Siôn Roberts | tv & film editor

tv & film editor

Hello

I'm Sion, a freelance editor driven by a passion for narrative story telling. who specialises in Avid Media Composer. with a background working in a post facility. living near Cardiff, UK. with almost a decade of broadcast TV experience. who can colour grade and build visual effects.

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The Mill | DSP Drama for CH4

prod. Johnathan Young

Online editor | 6×50’ (Series 2)

channel4.com/programmes/the-mill

The Mill was a period drama on Channel 4 about the lives of factory workers at a textile mill in the 1830s. It was one of the first series I've ever onlined, ironic as it's potentially the most high-profile productions my name's ever been attached to! Being filmed in the real-life Quarry Bank Mill, it came with it an awful lot of paint-out work to hide modern accessories and restore the site to it's former nature.

About

 

Video editing: adding punctuating to an actor’s performance, blending cinematography with music and finding pace and cohesion within a narrative to evoke a strong emotional response; it’s a very rewarding process and a big passion of mine.

My work as an editor generally falls into two camps; my main focus is pursuing a career as a long-form narrative editor, which is to work on scripted productions such as TV drama and film. I've worked in this field predominantly since going freelance, both as an offline editor and as a 1st AE, continually developing my own methodical, fast and instinctive approach to storytelling.

I'm also an experienced online editor, having been a staff onliner for many years prior, and one that I still keep my toes in. It's role that gets me involved with a broad variety of production genres, and can cover anything from colour grading to visual effects to file-encoding and delivery - essentially, I can handle the finishing stages of post.

I'm based near Cardiff, South Wales, though I'm happy whittling away long days at any edit suite across the UK. I've also got a great Avid setup at home which has seen plenty of investment recently with the shift towards remote operating.

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