at P.T.A.R.A. dba
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
- Current
-
- Head of story at P.T.A.R.A. dba
- Narrative Designer at Vasco de Sousa
- Past
-
- Designer and Content creator at voteattila.com
- Customer Advisor at British Telecom
- Film Director at Verasumo Productions
- Education
-
- University of Wales, Lampeter
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Coleg Ceredigion
- Université de Caen Basse Normandie
- University of Arizona
- The Johns Hopkins University
- Connections
-
55
connections
- Industry
- Writing and Editing
- Websites
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Summary
To make a picture worth a million words.
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Specialties:
character design, storytelling, mise en scene, montage
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Experience
-
Head of story
P.T.A.R.A. dba
(Entertainment industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Narrative film development, developing storylines for films and other media.
-
Narrative Designer
Vasco de Sousa
(Entertainment industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Writing stories on spec, coding in HTML and other languages, creating websites. Setting up a publishing and production company.
-
Designer and Content creator
voteattila.com
(Political Organization industry)
April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)
Creation of a web page representing the views that Attila the Hun might have if he ran for Emperor, President of the European Council, France or the US etc.
-
Customer Advisor
British Telecom
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Three times employee of the month, I stayed with the sinking ship until they closed down the centre. I used the vouchers I got for meeting targets to buy digital video tape and camera accessories. My stay there inspired the short film "Wise Yogurt Directories".
-
Film Director
Verasumo Productions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
May 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Oversaw development and production of feature films and short films. Sought finance, ran meetings, commissioned freelancers, auditioned actors and created test footage.
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Education
-
University of Wales, Lampeter
MA , Media Production , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
I just started. I hope to do all sorts of cool things...
-
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
BA , Film, Television Studies, French, Language and Literature, Computer Science , 1998 — 2003
Yeah, just so happy my alma matter is finally listed here.
- Activities and Societies:
- President of the Film and TV society, Treasurer and founder of the Filmmaking society, editor in chief of filmmaking magazine
-
Coleg Ceredigion
RSA dip levels 2, 3 , Text Processing (English + French) , Audio Transcription, Spreadsheets, Desktop Publishing , 2000 — 2001
Created full website for fictional University "Dragon Polytechnic". Greatly improved typing speed and accuracy. Also studied adminstrative proceedures.
-
Université de Caen Basse Normandie
Erasmus Exchange , Arts du Spectacle , 2000 — 2001
-
University of Arizona
Journalism, Pre Law 1994 — 1994
Left when they threatened to cut Journalism. Learned a lot about "office" politics (remember the "mankind" dilemna?). Listed here mainly to reconnect with old friends.
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor in Chief: Burning Bridges, KAMP Radio, Naked Lunch Poetry Readings
-
The Johns Hopkins University
BA (summer course when still in High School) , History of Africa in the 20th Century , 1993 — 1993
Just listed this here in case any of my old friends from the program are on linked in.
- Activities and Societies:
- fuseball, sightseeing, amusement parks, baseball games
Additional Information
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Websites:
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Interests:
People, Animation, hiking, yoga, history, Roald Dahl, Disney, entertainment, people, comedy, slapstick, dance, art, sketching, ghost stories, fairy tales, action, adventure, cinema, monopoly, risk, chess, mini golf, bowling, trying new things, Africa, Europe, the United States, other cultures, Fado, guitarra portuguesa, guitar, writing, translating, new technology, tradition, culture, Portugal, Angola, Egypt, Wales, Texas, New Jersey, United Nations, Turkey, Ireland, Northern Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, mythology, history, geography, money, politics, peace, justice, freedom, liberty, Supreme Court, dinosaurs, animals, birds, fun
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Groups:
Association of Freelance Writers
-
The Media Group - Production, Exhibition, Broadcast and 3D -
Global Worker -
The Pro Report -
Filmmakers -
Science Fiction Linked Exchange -
Authors of Fiction -
Arizona Skeptical Society -
Freelance Writers -
R/GA -
Flash Coders -
Adobe Flash Group -
Short Story Writers
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Honors:
Employee of the month :-) 2004, 2005
Varsity football and wrestling.
Elected Editor in Chief of Burning Bridges
Elected Chair of the Aberystwyth Film and TV Society
Vasco Phillip de Sousa’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- business deals
- reference requests
