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Production Company: Pulse Films

Director: Giorgio Testi

Producer: John Bannister

The brief was to shoot the first live gig during the 2020 lockdown whilst maintaining social distancing with no crowd! The result was Laura Marling at The Union Chapel, Islington, an exquisite piece of performance art.

This four camera live-streamed event attracted over 2000 people on a pay per view YouTube channel to this 900 seater venue, the start of the new normal for gigs?

Production Company: Pulse Films

Director: Nick Davies

Producer: John Bannister

Christmas 2020 was approaching, got a call to go and spend 5 days "bubbling up" with some amazingly creative people to help create 3 live shows, across 3 time zones, 11 cameras, 3D live tracking camera with holograms of Elton John, Beck, J-Peg Mafia and real life Peter Hook & Kano. All done whilst maintaining 2 metres distance; still close enough to get shouted at by Damon Albarn though!!!

Production Company: BBC Creative

Director: Martin Parr

Producer: Rachel Roberts

On this job, a series of BBC One's main idents, I had the pleasure of working with Martin Parr, world renowned photographer, a major influence on my career and an all round lovely man! Seemingly straight forward series of idents of normal, everyday groups gathering for a family portrait celebrating "Oneness" turned out to be quite tricky. Non-actors, in front of camera for the first time, took some cajoling to get each performance but the end product turned out lovely.

Production Company: Netflix/Pulse Films

Director: Chris Smith

Producer: Isabel Davies

A factually led 8-part documentary. I worked on the reconstruction scenes shot in Portugal. Due to the subject matter these proved to be very challenging to shoot. What has been created will hopefully help in finding a resolution to the case.

Production Company: Pulse Films

Director: Giorgio Testi

Producer: John Bannister

The All New Guitar Hero Live Game! Over 40 songs, over 4 months with over 10000 extras, all shot against green screen on the Bolt Motion Control Rig, the most well behaved robot I've had the pleasure of working with!

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Matt Lassasso

Producer: Carrie Hart

A 4-day shoot for Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, all captured on motion control using wire work, 3D animation and Matt Smith!

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Dom Bridges

Producer: Louise Jones

6 Music trailer shot with a host of DJs all on tight time-frames, juggling the clock whilst Jarvis juggles some speakers!!!

Production Company: Sky Creative

Director: Guy Soulsby

Producer: Victoria Holtby

A series of Sky 1 re-brand Idents including this shoot at a roller disco, I didn't attempt to work on skates!

Production Company: VCCP

Director: Guy Soulsby

Producer: Andrew Porteous

An advert for O2 Inside Line and the RFU. Shot in & around Twickenham Stadium in the dead of night.

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Andy Booth/Danny Capozzi

Producer: Deborah Stewart

BBC's World Cup Promo. The boys have made it to Brazil via Rio Ferdinand's bag. Setting up an airport scene and finding a Ferdinand body-double, were just some of the headaches that we overcame, in what is a beautiful country to film in.

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Nick Jones

Producer: Louise Jones

We spent a day with Chris Evans at BBC Broadcasting House as he asked various BBC faces what song he was trying to remember. Tight timings, big personnalities and BBC security, such an easy day shooting...not!!!

Production Company: Field Trip

Director: Roman Rütten

Producer: Monica Domanska

A great day of SFX with the guys from Artem effects specialists. Oil, sand & water coupled with slo-mo and amazing music creates a beautiful take on eye care from VisionExpress

Production Company: Pulse Films

Director: Sam Pilling

Producer: Arlene McGann

Sam Pilling's Sky F1 promo had me shouting at 26 horses as they ran around Silvestone whilst smoke machines puffed, drones flew & the Russian Arm's wheels spun after them...what could possibly go wrong?

Nothing, apart from some beautiful imagery!

Production Company: Pulse Films

Director: Sam Pilling

Producer: Arlene McGann

Sam Pilling leading us all on a journey through the hills of Romania whilst I had to wrangle spinning train carriages, 10000 post-it notes & pretend to be an animated bird! Great work if you can get it!

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Francois Rousselet

Producer: Joanna Yeldham

The BBC Music Promo to end all music promos!

Shot in the Victorian Music Hall behind Ally Pally, 90 years after the very first BBC broadcast from that exact location! A who's who of the music glitterati...and 1 Direction!

Production Company: Bang TV

Director: Brian Williams

Producer: Tom Whitehead

10 days of shooting this Bridgestone online content film in and around Santiago, Chile made me fall in love with the place and the people. Amazing energy of the crew shows through in the film.

Production Company: Mustard Films

Director: Dom Bridges

Producer: Matt Hichens

The 2011 Lucozade 'YES' campaign brief was film a band playing live whilst riding down a very steep hill in Brighton, add the British weather and you have a recipe for disaster!

Production Company: Red Bee Media

Director: Anthony Dickinson

Producer: Louise Jones

The 2013 Strictly Come Dancing Teaser trailer shot on motion control with the 'invisible' dancers removed in post production. Lots of wire work, flips and tangos!

Production Company: Channel 4 Creative

Director: Brett Forraker

Producer: Gwillim Gwillym/Jo Dillon

Channel 4 re-brand Idents using the flocking blocks, shot in a field in Sussex on a 4x4 with the Libra head over rutted ground, so smooth.

Production Company: Channel 4 Creative

Director: Brett Forraker

Producer: Gwillim Gwillym/Jo Dillon

Another one of the Channel 4 floating block Idents. A bit of a re-think on the day for this shoot. It was deemed too risky to use a tracking vehicle and jib arm so myself, the director and DOP found a spot and the three of us shot this, me driving, director in the passenger seat and the DOP strapped in the back.

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