Guardians of the Galaxy

Working Lives: Drama reconstruction

A man holds his arms out, panically trying to assure two people a few feet away from him, wearing body armour and pointing guns at him

In her spare time, she makes films: last year, she produced the Second World War action movie Fortunes of War.

What does your job involve?

Alongside the drama director, I break down a documentary’s script to work out what needs dramatising and find suitable locations. The two of us also watch audition tapes together to decide on the actors we’re going to use in the reconstructions.