FIGHTING THE WAR
BBC Documentaries and Contemporary Factual for BBC2 Royal Television Society Award: Sound - Entertainment Non-Drama Production Awarded to: Sound Team: "The winning team demonstrated good judgment in dangerous and unpredictable conditions. They exercised first-rate craft skills in the most difficult circumstances to ensure the key moments were captured." Director: Janet Harris Camera: Neil Harvey Exec Producer: Simon Ford Producer: Neil Grant (LOCATION PHOTOS HERE) 6 x 1hours following the 2003 war in Iraq. Our program was filmed with the Black Watch Battle Group on their push into Basra from Kuwait. Filmed on DigiBeta with tx'd audio to the 790, backed-up onto pro Minidisc. Mono with M & S atmos's. TITANIC'S FINAL MYSTERY
Bedlam Productions/National Geographic Director: Nigel Levy Camera: Graham Smith A 100 minutes Documentary special from the Production company who produced the "The King's Speech" feature film & documentary. This documentary provides an insight into why the Titanic sank, 100 years ago. Shot on High Def HDSLR - Sony F3 - with multitrack flash drive audio mastering & timecode sync. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ? - "DAVID MITCHELL"
Wall to Wall/BBC2 Director: Mary Crisp Camera: Rob Goldie The 6th series of family history programs featuring popular celebrities. Shot on High Def with tx'd audio via Zaxcom digital stereo unit, with SD flash drive back-up. THE BLAIR YEARS
Brook-Lapping/Ch4 Director: Rob Coldstream Camera:Rob Goldie Definitive 3 x 1 hrs on the Premiership of Tony Blair, as related to Andrew Rawnsley, by those who served alongside him (Blair, not Rawnsley!) Shot on DigiBeta. TRIAL AND ERROR:
"DRUHAN"; "BOWLER UPDATE"; "PARSONS"; "FELL"; "MILLS & POOLE; "CLEARY"; "WARR" JustTV/Ch4 Directors: Steve Heywood, Steve Phelps Camera: Nick Barnett, Sean Bobbitt, Sam Keys UK-based 1 hour specials x 7 fronted by David Jessell, each about a specific miscarriage of justice. Reconstruction drama documentaries. THE CORONER
Twenty Twenty/ Ch4 Producer/Director: Ian Taylor Camera: Mike Haynes 4x1hrs shot solidly over three months in Middle & Side stereo on TimeCode DAT TC/audio transmitted to DVPro, following the work of the Birmingham Coroner's officers. A FAMILY CENTURY
Twenty Twenty/Ch4 Directors: David Leaf, Susan Cardy, Kate O'Driscoll Camera: Mike Haynes 50' special on Digibeta about a family of 113 living members which charts the Social history of the 20th Century, through their family's story. ROYAL TV
BBC TV Director: Bill Treharne Jones Camera: Mike Haynes 1hr special on the relationship between the monarchy and UK television, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. AGENTS OF CHANGE
Films of Record/Ch4 Producer: Roger Graef Camera: Michael Haynes 1 hour special audio transmitted to DVPro/DVC/Digibeta about the effect Management Consultants have on modern businesses. THE GRAND HOTEL
7th Art/ Meridian Director: Sally Jenkinson Camera: Mike Haynes 4 x 50' fly-on-the-wall programs on the Grand Hotel in Brighton. SECRET HISTORY: CHILDREN OF THE IRON LUNG
Granada/Ch4 Director: Ann Hawker Camera: Ian Moss Digibeta shoot tracing how Polio epidemics swept the UK in the 1950's and 60's, and how the disease was finally conquered, as seen by victims and contemporary experts. HORIZON: DIET FOR LIFE
BBC Science/BBC Producer/Director: Tessa Livingstone Camera: Mike Haynes 1hr special shot in the UK USA on TimeCode DAT TC/audio transmitted to DigiBeta, about fat and the science of it all !
CUTTING EDGE: THE INVESTIGATORS
Forstater Productions/Ch4 Director: Dev Varma Camera: Lawrence Gardner TCDAT/Super 16mm on Lambeth's new fraud detection squad.
NOBEL CENTURY
BBC/ WGBH Director: Juliette Miller Camera: Mike Spragg Shot in UK; Sweden; Canada and USA series of 3, about the history of the Nobel prize.
NEWS FROM NUMBER 10
RTS Nominated BBC Political Docs/ BBC2 Director: Alison Cahn Camera: Pat Turley 80 minute special revealing how the Blair government's news machine really works, by following the then PM's Press Secretary, Alastair Campbell. Shot on DVCam with tx'd audio with MiniDisc back-up. SECRET LIVES - TRAITOR KING
Hart-Ryan/ BBC Director: David Ryan Camera: Chris Smith 16mm Stereo DAT, about Edward VIIth's Nazi sympathies. ASSAULT ON THE MIND
Union Picture/ Ch4 Producer/Director: David Patterson Camera: Mike Haynes Beta series on the emerging science on Alzheimer's. MODERN TIMES - MANGE TOUT
BBC Director: Mark Phillips Camera: Tony Caldwell Super16mm/TCDAT about the vegetable ! INSIDE STORY - PILOT DOWN
Mann Made Films/ BBC Director: James Ewart Camera: Michael Haynes TimeCode DAT/SP/DVC transmitted TimeCode, about a Naval pilot's survival course. CUTTING EDGE - FOOTBALLER'S WIVES
Adventure Pictures/ Ch4 Director: John Fothergill Camera: Lawrence Gardner Super16mm/ M & S/stereo TCDAT, as per title ! GOD'S ARMY
Independent Image/ Ch4 Director: Ken Kirby Camera: Mike Haynes 7x1hrs shot on TimeCode DAT and TC/audio transmitted to DVPro, following the work of the Salvation Army. THE MONARCHY
RDF/BBC1 Director: Steven Lambert Camera: Sam Keys/ Peter Wilkinson Now-notorious observational documentary going behind the scenes of the working Monarchy. Mostly self-shot. Shot on High-def with radio linked audio to the camera, and backed-up on SD flash recorder. MODERN TIMES - JEWISH WEDDINGS
BBC Director/Camera: Steven Walker TimeCode DAT/DVC/Beta Transmitted TimeCode about a Jewish wedding. GULF WAR
Fine Art/ BBC1 Director: Eammon Matthews Camera: Steve Lawrence Beta SP/ M & S stereo DAT. 4 parts chronicling the first Gulf War. |
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ? - 'BILL ODDIE'
Wall to Wall/Ch4 Director: Simon Chu Camera: Graham Smith 1hr- well known faces within the British media each embark on individual journeys to answer some questions in regards to their own family history... TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
Newsweek Productions Director: Veronica Young Camera: Kirsten Johnson (LOCATION PHOTOS HERE) 1 hr special centred on an American Peace Camp in Croatia, set-up for young survivors of the Balkan Wars. We follow a group of Bosnian musicians and children from Sarajevo on their journey to the Camp, and relate their experiences. Shot on Sony PD150 with transmitted audio backed-up onto pro Minidisc. LAGOS AIRPORT
Afro-Wisdom/Ch4 Director: Charlotte Moore Camera: Mike Haynes 5x1/2hrs shot solidly over three months transmitting audio to Digibeta, with TimeCode DAT TC/audio, following the life of Murtallah Muhamed Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. (Article published) LIFE BEFORE BIRTH
BBC Science Director: John Hayes-Fisher Camera: Mike Haynes BBC1 series following the work of Kings College Hospital's Harris Birthright Trust. We portray the Trust's head - world-renown Prof. Kypros Nickolaedes - and tell the stories of those that come through the doors of the Trust. Shot on DigiBeta with tx'd audio to the camera. Also TimeCode DAT.
CHILD OF OUR TIME
RTS Nominated BBC Science Producer: Tessa Livingstone Camera: Mike Haynes 90 minute special as a fore-runner to 20 year project charting the progress of a group of 20 babies born in the new Millennium. Shot over 18 months transmitting audio to Digibeta, with TimeCode DAT TC/audio.
POLITICAL AMBITIONS
Twenty Twenty/ Ch4 Director: Brian Hill/Kate Woods Camera: Mike Haynes 3x1hrs on BetaSP, following 7 prospective MP's before after the May '97 General Election, including Theresa May. EQUINOX - RADIATION
Box/ Ch4 Director: Viv King Camera: Mike Spragg 1hr special about naturally occurring radiation, and its effects. EQUINOX: TWINS
Fulcrum/ Ch4 Director: Salina MacNair Camera: Mike Haynes TimeCode DAT/TimeCode transmitted to BetaSP, shot in UK/USA, on the science of twins.
LIFE ETC
BBC Manchester Director: Belinda Cherrington Camera: Chris Openshaw, Mike Haynes 8 Part Series, in which Rosie Boycott interviews various contributors about their lives, experiences and the stories they have to tell raising various dilemmas and issues.
WITNESS: KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
Films of Record/ Ch4 Director: Roger Graef Camera: Alan James Mini Disc and tx'd audio to DVC, on the first filmed Family Group Conference convened by Social Services. THE SIEGE OF SCOTLAND YARD
Films of Record/ Ch4 Director: Roger Graef Camera: Alan James Shot on DAT/ tx'd audio to DVC and DVC Pro. After the Report into the Lawrence Inquiry, Sir Paul Condon (Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) prepared to face the world… KIDNAP !
Mountain Film Unit (NZ)/Discovery-USA Director: Tim Conrad Camera: Chris Goodger Pilot for 13 x 1hr series for Discovery USA, about kidnap victims. This reconstructed in Morocco, the 2004 kidnapping, detainment, and release of American Roy Hallums, from captivity in Baghdad. Hallums was the world's longest-held captive. Shot on High Def, with Flash Drive (MicroTrak) atmospheres. |
THE HORSE IN SPORT
Transatlantic/ Ch4/ Discovery
Director: Henrietta Brunt/Roger Parsons Camera: John Bulmer
One of a series of six films on Horse Sports produced by Transatlantic Films for Channel 4 and Discovery Channel. Each follows a few of the top competitors in the World at home, and then sees them compete against each other at world level competition. The other films included Four in Hand Driving, Rodeo, Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping.
CLIP VIEW HERE
Stereo Nagra/16mm UK; USA; Argentina; Hungary; Denmark; Germany series 4 x 1hrs, about the horse in sports.
Transatlantic/ Ch4/ Discovery
Director: Henrietta Brunt/Roger Parsons Camera: John Bulmer
One of a series of six films on Horse Sports produced by Transatlantic Films for Channel 4 and Discovery Channel. Each follows a few of the top competitors in the World at home, and then sees them compete against each other at world level competition. The other films included Four in Hand Driving, Rodeo, Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping.
CLIP VIEW HERE
Stereo Nagra/16mm UK; USA; Argentina; Hungary; Denmark; Germany series 4 x 1hrs, about the horse in sports.