FAHIMA KHATUN
My Time Line:
Despite Fahima's main goal to be a Journalist over the years, she has worked on several projects with people she has networked with practicing skills she has learnt through university and developing and gaining ne skills which she then uses when working as a journalist.
Music Video - Videographer and Editor - (July - September 2019)
Filmed the musicians and edited the video together using Premiere Pro.
Gen,2 Creatives Social Media assistant and Journlist - (September 2018 - current
creating behind the scenes footages and working with the social media team to promote the group.
creating articles and gaining publicity for the group
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British Film Institute - Academy 2015 - November 2018
Fahima started as a student in 2014 then worked with the BFI academy as a mentor to help the 2015/16/17 students with their silver arts award and recording the days by taking pictures as the BFI Production Assistant.
Assisted the students to create a video piece, and helped them with their silver arts award and run an event, also created a website, did admin work and photography.
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For-ward Brum Concert – Events Officer & Official Photographer (June – December 2018)
Setting up teas and coffees before and after the performance.
Informing visitors about the day plan of the event and answering any questions.
Taking footage and photography of the performances.
The Producer's Forum - Press Team (May - June 2018)
Creating press releases for events taking place by the company.
Also, Sending the press releases to suitable outlets to gain publicity for events.
The press releases were published by local newspapers and online news outlets such as Into Film.
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Birmingham City University - Mentor and Speaker for the Young Peoples' Newsroom (February - June 2018)
Inspiring the next generation of students to consider Journalism as a career by informing them about the different roles.
Creating and presenting a PowerPoint presentation and activities for young people to complete, which will teach them about the different ways to become a Journalist and answer their queries,
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BBC Sports Community Awards - Producer (October - November 2017)
Filming nominees for the awards. contacting them and arranging a date to capture them training for the award ceremony.
fahimakhatunmedia.wixsite.com/whatshappeninginbham (September 2015 - Current)
Fahima created An online news blogging website in which she wrote articles about events and stories taking place in Birmingham, as a freelance journalist.
Birmingham City University - Level up Mentor (31 July 2017 - Current)
Helping the first-year student settle into university, answering questions through the Facebook along with giving them tours during there the first week. also assisting the university with open days.
Made In Birmingham (6th February 2017 - 24th March 2017 & 3rd July 2017 - 7th July 2017)
Worked alongside Birmingham news helping find stories via social media and other outlets. Once finding the stories when required Fahima would contact people by email and phone, finding as much information as possible before sending it to the news organiser. Writing up NIBs and posts for social media.
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For-ward Brum - Photographer (23rd November 2016 & 25th January 2017)
Took Picture for their social media pages. mainly having to follow the group around taking pictures while they were walking around Birmingham taking sound bites and during their meetings.
Collaborative Project - Event (5th October 2016 - 11th January 2017)
Over the course of 3 months, Fahima and her team were given the task of creating an exhibit which we then showcased in January at St Phillip's Cathedral in Birmingham.
Fahima was in charge of creating an Instagram page, snap chat, and Twitter, using the accounts to inform the public from the very first stage of planning to the day of the event. I also took photography pieces for the photography side of the cube.
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CBBC Live Awesome Authors - Volunteer - (16th July 2016 - 17th July 2016)
Fahima as a volunteer to help create a fun and educational day for children of all ages. Working mainly with the Wolf Blood show, helping children with activities and creating a memorable day and making herself as helpful and informative as possible to the visitors.
She assisted the children in creating short animations of comic strips with their version of stories with the wolf blood characters and fill out quizzes. Informed them as they entered the tent of what was happening when it was happening, such as when the actors and actresses of the shows will be arriving for meet and greet and when the meet and greet was happening I alongside my team kept a safe environment for both the actors children and parents preventing the tent from overflowing with people and helping children stay calm.
Augmental Teaser - Assistant Director - (19th July 2016 - 22nd July 2016)
Fahima worked closer to the production days and viewing locations alongside the director and cinematographer noting what would be needed on the dates of shoot as well as health and safety issues that need to be addressed at the locations and any important variables that need to be noted and addressed before and during production, so there was no problem well shooting. As well as working with the actors making sure they were set for the days of shoot and had all they needed.
On the days of the shoot, her main role was timekeeping and general production activity ensuring everything was shot and in that time limit. She worked closely with the director and cinematographer ensuring they had all they needed and everyone on and off set was prepared and in the right places at all times so everything was done efficiently.
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Birmingham School Of Acting 2016 – Student Showreel – Assistant Director (26th November 2015 – 20th January 2016)
Assisted in contacting location for the day of the shoot.
Using Final cut 7 to organise footage taken.
Helped hire equipment for the shoot.
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Scratch Edit (2015-2016)
In Fahima's spare time, she helped edit for the Scratch team. she use Adobe Premiere, but do have experience in Final Cut Pro and Avid.
Newman Brothers Coffin Work Shop Documentary (2012-2015)
While Fahima was studying at college she was a part of a documentary being created over the span of three years documenting the renovation of Newman Brothers Coffin Workshop. (So far only one video has been uploaded as it's still in Post-Production)
Case study: Silver achiever Fahima Khatun (2015)
After working for the BFI academy an article was published about my time there.
British Film Institute Academy (2014)
During my time working with the BFI Academy, Fahima was given the opportunity to gain a level two silver arts award.
Radio XL (2014)
While Fahima was at College she was given the opportunity to work with Radio XL for a week as an assistant where I sorted files, invoices and got to sit in shows.
My Film and Book Reviews (2014 - 2015)
Fahima enjoys reading books and watching movies, which led her to right her own blogs.
BBC School report (2011)
While studying at Handsworth Wood Girls' School Fahima was given the opportunity to work with the BBC for a project on the past of the area where her school is based. Her main role was in pre-production. She helped research on the area and while the report was happening in production I stayed on the research team helping them to find information while the broadcast was happening and was also a runner.
My Books
As well as reading books Fahima currently writing her own book and as well as writing these books.