taratkinson@hotmail.co.uk (Tara Atkinson) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Freelance Work and Experience

April 2009

Freelance Assistant to Creative Director

Working alongside various creative directors to help ensure props, layout and quality of set pre shooting and post shooting is to standard. Responsibility; prop buying, organizing sets, liasing with clients and working with other production associates.

April 2009

Freelance Photographer

Commissioned Band Photography and EP photography for Beat Antenna Local Dubai Band

Commissioned photography for Goal Attain Website

February 2009- March 2009
Freelance Music Video Producer

Our City Our Music- Location Based album showcasing the latest local musicians and filmmakers. Responsibilities included: working with a local up and coming band in Leeds to produce a site specific music video, suitable for small screen formats. Using Canon XH-G1 cameras with Retro reflective LED rings, binaural sound recording and green screens the video was recorded in one single take. Managing 15 people on the production, developing the treatment, set building to editing and rendering the music video to create a compatible format for the Our City Our Music Project.

December 2008- January 2009

Freelance Curator and Promoter for Audio/Visual Showcase

Moving showcase of video work from emerging Audio/Visual Talent in Leeds. Both events were held at two well known music venues: The Faversham and Elbow Rooms Leeds. Responsibilities included: Call for submissions, show reel development, promotional material design, hiring out of space, setting up projection equiptment and marketing of the events.

Please click here to visit the AF*V website

Please click here for more information about the programme

November 2008

Think Public graduate run workshop- Jen Ohlson & Tara Atkinson :

Date: 21.11.2008

Venue: Art & Design Interdisciplinary Studios, Leeds College of Art & Design

On November the 21st Jen Ohlson and myself ran a work shop for 3rd year students at LCAD. Under-graduates from visual communications, art and design interdisciplinary, all came to have their say about The Real Work Experience and how they could become apart of something which could help students get involved with how the RWE could work.

For more information please click here

September 2008 'In Transition'

proposed event to take place at Victoria Work’s warehouse in Holbeck showcasing grass root artists, social groups, speakers addressing themes of dereliction and urban regeneration.
http://www.intransitionleeds.blogspot.com/

July 16th 2008 - present

Promotional videos : Leeds Art College/ Creative Networks: Jimmy Choo Guest Speaker/ Bloodsweat and Tears LCAD degree show 2008. Working with Limehousefilms productions as a freelance director, camera man and editor to produce two promotional videos.

July 16th 2008
1st Class Honors Graduate : BA Hons Art and Design Interdisciplinary at Leeds Art College. (Leeds University Degree)

June 9th 2008
Presenting entry for Anita Cheung: Me4T4 competition.
http://www.e4.com/video/0x5Zt0Lcdz5KMQ5AUZkAaT/play.e4

May 30th 2008 'AUDIOF*VISUAL'

Fundraising event at the Brudenell Social Club.Collaborating with other artists to showcase emerging audio/ visual talent between Leeds Art College, Leeds Met and Leeds University. http://www.audiofuckingvisual.blogspot.com/

May 23-24th 2008 Lumen: Evolution, Volunteer work

Liaising with featured artists, supporting the organisers, invigilating artists work.
Lumen: Evolution website: http://www.lumen.org.uk/evolution/index.php

May 19th 2008
Guerilla Film screening of In Transition: Derelict Glass Workshop on Cardigan Road, Leeds.

Click here to see the video.

May 1st – May 19th 2008
Screening of The 12 Distractions at BBC Millennium Square.
http://www.the-hype.co.uk/reviews/films-of-the-week/the-12-distractions

February 2008

Sorrell Group for Young Design: selected to present at the NALN (National Arts Learning Network) in London at the Annual conference between the 4th and 5th of February: National Arts Learning Network website: http://www.naln.ac.uk

January 2008
2nd Place winner for GIDE (Group of International Design Education) with the experimental video:

The 12 Distractions.

December 2007

Screening of The 12 Distractions experimental video: Hyde Park Picture House.
Hydepark Picture house website: http://www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk/

November 2006- June 2007

Sorrell Young Design Programme involvement working with Primrose High School as Design facilitator.(Burmantofts Leeds). Sorrell Young Design website : http://www.thesorrellfoundation.com/

Knowledge + Experience

Software MAC: Final Cut Pro Studio, CS4 Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, In design)
Software PC: Microsoft Office, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition
Equipment: Sony HDR-FX100, Sony DVC Pro desk, Canon XH-G1, LED, Green screen retro reflective equipment, Lighting set up, Installation + Projection system set up, Edirol Audio V-8 Visual Mixer, PA set up, experience with Binaural Mic recording equipment.

Contact: 050 7748802 or
taratkinson@hotmail.co.uk

Artist CV : Tara Atkinson