Issabella Orlando
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Issabella Orlando

Freelance FilmmakerUnited Kingdom
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Issabella Orlando
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Issabella Orlando

Freelance FilmmakerUnited Kingdom
About me
Documentary filmmaker & multimedia storyteller splitting my time across arts & culture journalism and full service video production. Telling stories of arts, culture, craft, heritage places, and what they mean to people. Writer of poetry wherever I can in between.
Projects
  • Heritage on the Edge: Google Arts and Culture x COP26
    Heritage on the Edge: Google Arts and Culture x COP26I directed the production and editing of three videos to illustrate the links between cultural heritage and climate change, community resilience and technology which were presented by Google Arts & Culture at the 26th UN Climate Summit in November 2021.
  • heres Magazine
    heres MagazineIt was nothing short of a pleasure to pen a few words about the heritage and cultural ecosystem in London and its iterations in fashion for heres Magazine, an emerging London based publication celebrating diversify and heritage.
  • Perspectives: Reflections on the Impey Album & Modern India
    Perspectives: Reflections on the Impey Album & Modern IndiaDesigned, co-curated and contributed written pieces to a digital exhibition at the Centre for Historic Houses India.
  • Gifted Heirlooms: Cultural Heritage Workshop
    Gifted Heirlooms: Cultural Heritage WorkshopI developed and delivered a self-development workshop through the production house, Gifted, by Nature. One February evening, I had the privilege of guiding a group of women through a conversation and series of journal prompts exploring cultural heritage.
  • Always/Never On Time
    Always/Never On TimeA journal of creative prose, myth and miscellaneous photos centred around the theme of time. The first Double S zine, written & designed by Issabella Orlando.
  • Any Segment. – Web Design
    Any Segment. – Web DesignIt was a pleasure to redesign the web platform for Any Segment, an arts, literature and conversation magazine, to match the publication's colourful and dynamic pages. Using Squarespace, I reframed existing copy with graphics and illustrations to create an engaging, inspired user experience.
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Projects credited in
  • Issue 2
    Issue 2We are a magazine that celebrates emerging artists and donates to charity, with each issue supporting a different one. Centring around all types of artists, including illustrators, photographers, writers and more, who tend to focus their time & energy around building an online portfolio, where they aren’t quite established yet or don’t carry the following they genuinely deserve, we offer a genuine platform where artists can collaborate and depend on the idea of being themselves, remain unique a
  • Slow Guides - Bradt Travel Guides
    Slow Guides - Bradt Travel GuidesInterior picture research for the Somerset title -slow travel series produced by Bradt Travel Guides. My work involves liaising effectively with picture agencies, suppliers (such as hotels, museums and other small businesses) and photographers. As well as edit the images when necessary.
Work history
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    Preservation Project CoordinatorGoogle Arts & Culture
    United KingdomFull Time
    Recruited to the heritage preservation team to create and produce content and manage projects that use tech to preserve, document and publicise tangible and intangible heritage from around the world and throughout history. To achieve these goals, I help manage and foster relationships with international partners including UNESCO, ICOMOS, CyArk, Ancient Art Archive and more universities, museums, institutions and organisations. artsandculture.google.com/project/preservation
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    Writing Contributorheres Magazine
    London, United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
  • Writing
  • Archaeology
  • Academia
  • Film Directing
  • Research
  • Creative Approach
Education
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    MSc Maritime ArchaeologyThe University of Oxford
     - Oxford, United Kingdom
    My love for the sea and background in Classical Studies have together inspired my master's degree in maritime archaeology, in which I focus on investigating the maritime cultural landscapes of the ancient Mediterranean as well as the region's sustained maritime cultural heritage and underwater archaeological remains. Weekly essays investigating a broad range of theoretical and practical topics have cumulated in longer pieces of research and writing exploring the presence of network dynamics amongst the archaic Greek cities of southern Italy and the importance of harnessing creative multimedia to credibly promote and democratise the discipline of maritime archaeology. My thesis paper investigates maritime cultural heritage and underwater archaeology on the Ionian coast of Calabria, Italy and proposes approaches for promoting the region's cultural resources to visitors and residents alike, with regenerative tourism, sustainable development and local community involvement as key pillars.
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    BA Classical StudiesKing's College London
     - London, United Kingdom
    My degree focused on material culture and social life in the ancient Mediterranean, from Bronze Age Greece to Late Antiquity. In my third year, my research involved archaeological analyses of seaborne movement in the Minoan Aegean and Early Roman Empire, using maritime archaeological material in support of the latter. I familiarised myself with shipwreck databases and cargo amphorae types in preparation for a Masters' Degree in Maritime Archaeology. I also covered breadth of other material, including Ancient Greek and Roman history, pre-Socratic and Platonic philosophy; Roman and Byzantine art and archaeology; and Classical reception throughout European history.