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About
Available for work from March 2024.
ScreenSkills Art Department Trainee 2023-24.
Looking for work with the Graphics/ Art Department of HETV and Films, with previous experience in graphics, as an art dept asst and petty cash buyer. I have working knowledge on Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office and basic SketchUp abilities.
Producing scripted and general graphic design, posters, cover-ups, magazine covers, digital artwork, presentations in Photoshop, Powerpoint, with use of iStock.
Petty cash buying, managing a float budget, prop sourcing, liaising with standby teams, and assisting with set dressing.
A background in Fine Art, Art & Design, Theatre, and 19 year retail career across customer service, arts & crafts and visual merchandising, with an eye for colour, detail and composition.
If you require any crew, dailies or remote assistance please connect!
Full Clean UK Drivers Licence & own car!
Based in North East – will to travel (Yorkshire, North West, Scotland, Midlands)
BFDG | Bectu (incl. PLI)/ Graphics Union UK
E-learning
See which ScreenSkills e-learning Julie Louise Bemment has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.
Experience
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Art Runner
Art Runner (Dailies) - Unite Students Photoshoot, Newcastle. Dressing and striking ensuite bedrooms, studio flats and other areas of student accommodation during photoshoot, for Unite Students marketing. Monday 4th March 2024.
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Short Film Voting Committee Member
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Art Department
THE DUMPING GROUND (Series 11) - BBC - Producer Nan Gourlay - One week as Art Department Dailies. Assisting with: The building of flat packed furniture and accessories - Dressing beds and houses with furnishings - The clean up process - Petty cash buying: soft furnishings, household accessories - for living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and electrical appliances, drapes and cleaning products. 8 May - 12 May 2023
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Graphic/ Art Department Assistant
BOARDERS (S1) - Designer: Stephen Nicolas, Supervising Art Director Tim Overson, Graphic Designer: Ella Sian-Dovey, Set Decorator: Leanda Bowden-Smith. – Researching and creating mood-boards - Coming up with names for brand clearance - Graphic design & cover ups in Photoshop/iStock, made to scale, including: posters, magazine covers, door plaques, product packaging, receipts, paperwork, awards, box labels, plaques, passes and badges - Hand produced graphic design - Designing interactive graphics for projection and physical interaction - Preparing props/action props for rebranding and rebranding, including spray painting - Making up action props, including mixing non alcoholic consumables - Collecting graphics from printing companies in Bristol and Wales. - Assisted set decoration with dressing some locations. - Petty cash buying materials, supplies, refreshments - Filing forms/Managing float budget - Correspondence with accounts - Learning more about VAT. - ScreenSkills - 8 June – 15 Sept 2023.
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Art Department Assistant / Petty Cash Buyer
JACKDAW - Film – Jackdaw Movie Limited - Designer: Matt Gant, Art Director: Paul Frost, Set Decorator: Megan Bosaw. Buyer: Becky Watson. - (excl. hiatus - 5 weeks) - Script reading and assisted with breakdown for art dept/set dec - Researching for art dept, scenic painters, set dec/props and dressing - Set dec making, and ageing of a microwave - Petty cash buying across art dept, set dec, standby crew, including delivering items to location sets and last minute requests - Learning about budgeting with regards to petty cash buying, and working with VAT receipts - Learnt to file petty cash buyer returns forms - On the job shadow training in some basic site surveying and how to digitally draw floor plans. 14 Nov 2022 – 16 Jan 2023 - Wrapping up 17 – 20 Jan 2023.
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Short Film Voting Committee Member
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Art Department Runner
DANNY & MICK (Series 5) Ice Creamers / A Frosty Reception - Tiger Aspect - Designer: Vanessa Bond - Art Department Runner (Dailies) - Assistant to standby art director and props on location set: reading through dailies script - making props from materials supplied - being on standby with props - collecting props from prop house - Assisted art department: helped art department assistant making action props in office - Assisted production designer: - attended on-site location recces with designer, and took notes on required materials for special effects scenes. 6 July - 8 July 2022
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Art Department Assistant
- Carried out administration tasks, supported the designers with organising visuals for meetings and ordered/bought materials and supplies - Petty cash buying - props, art dept materials, graphics supplies, scenic materials, last minute action prop requests and booked rigging for some set decoration - Made some prop/set decoration items, and altered others for specifics of production - Worked with scenic painters to dirty down interiors to the effect of aged metal, responsible for selecting colour, buying, spray painting console/wall texture panels and dressing interiors with specific set decoration elements. 23 October 2019 - (approx) 20 January 2020 (incl. 2 weeks hiatus)
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Petty Cash Buyer
Contributed to script breakdown for props/action props - Petty cash buying – action props, set dec, art dept materials, graphics supplies and sparks items - Liaised with standby crew for props, last minute action prop requests and delivered items to studio sets and locations - Visited a prop house and furniture market for various items, along with selecting and arranging floral décor within in-house prop store to decorate location sets, to support set decorator whilst busy on location - Assisted set decorator and dressing props on various location sets15 April 2019 - 17 May 2019
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Props Department
Designer: Fergus Clegg - Props Department (Dailies) - Labelled up all packages in warehouse and double checked that barcodes scanned, to be used as action props and set decoration. 5 September 2018 - 6 September 2018
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Art Director
Script breakdown for art department and set decoration - Tech recce for action props and set decoration requirements - Drawn-visual set sketches - Set decoration - Prop sourcing-buying-use of own - Transporting action props, props and set decoration - Set Dressing on location: dressing, and re-dressing sets between takes - Standby Props/ Standby Art Director: re-setting set decoration and worked with actors requiring action prop repeats. 10 August 2018 - 16 August 2018
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Art Director
Script breakdown for art department and set decoration - Researching ethnic decoration - Working with DOP and Director with design of film/colour palettes - Creating mood-boards and drawn-visual set sketches for location sets - Tech recces for action props, props and set decoration requirements - Set decoration - Creating key scrapbook prop, which was aged and decorated - Set dressing of all locations - Props/ Standby Props/ Standby Art Director: re-setting set decoration and working with actresses requiring action prop repeats. 6 August 2018 - 17 August 2018
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Assistant to Board Members
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Art Department Assistant
Hired as Art Department Intern, promoted to Art Department Assistant - Prop sourcing-hiring-transporting from Northern Prop hire to Redcar locations - Prop sourcing-purchasing throughout shoot on location - Graphics: posters for community notice board - Assisted with set decoration and dressing, during pre-production and shoot - Standby Props: working with actors requiring action props repeats. 14 February 2018 - 21 February 2018
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Art Department Assistant (WE)
Worked across the art department and set decoration for a week - Responsible for creating paint swatches for the new seasons colour palette - Assisted designers dressing various studio sets including a forensic garage, police notice boards, cleaning bus shelter, and creating an authentic car park through vehicle positioning - Responsible for preparing lettering for building graphics and board for billboard coverage - Shadowed standby art director and props on set7 August 2017 - 11 August 2017 (work experience)
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Art Director
Hired as Art Department Assistant, promoted to Art Director/Production Designer - Worked with Producer and Director to create script breakdown for art department and set decoration - Designed film colour palette - Drawn-visual set sketches - Props sourcing-buying-hiring-used own - Set dressing with assistance from crew - Graphics - Food poster: designed characters, poster concept, edited and coloured in Photoshop - Created photographic artwork set decoration/graphics - Standby Props/ Standby Art Director on studio set and location: incl. re-setting set decoration, working with actors requiring action prop repeats, along with manipulating an artificial character arm during filming.17 September 2017 - 29 September 2017
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Art Department Trainee/ Set Decorator/ Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist - Aboriginal Diorama backdrop: researched culture, scenic design, scenic art - Props sourcing-hiring-lending from John Lewis and local businesses - Assisted with set decoration - Assisted with set dressing - Standby Art Department on location: incl. standing in for actor so that other cast members had a focal point during filming. 1 July 2016 - 5 July 2016
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Art Department Trainee/ Production Designer
Hired as Art Department Trainee, promoted to Production Designer - Researched Orthodox Jewish culture - Assisted with script breakdown for art department and set decoration - Tech recce for art department and set decoration, including meeting and discussing cultural visual details with house location owners - Graphics: Rabbi and family photographs - Prop sourcing-buying-creating - Worked with location owners to accurately set dress - Standby Art Director/ Standby Props throughout shoot, incl. re-dressing set decoration and worked with actors requiring action prop repeats - Assisted with graveyard set dressing preparations. 22 June 2016 - 30 June 2016
Education and training
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ScreenSkills Trainee Finder Art Dept Trainee 2023-24 Cohort
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Online Courses SketchUp Pro/Layout
Studying 3D modelling and digital drafting, within SketchUp/Layout in my own time through online courses created by Art Director Luke Whitelock.
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HETV and Film standby art department dressing for camera
ScreenSkills Funded
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Virtual production open days for HETV trainees 2023 - 2024
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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How to identify the right role for you in the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Online Session Virtual production open days for HETV trainees 2023 - 2024
ScreenSkills Funded
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Virtual production case studies for high-end TV: Happy Valley 3 and Good Omens 2
ScreenSkills Funded
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BFDG Mentee 2022
ScreenSkills Funded
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BFDG Mentoring Programme
Screen industry mentoring programme run by the British Film Designers Guild and supported by ScreenSkills.
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Work well series
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Trainee Finder 2023/24 launch webinar
ScreenSkills Funded
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British Film Designers Guild mentee webinar
ScreenSkills Funded
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Online Training Course Unreal Engine: Pick & Mix (real-time virtual production)
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring for mentees
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to virtual production
ScreenSkills Funded
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Unreal Engine training for film and HETV media professionals
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Complete Art Department Absolute Beginners (Production Design)
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NFM Workshop Art Department Masterclass (Production Designer Lisa Davidson)
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Masters Fine Art
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NFM Bootcamp TV and Film
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Undergraduate degree (with First Class Honours) Fine Art
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Foundation Art & Design
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GNVQ Art & Design
Certificates
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Risk Management of Productions
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Mentoring for mentees
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work