Category Archives: Film-Making

Top Tips For Filming Interviews

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

The greatest interview of all time – Frost vs Nixon – took 17 hours to get the response Frost wanted. It can take time! Continue reading →

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DV Talent Shooting & Directing Course

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

It gave me the confidence to say I can self-shoot, which is invaluable to top up the research and writing skills I’ve developed to help me move onto the next stage of production. Continue reading →

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Brown Love: BBC’s Strictly Soulmates

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

But, the programme didn’t investigate a significant question deeply enough: why would you only marry a person of your own faith? Continue reading →

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Defining Britishness; Channel 4′s Make Bradford British

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

It has elements in common with my project – the interface between immigrant culture, race and national identity. Continue reading →

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Getting Started In A Media Career

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

You will spend a lot of time, especially at the beginning, feeling like you’re banging your head against a brick wall. Trying first to get experience and then contacts, trying to figure out what editors/commissioners want. The key is asking. Continue reading →

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The Documentary

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Welcome to my blog. I’m a passionate storyteller, teacher, adventure-journalist and sportsman.  This blog explores those subjects. Two Cultures, One Body is a travel-adventure documentary in which I take my father’s ashes to be immersed in the Ganges, India.  I look … Continue reading →

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My First Video Commission.

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

KT are enormously happy with the film: it is far easier to watch than anything they have produced before, making it much easier to share, and resulting in a much higher view-rate from clients. Commercially, it is producing great results too. Continue reading →

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Doug Allan – Frozen Planet Cameraman. Top Tips for Filming Wildlife in the Arctic.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

The other day, I was fortunate enough to meet Doug Allan at the Royal Geographical Society. Doug is about to receive the Second Bar for his Polar Medal. Which basically means he’s spent a ridiculous amount of time in the Polar regions. He said, “If you ever go once, expect to go back. The environment is so pure, the light is incredible. It’s so vast and scary, but absolutely beautiful – you can’t really imagine it.” Continue reading →

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This Is My Winter – A Review

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

The heart of what makes this film so good is that it tells a story: it’s an ob-doc, not just ski-porn. Continue reading →

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Channel 4′s Global Entrepreneurship Week

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Simply being able to meet others in the same position (or who once were), to reassure yourself that you’re not the only one suffering setbacks, is extremely reassuring. Continue reading →

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