Jonathon Ridgard

Cross country casting, producing reality scenes, producing interviews, directing reality crews, multi camera directing. producing celebrity judge talent

Develop pilot episode. Write episode outline and beat sheet. Cast further contributors. Multi camera directing. Supervising post.

• Oversee and cast for prime time, Emmy award winning television show • Conduct national search for suitable, well known companies and CEO’s • Produce telephone and face to face interviews to create sizzle reels for network submissions • Write beat sheet and story points for episode

• Source, cold call and find suitable contributors with the right story and dynamic • Produce and shoot in depth auditions and home visits, finding the story for the key contributors • Edit produce VT’s to submit to Network • Write beat sheets and scripts for filming days, producing story lines.

• Oversee casting for a prime time television game show • Create, test and implement over 200 new and challenging games • Work closely with Series Producer to ensure correct challenges and questions are assigned to the right people to produce the right reactions • Source filming locations, ensuring all permissions are up to date

•Oversee casting for a new reality format for W Network •Cold call and target specific contributors to participate in the show •Conduct telephone interviews to find the right personalities and conflicts for the show •Write beat sheets for filming days, producing story lines •Produce and film auditions and home visits

• Assisted with last minute casting for new prime time entertainment comedy show • Conduct recce interviews with potential candidates • Conduct VT shoots, operate second camera DV • Write producer script/dialogue for use when producing pre recorded VT interviews.

• Create original and fun games to include in the show • Oversee weekly edits, cutting story VT’s, teases, adverts and arranging insert reel • Source props, liaise with art director to create games • Conduct nationwide tour to find contributors • Set up and organise shoots abroad for our VT games

• Assisting the USA casting team with American contributors from the UK for pilot episode filmed in Amsterdam • Cold calling, researching, telephone interviewing and biog writing • Compiling a short taster tape of who I have casted for NBC Executives • Filmed “as live” pilot episode in Amsterdam

• Audition potential contestants, testing their skills and personalities through various games • Testing games • Assisted in the selection of contestants to go through to the bootcamp stage • Indepth research on potential contestants • Vox pop interview contestants to see what they are like on screen

• Assisted in the redeveloping of an existing format • Producing interviews with ENG crew at audition stages, finding stories and filming content for VT’s • Produce and direct arrival shots, crowd shots and links • • Indepth story finding for key contributors, extensive biog writing • Self-shooting all back stories around the country

• Working with PD’s to decide on editorial content • Scheduling and co-ordinating multi camera shoots, VT’s and contestant schedules • Extensive shooting on Z1; interviewing and vox-popping, weekly VT content • Organised locations for various stages of the show including negotiating costs • Setting up shoots in the UK and abroad