I’m Ben Swallow, a dailies operator and trainee edit assistant with over four years in the post-production industry. I’ve honed my skills managing dailies workflows, quality checking media, and collaborating closely with assistant editors and colourists to keep projects on track—from Apple TV and Netflix shows to major studio productions. My experience at Warner Bros. De Lane Lea and PictureShop UK has taught me to manage fast-moving pipelines, spot and fix corrupt assets, and deliver clean editorial packages.
Beyond work, I love exploring all forms of media—games, podcasts, and film—and enjoy skiing and outdoor pursuits. I’m driven to grow in post-production, embrace new workflows, and help teams deliver polished, on-schedule editorial packages.
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I worked on this project as a Dailies Operator. I was in sole charge of the project, where I labelled, synced, and quality checked all media and imported CDL values from the DIT. I maintained constant communication with the assistant editors for editorial package delivery and re-renders, whilst archiving all raw footage onto LTO tapes, as well as AWS.
I worked on this project as a Dailies Operator. Again working with a dailies colourist, I labelled, synced, and quality checked all media as they arrived directly from set and rendered to spot check and correct, where possible, any corrupt assets or other technical faults. I maintained constant communication with the assistant editors for editorial package delivery and re-renders.
I also used Daylight for the Dailies Workflow
I worked on this project as a Dailies Operator for Netflix. Working with a dailies colourist, I labelled, synced, and quality checked all media as they arrived directly from set, checking for corrupt materials or any other technical faults before and after renders.
Created editorial packages primarily for Avid Media Composer with MXF files, ALEs, and Avid Bins.
Badimo ba Kgole is a documentary focusing on a South African artist, opening an exhibit in London. The documentary is primarily on the account of Giggs Kgole as well as interviewing his friends, family and acquaintances.
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Unbroken is a short film made in Bournemouth. It has been one of my favourite editing work as it covers a universal theme of loss, heartwarming memories and overcoming grief. This is a mixture of live action in between stylistic animations.
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This project was the first of my editing work. During my years in higher education, Stories of the Subconscious Mind was an extremely fun project as it let Curt and I to flare our creative foundations of finding the pace and music placement.
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