Production Companies, Filmmakers, Digital Media Cornwall - Ray Wong

Ray Wong

Filmmaker/Camera Op/Editor/Media Tutor

1 Newbridge Way
Truro, TR1 3LX
07979 666 111
email

Date of birth

14th August 1971

Relevant Qualifications

09/10/00 to 22/06/00 OCN Foundation in Video Production Skills (Intermedia)
15/09/97 to 22/06/99 BTEC Foundation in Art & Design (Falmouth College of Arts)

Relevant Experience

I have been employed o­n a number of digital-video based film projects in different filmmaking capacities. Besides making short films, I also teach video production, and lead community video projects. My approach is pragmatic, and o­ne which strives to strike a balance between technical expertise and creative expression.

Employment

02/08/02 to 11/08/04 Part-time Facilities Assistant/ Production Support Technician at Intermedia Film & Video Ltd, Nottingham.
08/10/01 to 01/08/02 Facilities Volunteer at Intermedia Film & Video Ltd, Nottingham.

Freelance Employment

10/09/04 to 15/10/04 No Signal: Employed by The Works to make a short film for the ‘BBC Blast’ scheme with professional choreographers and young dancers from Cornwall, in Cornwall.
Roles: Writer/Director/Camera Operator/Editor

26/05/04 to 17/08/04 Taxi: 5 minute documentary for Carlton TV First Cut scheme.
Roles: Camera Operator/Editor

June 2004 Parampara: Dance event at Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham.
Roles: Camera Operator/Editor

May to June 2004 Easter Ball and Stop The Violence: Raw Talent community projects.
Roles: Editor/Camera Operator (Easter Ball o­nly)

22/03/04 to 28/03/04 Alternative Provisions Music Video Edit: Working with Facilitators from Raw Talent.
Role: Editor

15/02/03 to 05/02/04 BBC House Special: 10 minute documentary for Carlton First Cut scheme.
Roles: Director/Writer/Camera Operator/Music

02/07/03 to 05/02/04 Scrub Scrub Scrub: Working with College Street Theatre Group.
Roles: Filmmaker/Mentor/Editor

Feb 03 to May 03 Acting To Camera Workshops: at Intermedia Film & Video, Ltd.
Role: Camera Operator

01/10/02 to 01/08/03 o­ne For The Road E.P.K.: 20 minute minute electronic press kit for DV feature production directed by Chris Cooke.

15/09/01 to 12/11/02 A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice: 8 minute short film made for the DV Shorts scheme (Film Council).
Roles: Director/Writer/Camera Operator/Editor/Music

July 2002 Look At Me: 10 minute short film for the DV Shorts scheme.
Roles: Camera Operator

23/01/02 to 26/01/02 Time: Short film made for Dance 4/First Light.
Roles: Camera Operator

12/01 to 01/02 New Deal for Communities Workshops
Roles: Camera Operator/Editor

07/01/02 to 09/01/02 DJ Maseo & DJ Noize Workshops: Filmed for Take 1 Studios, Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Roles: Camera Operator/Editor

Nov 2001 and Mar 2002 BBC East Midlands Today: Live Studio Camerawork.
Roles: Studio Camera Operator

13/08/01 to 01/10/01 Anita & Me: 35m feature production directed by Metin Husein.
Roles: Trainee Camera Assistant

Media Tuition

19/03/04 to 02/04/04 Video & sound workshops with primary schools at the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham (Creative Partnerships).

29/01/03 to 20/07/04 Media Tutor teaching special need students at Shepherd School, Billborough, Nottingham during term time (Creative Parternships).

21/12/02 to 16/04/03 Media Tutor/Filmmaker for ArtSparks Festival 2003.

Other Information

Holds clean, full driving license and drives own VW Transporter Van; has own mobile editing suite; has Enhanced Disclosure.

Filmography

BBC House Special (10m, 2003)

An informal discussion about being British Born Chinese accompanies the pictorial narrative of a day in the life of a Chinese takeaway (made for the Carlton TV First Cut Scheme).

A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice (8m 20s, 2002)
A self-explanatory title, except there’s a goldfish too (made for the DV Shorts Scheme)

Dim Sum Deliverance (4m 40s, 2002)
Music and video dropout accompany Steamed Chickens’ Feet in Black Bean & Garlic Sauce recipe

Controllled Cabin Fever (2m 14s, 2001)
Excursion into experimental, existential filmmaking.

Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance (5m 35s, 2001)
The filmmaker makes his parents, and how they met, the subject of this documentary.

Our Mate Jan (3m 19s, 2000)
Some young men in a car talk about their mate, Jan, and his latest sexual exploits.

Public Screenings

04/11/04 Rough Cut, Truro, Cornwall
No Signal

13/10/04 Rough Cut, Truro, Cornwall
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

16/07/04 The Screen Room, Nottingham
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance preceded feature (‘Deep Blue’) for o­ne week

27/03/04 Broadcast as part of BBC3 New Filmmakers Award Programme o­n BBC3
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice plus interview

24/03/04 Broadcast as part of BBC3 New Filmmakers Award Programme o­n BBC3
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice plus interview

1-22 March 2004 British Council Turkey Tour: ‘British Short Film Days’
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

05/02/04 Broadcast ‘First Cut’ Screening o­n ITV, East Midland Area
BBC House Special

10/01/04 Halloween Shorts
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice

13/11/03 Brief Encounters, The Watershed, Bristol – BBC3 New Filmmakers Award
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice (1 of 5 runners-up)

21/10/03 CIN – Creative Industries Network: Short Films and Their Inspiration, Derby Dance Centre
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice shown as part of above.

12/08/03 Rough Cut, Bar 200, Truo, Cornwall
BBC House Special

29/06/03 You Are Here Festival 2003, The Broadway
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice shown as part of Then And Now screening

0806/03 Rough Cut, Bar 200, Truro, Cornwall
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice

08/05/03 Rough Cut, Truro, Cornwall
Our Mate Jan, Push Language, Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

07/05/03 Radiator Festival 2003, Nottingham
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice

02/04/03 The Screen Room, Nottingham
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice preceded feature (‘Adaptation’) for a week

13/04/03 Invitation Screening, The Broadway, Nottingham
Artsparks Festival 2003 Documentary

13/04/03 Bang! Short Film Festival,The Broadway
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice

19/03/03 Brief Interludes Exhibition at the Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Dim Sum Deliverance

10/12/02 DV Shorts Regional (East Midlands) Premiere at the Broadway
A Stoner’s Guide To Making Egg Fried Rice

13/09/02 Those People Productions, Cardiff
Our Mate Jan
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

25/09/02 Slightly Shady Film Festival Ritzy Screening
Our Mate Jan, Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

09/06/02 Filmstock, Luton
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

19/05/02 Bang! Short Film Festival at The Broadway
Dim Sum Deliverance

19/04/02 Saint Neon Art Event, Nottingham
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance, Controllled Cabin Fever, Nottingham

03.10.01, Push: Language

13/10/01 Best of Bang! at The Curzon, Soho
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

03/06/01 Bang! Short Film Festival, Nottingham
Hong Kong – Liverpool – Penzance

13/12/00 Bang! Short Film Festival, The Broadway
Our Mate Jan