Curriculum Vitae

NICOLA DUNCAN

Set Dec & Art Dept Runner

Tel: 07981911303

Email: nicola.duncan@hotmail.co.uk

Based in Yorkshire & London

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - References are listed below each job

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May-August 2019

Last Night In Soho (Feature)

Set Dec Runner

Universal Pictures

Set Dec: Jude Farr      Production: Buyer Krissi Williamson

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May & September 2019

Bringing back Golden Eye

Low budget film

Art assistant & standby

Art director: Craig Jenkins

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August - October 2018

Celebrity + Civilian Big Brother

Task design assistant

Endemol productions

Task designer: Rosie Westwood

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June - Sept 2017
Gold (Bollywood Feature)

Art Dept. Runner

Movies and more Ltd.
Designer: Paul Rowan  Art director: Sue Reeve

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May - June 2017

Yardie (Feature)

Art dept. Trainee (Creative Skillset)

Yardie Ltd.

Designer: Damien Creagh   Graphics Designer: Frances Bennett

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March 2017

Stan & Ollie (Feature)

Art dept. Trainee (Creative skillset)

Bowler hat productions

Supervising Art director: David Hindle    Graphics Designer: Joanna Pratt

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July-Sept 2016

The Devil Outside (Feature)

Art department trainee (Creative Skillset)

Ipso Facto productions

Designer: John Stevenson        Props Master: Tim Upton

 

May 2016

The Worst Witch   

Art and props (work experience)

CBBC

Art director: Steven Grainger

 

Oct-Dec 2015

Victoria      

Props trainee (Creative Skillset)

Mammoth Screen for ITV

Props Master: Steve Register

 

June 2015

Swallows and Amazons (Feature)

Art department (work experience)

Secret Harbour productions

Designer: Susie Davies        Graphics Designer: Jane Brodie

 

May 2014  

Gigglebiz     

Art department + Standby (work experience)

Cbeebies

Art Director: Nick Bruin

 

October 2014 - Present

Voir fashion Magazine      

Props making/buying and set dressing

Produced by Jyoti Matoo and Luke Walwyn
 

December 2014

Spielraum (Art installation film)       

Art dept. (work experience)

Produced by Jasmina Cibic

 

 

 

BA Hons Film Production 2012-2015 - Northern Film School Leeds

Specialised in Production Design

Student films:

 

March 2015 – “The velvet picture house” – Production designer

I designed and built two sets and made props for an “art installation room” and created a range of graphics for bottles behind a bar.

 

Feburary 2015 – “Skateboard day” – Art department.

Acting alone I was in charge of buying costumes and collecting various props for a location shoot.

 

November 2014 – “Man of the house” – Art director

Two of us made up the art department on this MA film set in the late 80’s in a working class broken home, dressing a Leeds terraced house.

 

October 2014 – “Leaves in fall” – Art department

Acting alone I was in charge of prop buying on this MA film, location dressing and costume continuity.

 

December 2013 – “Shopping” – Production Designer

Acting alone I pitched an idea for an NHS mental health brief. I designed the set and all the props/graphics. And dressed the set

 

November 2013 – “Picture house” – Costume

I was in charge of measuring actors and hiring appropriate costumes for this film, which was set in a cinema in 1914. I was also in charge of costume continuity.

 

 

SKILLS

 

• Set design

• Knowledge of London hire companies

• Scale Ground plans and elevations

• Knowledge of history of fashion and architecture

• Studio Set building and dressing

• Location dressing

• Standby work

• Costume design

• Creating script breakdowns and organising a film shoot from an art dept. perspective

• Prop making and buying

• Location graphics

• Budgeting

• Petty cash buying

• Hand sewing

• Sewing machine

 

 

• Photoshop (basic)

• Word and Excel (basic)

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I have a full (clean) UK driving licence and own my car (Fiat 500)

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REFEREES- Listed by each job