‘Loading Bar’ and ‘Countdown Clock’

VICTORIAN SHOW POSTER

Illustrations - graphite pencil.Design Software - Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.

POLICE WARRANT CARDER logo printed onto transparent acetate and mounted onto holographic paper.

Design SoftwareAdobe Illustrator & Photoshop.

ER metal badge obtained from Ebay.

POLICE OFFICERWarrant No.

19749X

This acts as warrant and authority for performingthe duties of this officer

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

GREATER MANCHESTER

POLICE

IAIN STEWARTDETECTIVE INSPECTOR

Authentic Logo obtained fromPolice Website. Clearance isrequired of course.