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My Details
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Male
Great Britain , North West
Current Work Details
- What I do
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Freelance Camera Trainee / Assistant
- Website
- Where I work
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I run my own company or organisation
- Technical Skills
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Final Cut Studio 3, Avid, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects and Encore. Cameras I have used include: JVC DY 700, Panasonic DVX 100 & HVX 200, Canon XL1 & XL2, Sony HVR-HD1000E, HVR-Z1E, PMW-EX1 & EX3, Red One/ MX, Epic, Arri Alexa and the Aaton XTR Plus
- Resources / Expertise
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Have been involved in film projects for over four years, including music videos, short films, live concerts, educational and promotional videos. Currently own a Sony PMW-EX3, a Sekonic L-308S light meter, plus an iMac with Final Cut Studio 3.
- Availability
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Paid Work or Collaboration
Training
- 2005-2009
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Staffordshire University,
BSc (Hons) Film Production Technology, First Class Honours
My Social Web
My Links
Shooters Q&A
- Films I wish I had made
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If I had made the films that I wish I had made, I wouldn't have made them as good as the people who originally made them. So...er, none!
- I cried watching
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The Green Mile
- I left the cinema during
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I have never walked out of a cinema during a film.
- Directors I love
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Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock, John Landis, James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro, Sergio Leone, John Ford, Frank Darabont, Peter Jackson, Christopher Nolan, George Roy Hill, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Zhang Yimou and Edgar Wright.
- Actors I admire
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Hugh Laurie, Bill Murray, Michael Caine, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Harrison Ford, Samuel L Jackson, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Denzel Washington, Christian Bale, Edward Norton, Aaron Eckhart, Jason Bateman and Zach Braff.
- Writers I respect
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Terry Pratchett, Roald Dahl, J. R. R. Tolkien, Paul Haggis, David Mamet, Jonathan Nolan, David Koepp.
- My desert island discs
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Foo Fighters - One By One, Zebrahead - MFZB, Alkaline Trio - Crimson, Finch - What It Is To Burn, Hoobastank (self-titled) The Ataris - So Long Astoria, Sugarcult (Start Static), King Blues - Under The Fog, Sonic Boom Six - Arcade Perfect, Random Hand - Inhale/Exhale and any album by Metallica (except perhaps St Anger!)
- Books I have given my friends
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Don't tend to give books to friends often, I mainly have filmmaker autobiographies, books on cinematography or by Terry Pratchett.
- My death row meal
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Roast Beef with yorkshire puddings, stuffing and all the trimmings with treacle tart and cream for desert!
- The best thing I own
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My (rather vast and ever-expanding) collection of DVDs.
