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Benjamyn Bird

Film & drama: Art Director | Draughtsperson

Commercials & Content: draughting & 3d design

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I graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 2020 with a Master’s degree in film production, specialising in Production Design. I then worked steadily as Art Department Assistant within the Art Departments for ITV’s Grantchester, BBC’s Killing Eve and Netflix drama Obsession. In these roles I undertook a lot of draughting for smaller construction elements on location; plugs, cover ups and location enhancements. I was also responsible for managing these locations and overseeing construction on the instalments. In my role as Assitant Art Director on Better Man (UK Shoot) I was draughting for all the construction elements, many of which were large scale covers and plugs for shop fronts on London’s Regent Street. I now know that my skills and aspirations lie in Art Direction, which I am now pursuing in my next roles.

‘Better Man’ Regent’s Street Facade

Jeffery’s Place Stairs 3D

KE4 model-making

SKILLS:
  • Draughting
  • Location Surveying
  • CAD technical drawings for surveys and construction
  • Model making for sets and surveyed locations
  • CNC Machine
  • Experience writing intention sheets
  • Experience being in charge of locations for construction and dressing
  • CAD skills including VectorWorks, Rhino, Sketchup, AutoCad, Solidworks, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
  • Experience with most Prop Houses and how they operate
  • Confident with all workshop tools
EQUIPMENT:
  • Full Driving Licence and own a car
  • Personal laptop and tablet
  • All required software, including Rhino and Vectorworks
  • All drawing tools for sketching and hand-technical drawing
  • Painting tools including trays, brushes, rollers and paint kettles
  • Power tools including drill, powered screwdriver and grinder
  • Full toolkit for any job, including but not limited to: screwdrivers, hammer, sander, a range of tape, paint brushes, glue, hand saw, wire stripper, glue gun and scalpels
  • Surveying equipment including: 20m tape measure, 4m tape measure, laser measure and tablet computer
LOCATIONS WORKED IN:
  • Watford
  • Manchester 
  • Elstree
  • Twickenham Film Studios
  • Troubadour Meridian Water Studios
  • Ealing Studios
TRAINING:
  • Arts University Bournemouth 2018 – 2020
    MA: Film Production.
  • Leeds Beckett University.
    2012 – 2015
    BA: Design Product.

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