Rahim Moledina

Middlesex

Age 28

Car / Licence No / Yes

Aspirations : Towards a hands on areas, perhaps as a grip, gaffer, camera assistant, AD, script supervisor.

Since first starting out in media, at the age of seventeen, I worked as a runner, a boom operator and a production assistant on several occasions. Whilst I fully enjoyed the mundane activities that were thrown upon me, such as collecting lunches, looking after the actors, crowd control duties, distributing paperwork to the cast and crew, collecting props, making teas and help moving the set around, I was each time able to learn and contribute as much as possible to each production. I found myself working with the grip department on my first on-set experience, where I helped set up tracks. I remember being so excited at the prospect of being involved, using the spirit level, placing each track together, examining the dolly. I loved every moment of it and knew that I wanted to continue to work further in media production. As I went on to study and make films at university, I graduated in 2005, set on making a career for myself as a writer. Over the years, I’ve written screenplays, stage plays, published several poems and a graphic novel. I’ve worked on films which have been screened at numerous worldwide festivals, which have included Edinburgh and SXSW in Texas, USA. Over the past few months, I’ve been looking to return to the active world of film and TV production, as I’ve realised I’m a very active person and enjoy the mundane activities that this kind of job requires, as I love being a part of it all and have the motivation and passion to do it. I want to take all my years and experience of working within the film and TV industry and finally putting it all towards where my main talents lie, within a practical and hands on career.

BA Film and Video, 2:2 grade acheived