Freelance Opportunities
Angel Sharp Media uses freelancers to assist with our client work during busy periods of the year, or when specialist skills are required for certain projects.
We are a factual production house that specialises in high quality cinematic digital shorts for a diverse range of clients and organisations.
FREELANCE MOTION DESIGNERS
We're currently on the lookout for motion designers based near Oxford, who are open to working in our offices on a project-by-project basis. Experience in Apple Motion or similar software is ideal.
For certain projects, we're open to collaborating with remote motion designers, who will receive all necessary files via a couriered hard drive.
A typical assignment might include:
Being booked between one to three days to create motion graphics across a 2-5 minute video.
Creating original motion graphics and implementing them across an existing 2-5 minute film
Incorporating creative text animations and branding
Choosing and implementing a colour palette and style choices, taking inspiration from a brief
As a bonus:
Also being a proficient editor in FCPX who can craft a narrative from footage
We normally book in motion designers two weeks in advance of a job.
If you are interested in being on our rota of freelance motion designers please fill in the form as best (and as honestly!) as you can, and we will be in touch.
Freelance VIDEO Editors
We are ideally looking for editors local to Oxford, willing to come into our offices and edit in-house on a project-by-project basis, who have some experience in FCPX.
The ability to bring in a MacBook, or edit from home, is helpful but not required.
We occasionally use remote editors, who are provided with the project on a couriered hard drive.
A typical hire would be:
Being booked for three days work to edit a 3-minute factual film, which would involve:
Importing and organising 4–6 hours of raw footage
Logging interview footage and b-roll using labelling, keywords and timelines
Building a narrative from the footage itself (rather than following a script or treatment)
Adding titles, basic graphics, choosing and laying music, basic colour correcting and applying a creative grade, mid-level sound editing, and implementing 2-3 rounds of feedback
We normally book in editors two weeks in advance of a job.
If you are interested in being on our rota of freelance editors please fill in the form as best (and as honestly!) as you can, and we will be in touch.
Freelance Shooters
We hire freelancers for shoots on an irregular basis.
We mainly book camera operators to use our in-house kit, working closely on set with one of our in-house PDs. We occasionally also book freelancers with their own kit.
We normally shoot with two-person crews, and a shoot would often see the camera operator also monitoring on-camera sound, collaborating with the PD on lighting, and directing contributors for b-roll.
A typical shoot might consist of:
Being booked for 2 days shooting at an Oxford institution or organisation
Meeting the in-house PD at 8am in our offices to help prep and load kit, taxi-ing to the client’s location
30 minutes setting up camera, lights and mics for a 4-point-lighting interview set up
Monitoring the camera (framing, focus, sound, exposure) while the PD conducts 30-40 minute conversational interviews
Packing down interview kit, lunch break
Shooting 5 different b-roll sequences of the subjects – with the assistance of the PD (sequences are sometimes lit, sometimes natural, and often use a mixture of grip)
Picking up exteriors
Packing down remaining kit and taxi-ing back to our offices by 6pm
We normally book in shooters two weeks in advance of a job.
If you are interested in being on our rota of freelance camera operators please fill in the form as best (and as honestly!) as you can and we will be in touch.
OTHER ROLES
We are not currently seeking freelancers in other roles.