I've been making films for over ten years and I'm available to work on any project no matter how big or small.
Some recent projects:
Please click on the images for more information about the project:
Interviews for the Guardian Media Group
I filmed 5 interviews with high-flying media executives and produced a DVD for the Guardian Media Group's annual strategy meeting.
Interviews for MSN Music
MSN Music UK use me to film interviews with bands and I then encode these interviews for MSN's music website.
Mirrors
I produced a highly-visual Super-16mm film that we shot out in Suffolk.
Further projects
Please click through the list of films in the menu on the left to see more examples of my work.
Working with me
I can offer very competitive prices because I own a lot of my own equipment and because most of my equipment is pretty new - I don't have a studio full of legacy equipment gathering dust and adding to my insurance premiums. I'm also a geek (in a good way, honest) so I'd like to think that I know how to get the best out of my kit.
I work with Premiere Pro CS3.2, After Effects CS3 Pro, Encore, PhotoShop CS3 Extended and various other tools to deliver highly professional results.
I'm happy to adapt to whatever workflow the client prefers. For example, you can sit with me while we edit and grade your project. Or, if you'd prefer, we can use the Internet to exchange rough cuts and notes. Whatever suits you best.
Kit list
Video and Stills
- Panasonic DVX100a miniDV camera with 4 batteries & bag; shoots true 25p
- Cinevate Brevis35 35mm adapter (the newest revision with fine control over the oscillation frequency of the screen) with a Nikon mount
- 15mm rails system
- LCD monitor (with flip function)
- Nikon lenses:
- 28mm f2.8 Nikon Nikkor
- 50mm f1.4 Nikon Nikkor
- 85mm f1.8 Nikon Nikkor
- 135mm f2.8 Nikon Nikkor
- 10-20mm f4 AF Sigma
- 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 AF Nikon Nikkor
- 70-300m f4 AF Sigma
- Sony HC7E HDV camera (can also shoot at 200fields-per-second for 3 seconds)
- Canon A550 compact digital stills camera with intervalometer for doing time-lapse
- Nikon D50 digital SLR
- Nikon Speedlight SB-600 flash
- Sony CCD-TR1100E Hi8 camcorder (not much good for anything now-a-days except playing old Hi8 and 8mm tapes)
- Manfrotto tripod with fluid-head
- Polarising filter
- Laptop with DV Rack installed for monitoring and recording direct-to-disk
- 3-light Lowell lighting kit, stands, reflectors, softening umbrellas, gels
- Camera-mounted PAG light
Audio
- 3 x Countryman EMW black XLR lav mics
- Sony wireless lav mic
- Sennheiser MKH-416T shotgun mic
- Korg D888 8-track hard disk recorder
- Boom pole, blimp, fluffy wind muffler, mic stand, lovingly soldered cables etc
- Beechbox
- Sony MDR-7506 Pro Headphones
Hardware for editing and grading:
- Intel Quad-core Xeon with 4GB of DDR2 RAM and WinXP Pro SP2
- Sony PVM 14" SD CRT broadcast monitor (room lights set at same colour temp as the monitor)
- Leader 5100 Waveform and Vectorscope monitor
- BlackMagic Decklink HD Extreme for HD-SDI, SDI and analogue input and output
- 2TB RAID10 array
- External hard disks for archiving and transferring files
- LTO2 drive for archiving and backup
- 3 16speed DVD burners
- Canon and Epsom photo printers for doing DVDs and DVD covers
- Flatbed scanner
Software for editing, grading, audio and motion graphics:
- Adobe PhotoShop CS3 Extended
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.2
- Adobe Encore 2.0 DVD authoring
- Adobe After Effects CS3 Pro
- Color Finesse (grading)
- Blender (3D graphics)
- SynthEyes 2007.5 (motion tracking, match-moving, stabilisation)
- Audacity
- DBpowerAmp
Misc
- Fuel-efficient car
- Clean driving license
- Satellite navigation
- Client area on my website for transferring video files over the Internet