Andre Brito
Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Training Provider, Director
East Midlands
Current Work Details
| What I do |
Documentary videographer, editor and university lecturer |
| Company |
André Brito Visual Storymaking (various clients), Loughborough University and Lougborough University in London |
| Website | |
| Where I work |
I run my own company or organisation |
| Technical Skills |
Handheld, fly-on-the-wall shooting with pro-camcorders, or more cinematic takes using DSLRs with or without external recorders, using interchangeable lenses (including some vintage gems); stabilised, slider, dolly and zolly shots. Lighting for mood or function; location sound recording; Final Cut X editor on a Mac Pro (but also Premier editor, sometimes), able to produce motion graphics and some VFX. Fluent in Photoshop, Storyboarder, Sketch and Axure RP 9, with a good understanding of UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface) Design. |
| Resources / Expertise |
Main shooting kit includes Canon XF305 (BBC approved, broadcast quality documentary workhorse) and the cinematic GH5, along with lenses like the Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0, G Vario 45-200 and a range of vintage lenses with unique character. Sound kit includes Rode NTG1 shotgun mic, the reliable Sennheiser radio mics and Rode Wireless Go. Lighting kit (studio and portable LED options) and two green screens. Experience working with skeleton crews and self-shoot; multiple and single camera projects; working on tight deadlines and stringent budgets. Shooting and wrangling MXF, XD Cam or tape. On the ball with documentation (forms, disclaimers, floor plans). Experience managing large teams. Experience training/teaching at corporate and university level. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, but wouldn’t starve in a French-speaking country either. |
| Availability |
Paid Work or Collaboration |
Training
| 2010-2010 |
Oxford Film and Video Makers Centre for Digital media (www.Ofvm.org), |
| 2007-2009 |
Royal Holloway University of London, |
| 2007-2007 |
Media School Bournemouth University, |
| 2006-2006 |
Oxford Film and Video Makers Centre for Digital Media (www.Ofvm.org), |
| 2011-2011 |
Bournemouth University, |
Social Media and Film
| Youtube |
My Links
Shooters Q&A
| Films I wish I had made |
The Act of Killing, In The Death Row, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Waltz With, Bashir, It Happened Just Before, Touching The Void, Primer |
| I cried watching |
Hangover. And had stomach cramps too! That's how hard I laughed... |
| I left the cinema during |
I have never left the cinema during the performance. |
| Directors I love |
Nicolás Alcalá, Herzog, Broomfield, Lynch, Croenenberg, Wenders, Richard Kelly, Darren Aronofsky, Cohen Brothers, Terry Gillian, Gideon Koppel, Franny Armstrong, Michel Gondry, Milos Forman |
| Actors I admire |
Ian McKellen, Patrick Stuart, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Hilary Swank, George Clooney |
| Writers I respect |
José Saramago, Philip K. Dick, Jack Kerouac, Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dostoevsky, Ray Bradbury, Brecht |
| My desert island discs |
Scratch My Back (Peter Gabriel) The Resistance (MUSE) Real Life (Simple Minds) Nocturns (Chopin) Romeo and Juliet (Sergei Prokofiev) |
| Books I have given my friends |
On The Road (Kerouac), Blindness (Saramago), The Watchmen (Alan Moore), The Travels of Marco Polo, Superior (Mark Millar) |
| My death row meal |
Colombian 'bandeja paisa' Antioqueña |
| The best thing I own |
I won't know until I lose it... |
| More about me |
Experience teaching video at university level, as well as working with young adults with learning difficulties and disabilities, full CRB check available on request, trained in Safeguarding, Challenging Behaviour and Makaton sign language. |
My Work & Credits
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