Sophie Fletcher


EXPERIENCE:

Writing Experience:


Researcher:

February 2010- November 2010

• Independently researched sexual history and its relation to feminism, to teach a second year tertiary class as an assessment, for which I received 100% as my grade.

April 2011- January 2012

• Assisted independent film maker with research and made international contacts for his film.

February 2011- Present

• Am conducting independent research for an exposé of the history and facts of Drug Laws aimed at a layman market.

April 2011 – Present

• Have researched all fields of scientific query from geology to quantum physics to further the development of the fantasy series I am currently in the process of writing.


Essayist/ Factual Writer

February 2009 – 2010

• Wrote numerous essays during my university career, for which I received an A+ average.


Scriptwriter:

February 2009 – Present

Performed Plays:

• Symphony Fantastique – (1 hour) Performed October 2010
• A Number Sacrificed, A Name Saved – (20 minutes) Performed February 2012

Short Films:

• “If We Are To Be Eaten By Wolves” (2010) – winner of two international awards
• “Fraser and Gareth” (2009)
• "Over the Rainbow"

April 2011 – Present

Novelist

• Am currently writing a four part apocalyptic fantasy series


QUALIFICATIONS:

Saint John First Aid October 2011
• Completed first aid certificate, applicable to adults and children

Unitec New Zealand – 2008 to 2010
• Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts – Writing Major

Westlake Girls High School – 2003 to 2007
• NCEA Level Three
• NCEA Level Two
• NCEA Level One


AWARDS:

• Photography: Ilford Shield Overall Winner, 2007 (National Secondary Schools Competition)
• Writing: Award of Merit, International Best Shorts Competition, 2011 – for ‘If We Are To Be Eaten By Wolves…” (2010)
• Writing: Best New Zealand Film, Uni Shorts International Student Film Festival, 2012 – for “If We Are To Be Eaten By Wolves…” (2010)


INTERESTS:

• Music
• Horticulture
• Film
• Theatre
• Snowboarding
• Photography
• Literature
• Painting
• Archery
• Kung Fu

I have been somewhat classically trained- a couple of school choirs and music performance/ theory. However, I am mostly self taught; I have been singing almost every day since I discovered my voice as a child. I have performed a large number of times (in groups and solo), including some of my own work (singing and playing piano/guitar) at open-mic nights and also spent a year busking on Queen Street in my free time.

I am an alto who can go very high when properly warmed up and in practice. On a bad day I still have a two octave range. My voice is very strong- I can project it very well (enough to be heard from the other side of Queen Street without assistance!). If I had to describe it in terms of tone I would say it sits somewhere between Eta James and Portishead's Beth Gibbons.

For me music is about finding a way to make all the pieces fit together in mind-blowing harmony and discordance. I really love music which utilizes sampling, keys, strings and brass as well as the classic rock trio of drums, guitar, and bass; the more the merrier!