Richard Azia

Video Producer & Chief Editor for AlltheContent/ToutLeContenu

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Video editor at All the Content / Tout Le Contenu
  • freelance Camera Operator/editor at European Broadcasting Union
Past
  • Director/Camera operator at Case Conference
  • Editor/camera operator at Nudge Wink Television
  • Stage D'observation at France 2
  • Camera operator at Tout Le Contenu
  • Camera operator at International Labour Organisation
  • Camera Operator at World Health Organisation
  • Work Experience at International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Work experience at Télévision Suisse Romande
  • Work Experience at British Sky Broadcasting
Education
  • University of Westminster
  • Bournemouth University
  • International School of Geneva
Connections
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Industry
Broadcast Media
Websites

Richard Azia’s Summary

I have been working both as a camera operator and editor for a number of years. Some of those I have worked for are the International Labour Organisation, Eurovision and Tout Le Contenu.

I have done a number of work experiences in France, England and Switzerland. These have included two weeks at France 2, following the making of Temps Present in Switzerland and being at Sky News in September of 2001.

I have also completed a three year course in Media Studies focusing at the University of Westminster in London, England where I was an active participant in a number of projects from the student magazine and television shows to helping post graduate journalism students with the technical side of producing news programs.

Richard Azia’s Specialties:

I am an experienced Final Cut Pro editor with my own editing suite and camera.
I am an advanced PADI Open Water diver


Richard Azia’s Experience

  • Video editor

    All the Content / Tout Le Contenu

    (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

    March 2008Present (5 months)

    Preparing content for Mobile Phones, Web and Television.

  • freelance Camera Operator/editor

    European Broadcasting Union

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    2000Present (8 years)

  • Director/Camera operator

    Case Conference

    (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

    October 2006October 2006 (1 month)

    During this conference I acted as a camera operator and Director of a multicamera crew.

  • Editor/camera operator

    Nudge Wink Television

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2005May 2006 (7 months)

    During my time at this company I worked as both a camera operator and editor for two editions of the Cosmo Girl of the year Awards. The footage was shot and edited as a means to get funding to future shows.

    I helped with the editing of showreels for actors.

    I filmed and edited the "Making of" for a Russel Grant charity music video.

  • Stage D'observation

    France 2

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    November 2005November 2005 (1 month)

    The purpose of this work experience was an observational one. For two weeks I was observing news operations within France 2. This involved following camera crews to the shoots, following editors as they did their work, Graphists as they prepared the items for airing and more.

    I was able to follow the editorial process from the first morning meeting where every aspect of that day's news was discussed before the camera crews would be dispatched to their events.

    I followed camera crews as they went to aquire the material and edit crews as they edited the story. I saw as they prepared the graphics for the material before finally following the process behind putting the bulletin together.

    I was lucky enough to be in the studio for two or three news stories.

    What I gained from that work experience was a far greater understanding of how France 2 in particular operates.

    On a side note I also dropped by LCI and TF1 for a quick tour.

  • Camera operator

    Tout Le Contenu

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    20032003 (less than a year)

  • Camera operator

    International Labour Organisation

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Media Production industry)

    May 2002May 2003 (1 year 1 month)

    Worked on a freelance basis during the International labour Conferences doing a range of tasks from filming plenary sessions to press conferences and interviews

  • Camera Operator

    World Health Organisation

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    20032003 (less than a year)

  • Work Experience

    International Committee of the Red Cross

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry)

    June 2002July 2002 (2 months)

    During this time I assisted with the creation of VNR. I also worked on a documentary covering the logicistical and operational running of the organisation. This involved going to the logistics centre, a prosthetics plant and more.

    It lasted a month.

  • Work experience

    Télévision Suisse Romande

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    October 2001October 2001 (1 month)

    Temps Present is a current affairs program that is targeted to the French speaking audience of Switzerland. Every program covers stories that are of interest to the swiss populace.

    During this work experience I went out on shoots and followed the editing process. I watched as the producer and his crew went to gather material that illustrates the story. In this case the story was concentrating on viticulturalists and the excess of grapes they were producing and how they wanted the government to help support them.

    It involved going to a number of locations from the vineyards whilst the grapes were being picked to the pressing and fermentation tanks and finally to the Caves from which some of the wine was sold.

    I also followed the editorial process from day to day. During this time I saw them gather material and edit the rushes whilst working on how best to tell the story.

    Overall it gave me a good basis for the documentaries that I would later work on.

  • Work Experience

    British Sky Broadcasting

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    September 2001September 2001 (1 month)

    My work experience at British Sky Broadcasting was within the Satelite News Gathering branch of Sky News. During this time I was given the opportunity to become more familiar with the day to day operations of a 24 hour news organisation.

    This consisted of following SNG crews as they prefered live feedpoints and transmissions, the editing of material as it came off the circuits and more.

    What made this work experience particularly interesting is that it started on the 11th of September and finished two weeks later. I was particularly interested in seeing the Satellite setup that went up for the coverage of the service at St Paul's cathedral in Central London.


Richard Azia’s Education

  • University of Westminster

    20032007

    Activities and Societies:
    Student Magazine
    Student Television programs for two out of three years
    Helping post grads with the creation of newsroom bulletins
  • Bournemouth University

    HND, Video production, 20002002

    Activities and Societies:
    Scuba Diving
  • International School of Geneva

    IB, 19912000


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Richard Azia’s Interests:

New Media, Social Networking, Documentaries, Travel

Richard Azia’s Groups:

Twittervox, Podcamp UK, Social media mornings

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  •    Jaiku Users. member

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