ABOUT ME
“
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge
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- Audre Lorde
Hi there, I'm Ray (she/they)! I am a Queer filmmaker and animator, specialising in emotional sensorial shorts, hand-drawn 2D animation, cut-out animation, stop-motion, experimental shorts, immersive binuaral/3D sound, and Queer stories 🏳️🌈
Inspired by Audre Lorde, Toi Dericotte, and Ed Wood, I am a crazy enthusiatic emotional weirdo creative, animation addict (love me a bit of old style hand-drawn animation, claymation, and alot of stratta cut) and film nerd (Ed Wood is the best director to have ever lived and yes i will die on that hill). Self-taught, I have learnt the ways of stop-motion, keyframe, and frame by frame animation, and can easily lose a few hours creating animated messes with Adobe Premier Pro and Kdenlive. Also, as a certified music fanatic (with a BA in music journalism) and strummer of the ukulele, I love spending time on Ableton, Logic, Audacity, and Adobe Audition creating and mixing immersive soundscapes and soundtracks (big fan of foley and binuaral/3D sound). I'm also not too bad at editing, with a few of my short films appearing in Brighton Rocks Film Festival, Connected: Lost and Found, Sissy: Art Film Live, and my fav little creation Free as a (bird) named Best Animated Short at Emerging Arts Festival.
I love a challenge and am pretty much here for any style of animation or film editing! Not to mention, I love creating Documentary style films, and experimental or artistic explosions. As a tech freak, I have also dabbled with Unreal engine 4, and Touchdesigner, so I can give 3D fx a bash too (and am always up for learning more)! And, as you can probably tell, I love to draw (digital and byro art mostly)
- Also, should probably note, although I do look like my self portrait (above), my hair will litterally change colour each week so I may have a rainbow going on in there at this point!
SKILLS SO FAR
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Enthusiastic, resourceful, motivated, organised and a quick learner with a passion for music and film
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Determined, hardworking, and Creative
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Strong communication skills
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Proficient with Audio and video editing (specialising in shorts, and immersive sound)
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Strong IT skills and competent with software such as Premier Pro, Audacity, Ableton, Logic, Indesign, WordPress, Squarespace, Photoshop, Canva, Paint, Picsart, Adobe Audition, Unreal Engine 4, Touchdesigner, Google Docs, Excel, Microsoft Office, Word and Outlook
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Can create 2D animation (including Key frame, Frame by Frame, Stop-motion)
EDUCATION
MA Visual Anthropology
Goldsmiths University London
BA Music Journalism
British and Irish Institute of Modern Music