Download Russell Bennett - Film and TV Pro

Russell Bennett
A - C2 Building, 102 The Esplanade
0800
[email protected]
T - 0423254980
Summary
Working in the creative media industry, I have been employed as a
freelancer or on a contractual basis for different companies in
Australia, South Africa & the UK as a production sound mixer, sound
editor & engineer and composer.
I have a great passion for sound for the moving image and have
edited or composed sound for short films from across the world - as
well as local and interstate TV, Radio & online content in Australia.
Professional Profile
Academic – University of Abertay Dundee – 2010 - 2012
§ First class honours degree – (BOA) Creative Sound Production
§ Excellence in sound production – Best in Year 2012
§ Nominated for summer scholarship via University
§ Accepted to study MDes at the Glasgow School of Art
§ Professionally qualified studio engineer (Diploma)
§ Diploma in Music Performance & Sound Production – A Grade
Production Sound Mixer
§ National Geographic – Outback Wrangler Season 2
§ National Geographic – Matt Wright & Serengeti
§ The Project – Abdi’s Story
§ Labour Casuarina Election Campaign – Cutting Edge
§ Pearl Care Home – Health Care Channel
§ Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islanders Census
§ Telstra Local AFL Team Donations
§ Kis Property Real Estate – 16 online commercials
§ Community Connect – 15 Episodes - segments for local Darwin TV
Post Production Sound Engineer
§ Animal Logic Music Video - Foley & Post Production
§ SBS & Genero TV competition winner – What it is to be an
Australian
§ Randa Sayed Productions - The Parisian - *2015 Flickerfest Official
Selection
§ Darwin – Kappamamma – Six official film selections around the
world
§ MIA Productions New York – Sarah
§ Matthew George Independent Short – As the Pearls fall – Sound
Supervisor
§ 16 Community Connect Episodes for local TV
§ 17 Online commercials for real estate client
§ 6 Commercial client productions
§ AdamAnt Productions – Leave me alone
§ TWIG Ltd, Glasgow – Tree of life iPad application – Composer &
Foley artist
§ Dundee Independent Short - Plenty more fish in the sea – Sound
supervisor
Sound Engineer
Voice over recording engineer for local and inter-state clients
§ Chamber of Commerce
§ Labour Party
§ NT Tourism
§ Charles Darwin University
§ Dream Media – Hepatitis B Awareness in Aboriginal Communities
§ Kis Property Real Estate
Compositions for local and inter-state clients
§ 15 Community Connect episodes
§ 4 - TIO radio and TV commercials
§ BlueMax Steel - TVC
§ HSS Concrete – TVC
§ Ken Scott Services – TVC
§ Ultimate Gym – Online Content
§ 16 Real Estate online videos for commercial and personal
properties
ABC– Outside broadcast Audio Assistant
§ Weekly live broadcast of NTAFL
§ 9 Episode as Audio Assistant
§ Prepare all ground and camera microphones & run tests
§ Prepare commentators for headset and lapel microphones for live
broadcast
§ Problem solve and trouble shoot interference and microphone
issues
The Rooftop Production Studio – Jun 2013 – Sep 2013
§ South African Production House for TV & Radio
§ Sound engineers assistant on band productions in studio
§ Composer, Recorder, mixer, editor of cover tracks for commercial
clients
§ Location recorder for co-operate client training videos
§ Assisted manager in day to day running of production company
ABC– Researcher & Archives Cataloguer
§ Select & prepare digital and tape material for content production
and ABC archives purposes
§ Catalogue production material in digital news production systems
& archive databases
§ Conduct research assignments for information, stock shots and
archival footage
§ Maintenance of tape & sound library collections
§ Liaise with rights management with respect to use footage held in
archive collection
§ Carry out administrative tasks to support the efficient operation of
the library, including record-keeping and collating statistics
Additional Roles
Camera Assistant
§ Australian Corrosion Convention
§ Berrimah Prison Induction & Reception Videos
BBC Top Gear NT Outback Special - Runner
References
Fred McCue [email protected] - 0401119792
NT News Senior Reporter – Darwin
Jill Forner [email protected]
Archives Manager – ABC Darwin
1 Cavanagh Street; Darwin, NT 800