Film Sound
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I am a sound recordist / editor / mixer based in the West Midlands. I trained
in Film and TV technical operations at Ravensbourne in the early 70's and started in studios when four track analogue was all there was. I have worked as a sound engineer in
broadcast radio for most of my long career working for Radio Luxembourg (London), Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton, BRMB Radio in Birmingham, and the Capital Radio Group across the UK. My roles have varied from installing studios, building and maintaining equipment to producing commercials, recording and editing all
genres of music, documentaries, quiz programs and live event broadcasts.
My interest in computers and software development resulted in the early 90's in a career diversion into IT, and subsequently IT management, rising to Head of Infrastructure for the Capital Radio Group I was based in Birmingham but covering the UK. I survived a number of mergers and aqusitions along the way but finally took redundancy in 2005 and formed my IT business which is still operational today. My love for recording sound never left me though and my son roped me in to recording and mixing sound on a couple of his short films. This prompted me to use a location
sound recording course at the NFTS in 2016 as a conversion course to adapt my skills around recording sound for film, and so a new chapter began. Since then I have worked on independent short and feature films, corporate, and live broadcast and documentary.
If you need an experienced set of ears, an easy going but professional
attitude, with good technical skills on your next project I'd love to
talk. Interested in recording drama, documentary, reality and corporate.
The Top Gear Gaming Show contrasts video games with real life experiences. I recorded the location audio for this episode featuring drone racing filmed at Weston Park in Staffordshire.
I recorded the master interviews for a documentary looking at Jay Blade's struggle to read as an adult. Recorded at his workshop in Telford, Shropshire. Due to be broadcast early 2022.
A touching story made by Azara Media for Winston's Wish, a charity that supports children bereaved by suicide. Filmed at a school near Coventry.
A promotional film for Nova Innovation based in Edinburgh aimed at potential investors. The sequences I recorded for Chardhouse Media are intercut with archive material, you can hear the difference ( hint: my audio is better ).
Part of the "Why I Make" film series for the British Council. Made by DGS Media profiling glass blower Jahday Ford working at The Red House Glass Cone in Stourbridge.
Neolith is an Italian company importing granite surfaces to the UK. this was filmed on their stand at the Kitchen Bathroom and Bedroom show at the Birmingham NEC in 2018.
One of a series made by the Rural Media Company in Hereford for Travellers Times Films to promote mental health awareness amongst the traveller community.
This is a music video directed by Dwane Perks for Meme Detroit with an opening dialogue sequence I recorded in a car park in Worcester.
Some of the narrative titles I've been involved with as sound recordist, boom op, sound designer, or all three. Most of these films have been nominated for or won awards including Best Film at the Birmingham Film Festival 2019 for "Hello Darlin".
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Please do get in touch to chat through your film sound requirements. I am based centrally in Shropshire and have easy access to the West Midlands and beyond.
Location sound recording in the West Midlands serving Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, location sound mixer in Oxfordshire. Film sound recordist in Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Sound Recordist in Birmingham, Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, Stafford, Birmingham and the Black Country. and travel UK wide. Post production sound, sound design, mixing, restoration and clean-up operating remotely for anyone anywhere!
