Curriculum Vitae

Bikash Biswas

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Current Status: Working as freelance copy writer, script writer and Video editor.

Professional Experience:

Did my first AD campaign in 2003 on Bio-informatics course launch from ECIT (Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. a Govt. of India enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy). My involvement : Conceptualization, Design idea, choosing media and publishing – in Print and Poster, writing catch line, punch line. www.ecil.co.in/ecit/

Edited a Short Documentary Amar Kutir for Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development, Shantiniketan. [2017]

Conceptualized, Shot and Edited an educational video for Smita Rao –Fashion Designer (Bangalore and UAE) [2016]

Worked as Lecturer of Direction and Script Writing at Creovalley School of Film and Television, Bangalore. (Accredited by QAI London). [2016]

Wrote Copy as freelance copy writer for an international cosmetic brand u – Glow. https://www.uglowskincare.co.uk

Wrote copies and Radio Jingles in English (for our Film School’s “Opendays” functions and other shows). Aired on local radio channels in Bangaloare.

Supervised directing a 29 sec Pen Advertisement (RippleRoller). My involvement: supervised from concept to copy writing to post production. Given Name of the product and written copy and slogan of the same. (@Creovalley)

Finished a 29 sec AD film on fictitious toothpaste Dentogen. (My Involvement: From generating concepts, brand characterization, scripting, writing slogan, finding USP, to direction supervision, etc.) (Freelance)

Organized OPEN DAYS for my college (exhibition, functions, convocation programme, live interviews) from start to finish.

Participated in IFP (India Film Project, Short film Competition). [http://indiafilmproject.co]

Supervised Students’ short films which earned recognitions from places, e.g. IFP.

Adapted Anton Chekov’s short story “The Bet” for screen and supervised direction of the film having same name “The Bet”. Film got good review in local circle. (Creo valley student project).

Many other projects (both student’s and freelance) completed successfully under my supervision and direct creative involvement.

Worked as assistant director for an SRFTI diploma Film Projects. (One Short Film and one Music Videos and one 21sec. Adv.).

Wrote a short film script for a short film on 100 years of Indian Cinema. Script got wide recognition and good reviews for strong visual imagery and montage sequence from industry veterans.

Written and directed a documentary on “Kolkata’s Auction House”.

Written a Telefilm Script “Waiting Room”.

Written a Feature Film Script for a producer/financier at Sodepur. Initially film was named “kotha theke Jay”.

Written a feature length script for a Bengali film for (production got held up).

Written and directed a short Documentary on Hooghly River (Flow Production House, Garia.)

Worked in several short films as Asst. Director and Scriptwriter, some of them are based on my stories.

Worked in a workshop conducted by acclaimed director and cameraman Indranil Sarkar.

Wrote a script for a short thriller for Chandannagar Shrijon production named “Ek Raate”. Later the script got good reviews and recognition. Also worked as Asst. Director for the same production.

Worked as an assistant director in a short film named “Tarpor” directed by Dhiman Das, produced by Chandannagar Shrijon.

Worked as an assistant director in a Tele film named “Porichoy” produced by Alaap communication and Chandannagar Shrijon. Telecast as a Telefilm on sony 8.

Wrote three short film scripts professionally for indie productions.

Wrote several scripts on ‘concepts’ for few micro short films.

Published Stories and Poems in blogs and e - zines. [ viz. Kotha to bolar jonnie, Palki, Sobuj potra, lekha lekhi etc.]

Published stories, essays, poems in several little magazines and web magazines.

Key Skills:

Writing (screenplays, stories, poems, Limeric, Quirky lines).

Story boarding and visualization.

Good command on narrative structure and plot.

Concept Development.

Have ability to visualize the whole story.

Have ability to understand the underlying rhythm of an audio visual content, films.

Visual Design.

Ability to communicate ideas and concepts with image and sound.

Writing skill on social media and web.

Have ability to write linear and non-linear script.

Web designing and presentation.

Knowledge:

Conceptualizing, Designing with story board, presentation and ‘story approach’.

Film making with DSLR camera, Z7P and PD7 pro-sumer camera.

Production design and budget.

Film structure, Film genre, Film forms, Film narrative and style.

Film analysis, film theory.

Effective Lighting and Set design.

Language known: Bengali, English, Hindi (speaking).

Soft Skills:

Ability and mentality for tackling challenges.

Ability to co – ordinate and command production team.

Amicable.

Very good on effective communication.

Time management skill.

On schedule project deliverance.

Educational Qualification:

P.G in Media Studies, Film and Television from C.U

B.A from C.U (with English as elective subject)

English Diploma from Indo – American Society, 2C, Monalisa, 17. Camac St, Elgin, Kolkata, West Bengal 700017.

Professional Qualification:

• Certificate on Digital Film making from FFSI(India).

Characteristics and qualities:

Good observer of ‘life’. Avid reader of books and films. Love to read literature, science fiction, science facts and whatever kindles interests and fires imagination. Imaginative and creative. Reading, writing, travelling, listening music and travelling.

Please visit my Facebook profile to take a look at the examples of my writings, quirky writings, stories, photographs and others @ https://www.facebook.com/bikishere

Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 30-09-72

Father’s Name: Late BeniMadhab Biswas.

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