Ms Yvonne Cheal |

About

I’m Yvonne, trading as Artisan Media, and I provide freelance services to businesses, writers, and the film, television, literature, print media, arts and creative industries. I offer a range of services, from proofreading all kinds of texts and written materials through to full project management; I also offer research, script editing and pre-/post-production scripts for filming. I work with independent authors, academics, publishers and organisations of all sizes and can turn my hand to a wide range and variety of topics, apart from highly specialised technical work. The subject areas I am most familiar with are listed below.

Skills and Services

• Proofreading
• Proof-editing
• Copy-editing
• Copywriting; writing; rewriting
• Plain/clear English; Anglicizing; non-native English
• Using and compiling house style guides
• Research
• Film script and screenplay editing
• Audio and video transcription
• Typesetting; page design/layout
• Websites; on-screen proofreading, editing and copy-editing
• Project management

Media

• Books (fiction and non-fiction); multi-author books; illustrated books

• Journals; newsletters; magazines; travel guides/articles

• Company literature; government reports; grant proposals; tenders/bids; business plans; press releases; advertising copy; advertorial

• Educational materials; text books; theses and dissertations; course materials (online and hard copy)

• Integrated media; online content; websites/blogs

Subject Areas

1. Fiction: all genres, including children’s literature
2. Non-fiction, including:

• Art; art history; architecture; architectural history

• Business; management; marketing

• Graphic design; typography; design and technology; photography; calligraphy; printing; incunabula; book arts; all crafts

• English language; English literature; Shakespeare; Oxfordianism; Edward de Vere; theatre; 16th-century studies and history; performance studies; European theatre; experimental theatre; travelling players

• Reviews; literary criticism/studies/theory; linguistics

• Film; cinema; film history; film essays; screenplays; film locations

• Folklore; myths and legends; eccentricities; gypsies; Romani language; regional studies; fairs; circus; British countryside, history and transport

• Media studies; audio; broadcasting; documentaries; film; television; video; music production; live events and performance

• Silk Route; international trade; merchants; market places

• Social sciences; geography

• Travel; tourism; ecotourism; UK destinations; travel writing; wellness; lifestyle; yoga; food and drink; cookery; history of cooking; history of fashion; fabrics; sewing; textile arts

• Academic theses and dissertations (not mathematical or scientific)

Qualifications

• B.A. (Hons.) European Business Management (University of Wales, Cardiff)

• B.Sc. Open – Technology, Communications, Humanities, Film History (Open University)

• Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History (University of Oxford)

• PRINCE2 Project Management: Foundation and Practitioner

Training

• Proofreading 1 (CIEP, 2024)
  

• Word for Practical Editing (CIEP, 2022)

• InDesign 2021 Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning, 2021)

• Print Production; Print and Publishing Media (Online industry practices, 2020)

• English Grammar and Style (University of Queensland, online, 2017)

• Data Visualisation (National Union of Journalists, 2016)

• Adobe InDesign (Adobe, 2015)

• Successful Editing & Proofreading Techniques (Business & Professional Research Organisation Ltd., 1998)

• Freelance Editing & Proofreading Techniques (Freelance MS, 1989)

• Children’s Literature (Cardiff University, CPE, 1988)

• Industry-specific CPD training and certifications in: Film & Television; Project Management; Arts & Humanities; Equalities issues; Digital & Creative Industries; Business practice; Architecture and the built environment

Selected Projects and Clients

• Accent Press – proofreading short stories

• Arcus-World Limited – proofreading business plan

• Arts Council of Wales – writing report: Beyond the Stereotypes: A review of Gypsies / Roma / Travellers and the Arts in Wales

• BBC Wales – various programme transcripts

• Bloom Street Productions – editing and typesetting film scripts

• BriteSpark Films – programme video transcripts

• Centre for Performance Research – proofreading Osterwa

• Coppersun Books – proofreading Bright Moon; Petals of the Heart; Adventures of Self-Discovery all by Srinivas Arka

• Fulmar Film & TV – various programme transcripts

• Goldsmiths University, London – proof-editing Coursera MOOC subtitles: Introduction to Who Wrote Shakespeare?

• University College Cardiff – proofreading Europe in the Nineteenth Century 1830–1880 by Professor Harry Hearder

• H’mm Foundation – proofreading Encounters with Karl Francis by Jon Gower

• Home James Limited – proofreading autobiography Home James!

• Indus Films – various programme transcripts

• Midnight Oil Productions – various programme transcripts

• Owl Print, Cardiff – proofreading pre-press copy for a full range of print items

• Plimsoll Productions – various programme transcripts

• Presentable Productions – various programme transcripts

• Parable of the Sad Man by Kaseng Lukun – proofreading novel

• Ramblings of a Patagonian by René Griffiths – full text editing and typesetting of autobiography/travel memoir

• Romani Institute, London – Researcher/text preparation for Romani–English dictionary

• Smith & Whittaker Limited – proofreading Creative Cultures business plan

• Take 1 Transcription – various programme transcripts

• Telesgôp Cyf. – various programme transcripts

• The de Vere Society – proof-editing quarterly newsletters, articles, website and books for publication

• Videotext Communications – programme transcripts

• Volcano Theatre Company – writing fundraising report: A Few Little Drops

• Voltage TV – various programme transcripts

• Wagtail Tale: Gypsy Life of Bygone Days by Peter Ingram – full text editing and preparation of fictionalised biography

• Wildflame Productions – various programme transcripts

• Yash Raj Films (Mumbai) – proof-editing feature film subtitles from Hindi to English

Specialised software

Adobe InDesign

testimonials

I am grateful to all of the many contributors; to Jon Gower for writing this book, to Yvonne Cheal for the proofreading, and to Andy Dark for the design and production.

Karl Francis (film producer)

My special thanks to Yvonne Cheal whose assistance throughout has been invaluable, and without whom the book may well have been started, but it would definitely not have been finished.

René Griffiths (author)

First and foremost I would like to thank Yvonne Cheal for her patience in deciphering my handwritten manuscript and preparing the typescript. Without Yvonne’s dedication, advice and script preparation this book would not have reached fruition.

Peter Ingram (author)

In the preparation of this edition the prompt and efficient help of Miss Yvonne Cheal in typing the new material was invaluable.

Professor Harry Hearder (author)

• Proofreader

• Architecture
• Art & culture
• Biography, autobiography & memoir
• Body, mind & spirit
• Classics
• Design
• Travel & tourism
• Humanities
• Narrative non-fiction
• Media studies
• History
• Television, film & radio
• Performing arts

• Transcription
• Copywriting
• Typesetting
• Subtitling/captioning
• Project management