Emma Prendergast

Writer - The Manchester Wire / Just A Platform

September until present (Unpaid)

 

Since my contract ended as a Researcher for Blakeway North, I’ve been writing for two websites -  The Manchester Wire, which promotes art, culture and upcoming events in Manchester, and Just a Platform, which I’ve just had a series on independent Manchester commissioned for. See the Project page for my Writing Portfolio.

 

 

Researcher - Blakeway North

​May - September 2014

 

Moving into full time production for Blakeway North, my

 

responsibilities as a Researcher on Swap My Council House were

 

ranged from casting and writing contributor biographies, to

 

extensive location work, scheduling and managing shoots.

 

• Casting for this production was a huge task, timescales were short and pressurised and access was difficult and at times, sensitive. However, I went on to independently source and cast three of our five lead stories. 
   

• Location work was divided between two PDs and three researchers / APs. When not in the office casting, I worked alongside a Producer / Director on shoots – setting up XF305 and GoPro equipment, managing Release and Consents, as well as being in charge of budgeting float. I also scheduled shoots and liaised with and managed a variety of contributors.

 

 

Researcher / Junior Productioon Co-ordinator - Blakeway North - November 2013 - May 2014

 

My role at Blakeway North was initially split between Production Co-ordination, development and archive researcher across four different documentaries. Despite having a lot of responsibility in post-production, I managed to balance this workload alongside editorial work - extensive archive and factual research for production, as well as pitching new ideas and writing treatments for development.

 

Credits -

• My Life – The Most Famous School In the World – CBBC.

• Perspectives – Will Young: The Man In The Hat – ITV.

• Perspectives – Under My Skin – Emeli Sande In Search of Frida Kahlo – ITV.

• EDL Girls – Don’t Call Me Racist – BBC THREE.

 

 

Team Assistant - Songs of Praise

​August - November 2013

 

​A role taken within the BBC Religion and Ethics department to cover a range of responsibilities, including -

• Contributor and audience management.

• Location research.

• Bookings.

• Shooting GVs using a XF 3O5 on location.

• Post production paperwork (billings, p4a, delivery pack and compliance).

• Updating websites.

• Archive research.

 

BBC 3 Shoplife - Junior Researcher

March - July 2013

 

Based on location in Newcastle for three months and then from London for the edit, I worked on production and post-production for this six part series.

 

• Working on location with a Producer/ Director.

• Casting - I approached and put forward a contributor to match a brief, who went on to be one of the main and most popular contributors of the series.

• Factual and location research.

• Setting up shoots and overseeing compliance.

• Difficult Access – I cast and gained access to several challenging locations.