First post

Ok. Need a blog, so here goes.

First things first. A bit of background.

I am a freelance director and specialist cameraman currently living in Bristol.Uk.

Originally from Norfolk. I come from a big family of artists and designers. I have been using cameras and making films since discovering my granddad's old cine camera as a small child. Since then I have studied art and design for years, always with a fascination towards lens based art forms.
After school I moved to Bristol to study a degree in time based Media production. During that time I did a lot of industry jobs and developed more skills. This is where I discovered much more about professional film making.

Since then I have been putting all my experiences into working as a freelance director and special cameraman.
I have had success, and with that success, I have been re-investing it into making more films, learning more specialist skills, developing equipment such as making special camera rigs, and collaborating with other talented people.

I have quite a back log of news to bring us up to date so I will start off with a brief overview poignant moments since finishing uni and working as a freelancer.

HERE GOES:


I own a jib (camera crane), and various other camera support rigs, like a mini universal tracking system, flat bed track and dolly,suction mounts, body harness. BUT THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

So. Finished uni, and Made a film which got short listed for DepicT 2005 Encounters film festival. Having my work shown in a big film festival was a great experience and really gave me a taste for what it might be like to be a successful film maker. It definitely put some fuel on the fire for my passion to make more films.

http://www.depict.org/shortlists/146/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktMpk0qihdM



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After that I started to make a bit of money making corporate videos, a few weddings, filming plays, live gigs, etc.

Then one day I discovered I had free access to a professional engineering work shop right next to my mums house.

THIS WORKSHOP WAS INSPIRATIONAL! You could literally make anything in there.
I got to thinking, and thought I should make some equipment to raise the production values of my films.

So I moved home for a few months and using my design knowledge (with help from my design engineer brothers) built a track and dolly and jib.

See them here: