Having trained at Trent Park and Ravensbourne, my background in film and sound recording has included working in broadcast, the independent film and sound sectors, training, theatre and lastly designing and managing Overtones Studios in Central London.

It has been a huge challenge and pleasure to work with many high profile artists and companies as well as aspiring newcomers to the creative industries.

However, I've often found myself saddened that remarkable and inspiring performances have all too often been abandoned or lost to methodology and technical process. It's rare to witness truthful, imaginative, unrestrictive performance in an industry where format and control are put above the connection between actors, musicians, technicians and audience. 

I believe that with such varied and diverse experience in camera, sound and editing I bring  a solid, wide-ranging skills base that offers flexibility and difference. As importantly, I bring passion and enthusiasm to finding high quality affordable, innovative ways of filming ‘Meisner’ style performance, that is responsive to what is in front of the camera rather than being contained by method from behind it.

COURSE INFORMATION

Introduction to Editing with Final Cut Pro X

This course covers the basics of the Final Cut Pro X Editing Programme using Mac computers. The four sessions over one weekend are designed to give Actors & Directors the basics skills to create their own simple but quality showreel .

You are invited to bring up to three pieces of film footage of yourself on dvd, hard drive or usb key together with three or four photographs and some music selections that are copyright clear or that you have permission to use.  Stock footage is available to learn with if you don't have your own.

There are 7 places
4 places for those without a computer

(you share a computer with one other)

3 places for those with their own Macs and Final Cut Pro X

Introduction Camera & Sound for Actors & Directors

A weekend course that covers the working basics of filming with a high quality digital video camera and will include shooting in automatic and manual modes, setting the white balance, focusing and framing, hand held work and using a tripod. Location sound recording element covers using radio and boom microphones with a portable recorder / mixer and connecting to a digital video camera.

This is a hands on course and is likely to involve inside and outside locations. and will involve lifting equipment. Working safely will be covered.

There are 6 places