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John David Clay

Camera Operator
Producer, Camera Assistant, Script Supervisor, Writer, Stills Photographer, Editor, Director of Photography, Focus Puller, Colourist.
Great Britain, South East

About Me:

Where I work: I am an individual working from home
Technical Skills: codecs and compression REDCODE, RAW, LOGC, H.264, mpeg2 / 4. moderate telecine knowledge learning GH3 / GH4 AMIRA, Script supervision / continuity screenwriting theory / analysis, see uk.skillspages.com 4K based workflow depends on camera system. Basic Producer knowledge - EIS (30%) and SEIS (50%) CGT FTC etc,Observation, (intertextual etc)Lighting, Camerawork, Editing (not strongest) sound/Music, Screenwriting (writing 3 at the moment) focus pulling, lighting and operating at the same time. some knowledge of S16 . will being learning the RED dragon shortly.

Training:

2023 - 2023
Online, Advanced screenwriting mastery Comedy
2021 - 2021
Euroscript, Writing web series April 2021
2021 - 2021
Euroscript, How to the contained movie may 2021
2022 - 2022
Online, euroscrpt writing web series 90 min one day
2023 - 2023
online, 23 Ways To ‘Break Into The Business’ In 2023 with Lucy V Hay
2023 - 2023
Online, Advanced screenwriting mastery Writing Horror Feb 2023
2023 - 2023
Online, Advanced screenwriting mastery Thrillers and mystery
2023 - 2023
Online, Advanced screenwriting mastery Drama
2023 - 2023
``Online, Euroscript writing a treatment
2023 - 2023
Online, Advanced screenwriting mastery Sci / fantasy
2023 - 2023
Online, Writing comedy (euroscript) June
2023 - 2023
WEx London, Engaging vlogs

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Casting Details:

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Skills

My Work and Credits:

Festival (Directed by Jody Lee) (2012)

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KopII (2013)
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See (2014)
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BVE (2019)

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Fun stuff:

I left the cinema during:

Usually stay to end and watch everyone's hard work on the credits including the composers.

Directors I love:

Eugene "Gene" Emmanuel Polito Westworld 73, futureworld, 76 John Coquillon (1930–1987) was a Dutch-born cinematographer Steve Knight Humingbird, Locke Eisenstein, Strike, 24, BP 29 AN 38 Bert Bates (64 - 73) Gone in 60 Seconds 74, The Junk man 1982, Woody Allen, Annie Hall 77, Manhaten 79, HAHS 86, Vicky Christina, Bacelona, 08 Midnight in Paris 2011) David Lean LOA, (62) BOTR (57)Stephen Frears (Philomena, dangerous 88)Cohen brothers / Roger Deakins (Fargo, 96, no country for Old men 2007 George Lucas, THX 1138 (1971) Garry Fisher Aces High, 76, Escape to Victory 81, Norman Jewson Thomas Crown 68, Rollerball 75, Robert Aldrich, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte, 1964 Peter Weir Picnic at hanging rock, 75 Gallipoli 81, Witness 85, Polansky, Knife in the Water 62, Repulsion 65, Rosemary baby 68, Tess 79. George Roy Hill, Butch, 1969 The sting 1973, Chris Jones, Sidney Pollock, The way We Were, 1973, Tootsie, 1982, Out of Africa, 1985
Penny Marshall Big 1988 Hal Needham co writ / directed (Megaforce 1982) Ted K, Wake in Freight, 1971+ its cinematography. Rebecca AH, 1940 USA - George Barnes ASC. JAMIE STONE (ORBIT EVER AFTER) Hal Ashby,71 76, 78, Michael Reeves (witchfinder General (1968) John Badham (Blue Thunder, Wargames (1983) Desmond Davis (Operator / Director the Eagle's NA 1976) Taste of fear 1961 (CO) John Sturges (producer/Director) last train from Gun Hill 59 - hour of the gun 1967 / the Eagle has Landed 76. Quadrophenia Michael Haneke (Cache, Amour)Jane Campion , Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall)
Gary Ross (Hunger Games) Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) Mike Figgis, Christopher Nolan, Arthur Penn, John Boorman,Mark Robson, Gorden Park (Shaft, Shaft's Big Score) Fred Zimmerman (High Noon, a Nun's Story, the Day of the JACKEL, FROM Here to Eternity) David Cronenberg (Videodrome, the fly) Renny Harlin, Sidney J Furie, John Huston (AQ/TMWWBK/HKMA AJ) Blake Edwards (10) Robert Hammer (KHAC TLG Will Penny (1968)Fred Schepisi (Last Orders, TCOJB) Delmer Davis, Burt Kennedy, Sidney Lumet, Robert Wise, Orson Wells,Henry Hathaway (North to Alaska, Circus World, Sons of Katie Elder/True Grit)Tati, Tarkovski, Hawks, Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Rene Clair, Gerry Anderson,John Ford, Fritz Lang, William wlyer, James Cameron, Don Siegel,Wiliam Frendkin, Jean Luc Goddard, Trauffurt, Jean Renour, ,Christopher Nolan (Memento) D W Grriffth, Ozo,Stanley Kurbrick,Jane Champion, Kathryn Bigelow, Ida Lupino, Fellini, Antonini, Clint Eastwood, Alice Guy, Carl Theodor Dryer, Jack Cardiff, Lewis Gilbert, Bryan Forbes CBE, Nicolas Roeg, Alan Parker. Robert Wiene, Martin Scorsese, John Sturges, William Wyler, Sergei Eisenstein, F W Murnu, Sir Richard attenbourgh, James Cameron, Terrance Davis, Edward Dymtryk, Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Soldier of Orange) Walter Hill (The Driver) John Schilessinger, Sally Potter, John Irvin (Hamberger Hill, Raw Deal) Raoul Walsh (Distant Trumpet) Mike Hodges (Get Carter, The Terminal Man) King Vidor,

Actors I admire:

Michael Caine, Timothy Dalton, Sir Richard Attenbourgh, Paul Newman Dustin Hoffman (Rain man),

Writers I Respect:

Michael Wilson 1981 - 1985) David Williamson Gallipoli, 1981, Blake Synder (Save the Cat) Jane Goldman the woman in black. Robert Banks Stewart (Bergerac (81 - 91) Amy Jump (Kill List) Marcus Markou Lawrence Kasdan David Nicholls, Jo Heims, Frank Scott,Ernest Lehman (SOM, NBNW), Harry R Fink, Rita R Fink (Cahill, Dirty Harry MF)Peter Hymns, Dean Riesner, Vernon Harris (Reach for The Skies, Carve Her Name With Pride) Marguerite Roberts, Spielberg, Leigh Brackett, Ben Hect, Richard Maibaum, Alan Fennel, Denni

My desert island discs:

John Barry OBE

Books I have given my friends:

Shakespeare for screenwriters, J. M. Evenson Beyond Continuity 2014, Save The Cat trilogy, 15minute movie method, the 90 day screenplay, The visual marketing revolution. Beyond Continuity Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking 2nd Edition (Tim Dobbert) Crowdfunding for Filmmakers: The Way to a Successful Film Campaign The Calling Card Script A writer's toolbox for stage screen and radio by Paul Ashton, Filmmakers and Financing Business plans for independents 11th Edition Louise Levison, Writer's Journey mythic structure for writers 3rd Edition by Christopher Vogler Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects Film production management and co-ordination in a digital age (2010) Copyright and Clearence: Everything you need to know about Film and television by Michael Dondson (2008)The Screenwriting business Peter Bloore) Indie Film Producing: The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking (Suzanne Lyons) (Avid Editing 5th edition, Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Field Guide, Digital filmmaker magazine, the idependent filmmaker's law and business guide 2nd Edition, DSLR Cinema: Crafting the film look on large senor video cameras 2nd Edition Kurt Lancaster. Writing The Screenplay the Expert Guide Jill Nelmes Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors Blair Brown 2nd edition The DSLR Filmmaker's handbook, Cinematography for Directors (Jacque Frost)The Greenscreen Handbook, (Jeff Foster) The 21st Century Screenplay (Linda Aronson) Making Movies (Sidney Lumet) Teach yourself screenwriting (Raymond Fernsham) Compression for Great Video and Audio master tips and common sense 2nd Edition Ben Waggonner

The best thing I own:

A creative and photographic eye