Sophie Melissa Barrott     |      Manchester, UK     |    6th October 1992

E-mail: contact@sophiebarrott.co.uk

Education

 

2015   |    Intermediate Colour Correction with Davinci Resolve    |   Leeds Beckett University

2015   |    Cinematography    |    Leeds Beckett University

 

2012- 2015  |     BA (Hons)  Fine Art  |      University of Central Lancashire/ California State University San Marcos    

 

2011-2012   |     Pre Degree Diploma in Art and Design   |  Distinction   |    The Oldham College

 

Employment

2015                  |    Croftwerk                                                                   
SELF SHOOTING DIRECTOR / PRODUCER | EDITOR | COLOURIST

 

2014- Present  |    Not a Number Productions/ Grimm Up North        
 IN HOUSE DESIGNER/ CREATIVE |   GUEST LIASON
 

• Press Kits, Film Posters, Adverts, Website Design. 

• Visual Concept design
   

2010 - Present      |    Red Bedroom Productions/ Running Clock Productions 

VIDEOGRAPHER    |    PRODUCTION DESIGNER    |    COLOURIST     |   EDITOR  |   1ST AD

 

Film, TV & Documentary

2016 |  NORTHERN LIGHTS | Dir. Nicholas Connor | Digital Intermediate Colourist | Artworker
2016|   GALA NIGHTS |  Dir. James Statham | Art Department
2016 |  DEARLY BELOVED | Art Director / Colourist & BTS Photography | Director: Cory Kelly

2015 |   LIVE FAST |  Short Film | Graphic Designer
2015 |   HAMLIN | Art Director / Buyer / Driver

2015 |   Valet | Short Film | Production Designer

2015- 16 | HABIT | Not A Number Productions | Graphic Design / Standy Props | Director Simeon Halligan

2015 |   Missing the Point | Sitcom | Made in Leeds | 1st AD  | Production Design | Colourist 

2013  |   Zack Dowdy documentary  |  San Diego California   |   Director/ Editor

 

Music Video 

• 2017 |   Jordan Max | War Dub | Director

• 2016 |   Mia Migo | Forever | Electric Light Studios | Art Director 

• 2016 |   Milly Pye | Too Many People | Production Designer | Electric Light Studios

• 2016 |   The Rainband | Storm | Producer | CROFTWERK

• 2016 |    Son Of 8 | In & Out | Production Designer / Colourist

• 2016 |    Puppet Rebellion | Life is in Your Hands | Concept/ Art Direction

• 2015 |    Slow Reader's Club | Plant The Seed | Producer | Art Director | Editor / Colourist

• 2015 |    The Reveurs | Take It Over | Self shooting Producer/ Director | Editor / Colourist

• 2015 |    Deep Shade | Time | Assistant Editor | Colourist

• 2015 |    Billie Marten | Bird | Gas & Electric | Art Director 

• 2015 |    Cristina Quesada | Editor | Colourist

• 2015 |    The Magic Theatre | Assistant Editor / Colourist

• 2015 |     Autopsy Boys | Music Video | Production Designer | Colourist

• 2015  |    The Varieties   |  Exhibition, talk & Performance documentation & Videography   |   The Harris Musem, Preston

• 2015  |    50 Shades Music Video  |   Danielle Parton  |   Production & Garment Designer   |   COLOURIST

• 2014  |    Tonight in Stereo Music Video   |    Get Up Go    |    Production & Lighting Designer    |    COLOURIST

• 2014  |   By The Book Music Video  |  Porter's Forces  |  Full Video Commission

• 2013  |    The Threetles   |   Light shows, installations and immersive video works

 

Commercial / Online

2017 |  UBER   |  The MOB Film Company | Art Director

2016 | Gloucester Quays Shopping Centre | The Mob Film Company | Art Director

2016 |  Deezer | The Mob Film Company | Art Director
2016 | Etihad | The Mob Film Company | Art Director 

2016 |  Sony Xperia X | 1000 Heads | Art Department Assistant 

2016  | Fire Safety | Lanor Productions | Production Designer

 

 

Awards, Commissions, Nominations & Bursaries

 

     2015 - 2016  |  Set Design Comission for OLIVER & BUGSY MALONE | Television Workshop

     2015  |  Artist Portrait Commission | Oldham Colliseum Theatre

     2015  |  Awarded Critical Writing bursary via Creative Visual Arts Network

     2015  |  Nominated in the ‘Wildcard’ category for the West Midlands Mixed Media Awards     

     2015  |  Cinematography & Colour Grading Bursaries. Leeds Beckett University

     2015  |  £1000 Student Entrepreneurship award for developing business ‘Invoke’. UCLAN.

     2014  |  SOUND/ VISION  |  Commissioned by The Royal Philharmonic Society to collaborate with composer Theodore Vidgen to produce the experimental Video Art piece entitled ‘ Swan Song’.

     2012  |  Pride in Oldham Awards  | Nominated for extraordinary contribution to Arts in the town.

 

Exhibitions/ Film Festivals

 

• 2015  |  ‘Swan Song’ |  Sound & Vision   |  BFI, London

• 2015  |  ‘The Aesthetics of Losing Control’  |  Strive Festival   |  Southbank Centre, London

• 2015  |  ‘The Aesthetics of Losing Control’ |  The Programme  | Carmen Burroughs. Hanover Project

• 2014  |  ‘There is a light’  | Emerging Talent Month long exhibition |  Chester Film Co-op, Cheshire

• 2014  |  ‘Out of your Mind’  |  International Woman’s Day Exhibition  | Harris Art Gallery, Preston.

• 2014  |  ‘Pussy Riot’ | Eleven | Hanover Project, Preston

• 2014  |  ‘Out of your mind’, ‘There is a light’, 'This is Not an Exit/ Introducing the Dionysians' |  NYA Open Studios Event, Halifax

• 2013  | ‘ The Feeling’ premiere  |  Future filmmakers   |  Lancashire International film festival 

• 2014  |  'Pussy Riot', 'Fade Away', 'Lion Eyes', 'We are Infinite', 'California Trippin'  |   Art Jam. Wellington Mill. Ancoats. 

 

Published Writing / Reviews

• 2015 | Best of Britannia, Fine Art Installation |  Welcome to the Phoenix Club | A Small View

• 2014  |  PREMONITION Artists Book. Self published.

 

 

Reviews | Publications | News

 

• 2015  |  Class of 2015 Top Fine Arts Graduates Revealed |  The Double Negative 

• 2015  |  Hanover Project | The Programme | Review of The Aesthetics of Losing Control | Tao Lashley-Burnley

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• 2013  |  Featured article on ‘Summer of Love’ paintings in Arizona State Literary Magazine, USA

• 2013  |  Illustration work showcased in NOUS magazine’s ‘Disconnection’ and ‘Insomnia’ issues

• 2012  |  Full feature on artistic practice in Peace and Love Magazine

• 2010  |  Feature on BBC Northwest Tonight, BBC Radio Manchester for The Small Cinema 

 

 

Curation

 

• 2014  | Co-curated Contemporary art exhibition ‘Eleven’  |  Hanover Project, Preston

• 2014  |   Grimmfest 2014   |  The Dancehouse, Gorilla, ODEON Printworks, Manchester

• 2015  |  The Programme  Film Festival   |   Hanover Project, Preston

 

 

 

 

 

Job Roles

Visual Artist
Colourist
Production Designer 
Art Director

Buyer
Videographer 
Producer / Director & Editor
Graphic Designer
Poster Artist
Production Runner

Writer

 

Affiliations

Invoke Jewellery 
Red Bedroom Productions

Running Clock Productions

Grimm Up North

Not A Number Productions
Rad Media

The Small Cinema

Shaw Playhouse

CROFTWERK

Skills

 

 Editor in Premiere Pro [Advanced]
Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve (Advanced)

Production Design

Costume Making & Garment Design

Photoshop [Advanced Image editing]

Lightroom

In-Design  [Print Design]
Microsoft Office Suite 35mm & Digital live Events Photography & Videography

Critical & Academic Writing
Business ManagementWeb Design

SEO | Social Media Marketting

Buget Management
Fundraising
Concept & Mood boards

  

 

 

 

Reels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour Grading Showreel. 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour Grading Showreel 2014.