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Crew Calls

The Man With Four Legs

This is a low budget mockumentary thriller feature film that will begin principal photography in September this year. We have an excellent team in place and are looking for some final positions to be filled.

Shoot Date: 25th Sep 2013 – 9th Oct 2013
Shooting: London, Great Britain
Production Company: EDC Productions
Genre: Drama
Form: Feature

Cinematographer
We are looking for a London based skilled and experienced DP for our up and coming feature film. Experience as a DP on feature films is essential, as is experience with cameras beyond DSLRs such as REDs, Sony F series, Alexa, Black Magic cameras. Must be based in or a If you own your own kit that is a plus but not essential. Please include: – links to your work. – kit that you own or have access to, if any. – If you are available from September 25th for two to three weeks.

Pay: £500 p/week

1st Assistant Director
We are looking for an experienced 1st AD for our up and coming low budget feature film. Feature film experience is essential. Must live in or around London. Please apply with some information about yourself and the films you have worked on.

Pay: £300 p/week

Makeup
We are looking for a talented, London based make-up and FX artist. Feature film experience is essential. Please apply with links to your work, and in particular with links to any body injury make-up/FX work you have done. We woud be shooting for two to three weeks from September 25th 2013.

Pay: £300 p/week

VICE – Digital Media Ops / Assistant Editor

Date: May 2013
Location: London
Role: Digital Media Ops Co-Ordinator
Department: Post Production
Reporting to: Post Supervisor
Salary: Dependent on Experience (Guide: 16k-20k)
Hours – 12.30am to 9.00pm Monday to Friday

VICE started in 1994 as a newsprint monthly in Montreal, and is now a global youth media company that includes print, event, music, online, television, and feature film divisions, operating in over 30 countries. VICE is the industry leader in original video for the web. With dozens of original series franchises across all content categories, VICE publishes over 60 minutes of new video content every day.

OVERVIEW

At the core of VICE is the production and distribution of premium original video content. The production arm consists of a passionate and enthusiastic team of film makers. We make content across vertical categories dedicated to news, music, fashion, sports, travel, documentaries, branded entertainment, technology and more. We find stories that fit the VICE tone and speak to our audience, as well as finding interesting stories that could fit into a brands brief.
The primary role of the Media ingest Operator is to facilitate the timely ingest of media in preparation for edit. This role requires a solid technical understanding as well as strong organisational skills. Along with Ingest duties you will be required to compile post-­?production paperwork for deliveries and edit assist on projects.

Delivery and QC

• Quality Control of all files prior to upload.
• Encoding and uploading final films to multiple platforms in the relevant format, i.e. Brightcove, Ooyala, YouTube, Vimeo and FTP’s.
• Assisting third parties with the delivery of content, ensuring it’s delivered to the appropriate technical specification and on time.
• Coordinating the completion of transcripts and translations, copy-checking and creating correct formats for multi-language closed captions.

Archiving

• Day-to-day archiving of completed projects using Presstore and Cache-A LTO tape drives. Responsible for itemizing and cataloguing all archived media.
• Managing the archive and coordinating archived assets between the international offices. Including video assets, raw footage and transcriptions.
• With the Post Co-ordinator acting as a point of contact with other VICE offices for delivery of content to broadcasters and Publisher partners.

Edit Assisting

• Assisting Video Editors through all stages of the editing process including basic technical troubleshooting.
• Sourcing external assets and minor editing.
• Recording, editing and compressing voice-over.
• Delivering rough cuts to producers for viewing in house and off site.
• Creating credits and basic graphics in Photoshop for use in edits.
• Copy-checking of English subtitles.

Required Skills:

• Confidence with Apple OS X operating system, digital media deliveries and archiving.
• Experience with Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop and encoding software.
• Strong organisational skills, a keen eye for detail and a core technical understanding are required for this role.
• Responsibilities will be many and varied, so the candidate should have good flexibility and willingness to pick up and run with work and proactively add ideas and innovation to the VICE business.
• Effective team player with strong resiliency.

Please email your CV with a covering letter to [email protected] stating “Digital Media Ops Co-ordinator” in the subject line.

We look forward to hearing from you!

If you do not hear back from us within one month of applying then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you once again for applying and we wish you success in your future career.

Crew Calls

Casting Director
Experienced casting director or experienced assistant wanted for a short film shooting over the summer in Birmingham. We are looking to cast actors and non actors in the West Midlands area so please only apply if you are based there. ‘Evergreen’ is based on Edgar Lee Masters, ‘Spoon River Anthology’.

Pay rate: £200 p/day

Shoot Date: 30th Jul 2013 – 4th Aug 2013
Shooting: West Midlands, Great Britain
Production Company: Gillian Wearing
Genre: Drama
Form: Short

Application through Shooting People (requires membership) HERE

Crew Calls

PASTINACHUS

An experimental drama about a group of eccentric Scottish siblings who have inherited their mother’s house after she died by the tail of a stingray in an uncanny snorkelling accident. A portrait of their strained family relations and gradual descent from wistfulness, affection and boredom into mindless megalomaniacal despair. To be filmed in Cambridge, UK.

Boom Operator
We are looking for an experienced audio technician and boom mic operator to work on ‘Pastinachus’ between the 12th-16th June in Cambridge, England. Free accommodation available.

Pay: £50 p/day + expenses

Shoot Date: 12th Jun 2013 – 16th Jun 2013
Shooting: East Midlands, Great Britain
Genre: Drama
Form: Short

Application through Shooting People (requires membership) HERE