Arfan Abdulazeez

DP, colourist and Creative director based out of Bangalore, India, with 5 years of working experience in feature films, Advertising, Corporate, music videos, narrative short films, and documentaries.

  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Work - https://vimeo.com/arfandop      

Projects

Great Depression (Feature Film) 

The Great Depression is a feature film directed by H Aravind. The film was selected for the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) held in Dec 2022 and had its world premiere there along with other notable works from around the world. I worked as the DP and colourist for the film. Shot on a low budget, the film presented challenges in every way possible.

Work Experience

August 2022 - December 2022

Film Division Head

Talking Tree Media


Was responsible for all video production and ideation for significant clients like Tata Steel, Pravesh, and various others.
Played a major role in helping the company attain more clientele by using various storytelling devices and coming up with campaign concepts and scripts for the clients. Also managed a team of cinematographers, editors and animators.

August 2021 - June 2022

Asst. Creative Director / Video Production Specialist

Yellow Submarine Films (Production House)

Yellow Submarine FIlms is a production house based out of Bangalore, with more than 10+ years of working in the ad industry creating ads and video content for brands like IIFL, 5 Paisa, Sorona Silks, Olympics 2021, and So on. I worked as a video specialist, helping with pitching for films, shooting and editing films, and also handling color grade and animation as and when required.

March 2019 - March 2021

Cinematographer & Editor 

Guch.me (Production House)

Guch.me (Previously known as denture Capital) is a creative agency/production house based out of Bangalore. I worked as a DP, editor, and colorist, handling pre-production to post-production for various corporate, testimonials, help content, and YouTube ad projects for clients like Cred, HomeLane, GreatLearning, Udaan, Quintype, MyGate, etc.

May 2020 - May 2020

Directors Intern

First December Films 

(Production House)

Worked as a Directors intern  for 1st December Films, helping with creating pitch decks and scratch films for various clients.

October 2017 - January 2019

Creative Head / DOP

Vimana Media (Production House)

Vimana Media is a production house based out of Trivandrum. I was responsible for managing a team of young and brilliant content creators. Bringing them together to make YouTube videos and Instagram videos. Also directed and did the cinematography/Editing for the YouTube videos.

Skills


  • Cinematography
  • Creative Direction
  • Colorist
  • Video Editor
  • Video Post-Production

  • Film Production
  • Documentary
  • Davinci resolve
  • Storyboarding