Current Work Details
| What I do |
Writer/Director/Editor |
| Company |
DreamValley Productions Ltd |
| Tel |
01353 780 103 |
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| Where I work |
I run my own company or organisation |
| Technical Skills |
Producing, Writing, Directing, Camera, Editing, DVD Authoring, Video Compression, Website Design, Configuring PC's... |
| Resources / Expertise |
I own a full Arri SRII Super 16mm kit: built-in PAL video assist, Zeiss Super16 zoom, filters, mattebox etc. Just about everything you need to shoot a film. A Super 8mm camera. A Sony DSR-PC8E DV camera. Avid Media Composer with Analog Mojo for editing. Full range of compression, special effects and DVD authoring tools for DVD/Blu-Ray. Digi002 Rack and ProTools for audio work. |
| Availability |
Paid Work or Collaboration |
Training
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Two-day film school by Dov S-S Simens |
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Screenwriting course held by Elliot Grove |
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Raindance Film Festival seminars in Financing Strategies; Packaging and Deal Making; and Digital Effects |
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Cinematographers Lab held by James Solan |
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I went to the Cannes Film Festival/Film Market - an education in itself! |
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Super 16mm Tests to understand how best to use the film/digital process |
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Digital Departures Masterclass, Producing Micro-budget Feature Films with Chris Collins |
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Film in a HD Environment by Soho Editors in partnership with Film London East |
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The Director Prepares by Harvey Frost |
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Funding Your Short Film by Rebecca Knapp |
Social Media and Film
| Vimeo |
Shooters Q&A
| Films I wish I had made |
Any of the David Lean and Sergio Leone films. |
| I cried watching |
Pans Labyrinth. |
| I left the cinema during |
Never. Believe it or not, I even stayed to the end of 'The Flinstones'. |
| Directors I love |
David Lean, Emeric Pressbuger & Michael Powell, Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Don Siegal, Terence Malick, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese. |
| Actors I admire |
Charlie Chaplin, Carry Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Deborah Kerr, Alex Guiness, Peter O'Toole, Gian Maria Volonte, Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Michael J Fox, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe. |
| Writers I respect |
Robert Bolt |
| My desert island discs |
The Planets by Gustav Holst. |
| My death row meal |
Curry with naan and some coke. |
| The best thing I own |
My ability to see everything in pictures. |
| More about me |
Two of my short screenplays got into the top 6% in the world's largest short screenplay competition (BSSC). I was also selected as one of 5 filmmakers in the East of England for the Mini Digi's. I have extensive commercial experience after spending many years working as a "chip" designer, working on a wide range of mostly world first products including some of the first work on GPS and Bluetooth. I won awards for my work. I also ran my own engineering company for many years which was extremely successful. With this real world experience in a very competitive field, I'm able to approach film from a commercial as well as from an aesthetic angle. To me, both sides are important. |
Shooting People stuff
| Joined |
07/09/05 |
| Subscribed to |
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