Work history
Visitor Services AssistantBritish Film Institute (BFI)
London, United KingdomPart Time
● Professionally communicate over the phone and face-to-face on the Box Office.
● Attend various screenings and events to provide informed recommendations. Develop a
grounding in all areas of the BFI, including current programming.
● Welcome customers and oversee screenings for quality and customer safety as Usher.
BFI Film Academy Young ProgrammerBritish Film Institute (BFI)
- London, United KingdomFreelance
● Helped shape and promote the BFI Film Academy events programme 22/23, including curating
a live improv-comedy event at the BFI Southbank.
● Previewed short film submissions for BFI Future Film Festival 2023, analysing them for quality
and suitability.
● Learned effective social media use: wrote film-related content and hosted interviews with
filmmakers for Instagram Live. Generated editorial content for the Future Film Festival.
Skills
- Screenwriting
- Writing
- Script Analysis
- Script Editing
- Film Analysis
- Film Journalism
- Interviewing
- Script Coverage
- Screenplay
Education
MA ScreenwritingLondon Film School
- London, United Kingdom
● Analysed TV and film scripts with attention to detail. Edited scripts for two short films on the MA Filmmaking course: Kill the Music, a comedy-horror; and Yasoomi, a surreal sketch comedy.
● Worked in groups to share peer feedback and develop scripts. Regularly participated in an extracurricular writing feedback group to develop further projects and share ideas.
● Developed research skills, seeking useful and reliable materials to support projects.
● Learned industry standards for writing TV, short film and feature-length scripts. Chosen to pitch my short film script, Fading, at the LFS End-of-Term Wrap.
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BA (Hons) English and Creative WritingRoyal Holloway, University of London
- Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Upper Second Class Honours (2:1)
● Generated and evaluated original ideas about scripts. Proactively identified and solved
problems without oversight to improve written communication.
● Analysed playscripts’ structure, dialogue, and character. Wrote analytical essays in response.
● Created speculative television projects in groups, including market research, series bibles and
publicity material. Pitched projects and shared group feedback.