Louise Malkinson BBC Documentary Filmmaker.

Louise Malkinson BBC Documentary Filmmaker.

Louise Malkinson a BBC documentary film maker specialises in British social realistic film. She is a producer, director, camera operator, sound recorder and editor. A documentary filmmaker who takes on a variety of different roles to bring her documentary work together in her representative style.
Louise was a member of the first Viscom class to graduate from Leeds College of Art. Postgraduate she worked as a researcher for a company ‘headtogether’ after working her way up to a assistant producer; then finally to a producer/director. It was at this position she was asked to produce and director the ITV series ‘Strangeways'.

After the lecture Louise Malkinson ran a production workshop with a handful of people.
She explained to us that your ideas and proposals are a strong route into industry. However, you must be aware that some companies will steal your intellectual property. So you need to be wary of what companies you reveal creative ideas to.
In an interview environment industry professionals will always ask you what you are watching at the moment and why.  She emphasised that it was import to convey what style of film you like, to make your opinion succinctly.  She added that knowing names of directors and videographers will reinforce your own opinions.

At the end of the workshop Louise Gave me her e-mail address. I decided to take this opportunity to ask her a couple of questions that I wanted to ask during the lecture.

"Hello Louise, my name is Tom Stephens from the Leeds college of Art workshop on wednesday. We were talking about the homeless documentary I had in production?

There was something I wanted to ask you at the lecture with regards to working abroad. I recently accepted an internship in Lima Peru filming for the charity MEDLIFE. My flights are booked for the end of May; two days after my final hand in. In this short time I have to prepare I was wondering weather or not you had any experience/advice with documenting in South America? Are there any tips or tricks in communication when documenting between a language barrier?

The documentary is coming a long well and will keep you updated with release dates. If you find a spare moment I would appreciate any guidance what so ever.

Yours Sincerely 

Thomas Stephens"