Holly Blain-Rodman

Holly Blain-Rodman

Casting Assistant/DirectorLondon, United Kingdom
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Holly Blain-Rodman

Holly Blain-Rodman

Casting Assistant/DirectorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Casting assistant for Kharmel Cochrane and aspiring film/creative director with theatre directing training. Keen to find producers, DOPs and other collaborators to make low budget projects with.
Projects
  • ELLIS + NORONHA - Self
    ELLIS + NORONHA - SelfI worked for the sustainable, custom embroidery fashion brand ELLIS + NORONHA on directing the launch video for their new collection "Self". Their brief was to capture the different methods of dealing with stress brought about in 2020 in their pieces, showcasing the detail of their embroidery work.
  • HANDLE WITH CARE
    HANDLE WITH CARE"Handle with Care is an intimate theatrical experience delivered to your door. Each participant will receive a parcel, reaching out as a desperate attempt for connection and intimacy. With company members dispersed across the UK, Spain, Australia and the USA developing this work, we have discovered it is possible, fruitful and even reparative to be alone and connected at once." Over the spring/summer of 2020, I worked with 4 other artists internationally through lockdown to create a performance
  • It Takes ____ For Ice to Melt in the Swiss Cottage Library
    It Takes ____ For Ice to Melt in the Swiss Cottage LibraryAlongside my director training at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I also documented performance art pieces created by my peers for examination. I directed a performance video which included an interview with the Eva Lee (the artist) overlayed in subtitles. This piece in particular was concerned with the politics between the body and ice, considering the impact humans have on our atmosphere. I worked alongside Eva in creating a brief for the video, then filming, interviewing and editing
Work history
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    Casting AssistantKharmel Cochrane Casting
    London, United KingdomFull Time
Education
    The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama logo
    The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama logo
    MA DirectingThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
     - London, United Kingdom
    Queen Mary University of London logo
    Queen Mary University of London logo
    BA Drama and English LiteratureQueen Mary University of London
     - London, United Kingdom