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About Matthias

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    Video producer, director, lighting cameraman and editor with 12 years experience in broadcast, corporate and non profit environments.

    • Bafta winner
    • High quality short films, optimised for use on websites for corporate and non-profit organisations, such as promotions, profiles, awards, lectures, music, events, epk's, pr stunts, making of, behind the scenes, B-roll, fundraising, pitching, language learning and training videos
    • Television (documentary, obs doc, factual, entertainment, magazine, VTs, current affairs, awards)
    • Training (camera, lighting, sound, editing)
    • Own kit
    • Full driving license
    • Fluent German, basic Italian

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    Employment History

    Producer, Director, Lighting Cameraman, Editor
    Freelance, London, United Kingdom
    May 2013 - Present
    Corporate and non-profit films, optimised for online use

    Producer, Director, Lighting Cameraman, Editor

    Royal Society of Arts, London, United Kingdom
    July 2012 - May 2013 (1 year)
    The RSA hosts one of the UK's leading public events programmes, delivering over 150 free lectures, talks, screenings and debates a year. These events provide a platform for some of the world's leading thinkers, expert minds, and inspirational practitioners, and encourage intelligent public debate of some of today's most pressing social challenges.
    You can experience RSA events in person at the RSA House in central London, through live streaming, watching or listening at your convenience through the RSA Youtube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg, the number one non profit Youtube channel wordwide, or through audio and video podcasts available on iTunes.

    Director, Lighting Cameraman, Editor
    Freelance, London, United Kingdom
    September 2008 - June 2012 (4 years) 
    Corporate and non-profit films, optimised for use on websites, including promos, EPKs, PR stunts, b-roll, events, conferences, live music, awards, makings-of's, behind-the-scenes, fundraising, pitching videos, training videos

    Director, Lighting Cameraman, Editor
    BBC Languages, London, United Kingdom
    September 2007 - August 2008 (1 year)
    Mi Vida Loca - www.bbc.co.uk/mividaloca
    Bafta Crafts winner (2008) for Interactive Innovation.
    Official Honoree at the Webby Awards 2009.
    22X10 min. interactive online drama series aimed at Spanish beginners. Users have to unravel a mystery and respond to various characters. Shot in POV style in Madrid, Northern Castile and Gran Canaria, with actors and non-actors.

    Lighting Cameraman, DV Director, AP, Editor
    Freelance, London, United Kingdom
    November 2004 - September 2007 (3 years)
    Documentaries, observational documentaries, current affairs, factual and light entertainment for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Bravo, Living, including:
    Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)
    Costa del Street Crime (Bravo)
    Extreme Ghost Stories (ITV1)
    Just Jade (Living)
    Say No to the Knife (BBC3)
    Help! My Dog's As Fat As Me (BBC3)
    Love Trap (Channel 4)

    AP, Director, Lighting Cameraman, Editor
    The Lab, Granada Television, London, United Kingdom
    September 2000 - October 2004 (4 years)
    The Lab was Granada's in-house indie for low-cost, high-volume and innovative programming. Here I produced, directed, shot and edited obs doc, magazine and current affairs shows for ITV, Bravo and The Foreign Office, including Nightlife (LWT), Artworks with Tim Marlow (ITV London), The Real A&E (ITV London), UK Today (The British Foreign Office), The London Programme (ITV London), Crimefighters (ITV1), Street Crime UK (Bravo).
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    Education

    HND in Professional Broadcasting, Ravensbourne College, London

    International Baccalaureate, United World College of Southern Africa, Swaziland

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    Technical Equipment

    My own kit includes:
    • Full EX1R kit, including radio and directional mices
    • Canon EOS 60D, Zacuto EVF, Zeiss 50/1.4, Canon 17-55/2.8 EFS IS, Canon 70-200/4 IS, Tokina 11-16/2.8
    • Sennheiser EW100G3 radio mics, Rode NTG-1 and NTG-2 directional mics
    • Dedos, Lowel Tota w/Chimera (800W), Lowel Rifa 44 (300W), Lowel Caselite with tungsten/daylight tubes (700W)
    • Wally Dolly, Quadra jib arm
    • FCP 7.03, FCPX, Premiere Pro CS6, Magic Bullet Looks
    • MacBook Pro
    I can hire in additional equipment, sound recordists, gaffers, assistants and runners.
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    Referees

    references are available upon request

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    Industry Awards

    Mi Vida Loca won the 2009 Bafta for interactive innovation, and best site of the year in the BBC 2008 Vision Learning Awards. It was selected as an Official Honoree at the Webby Awards 2009 and it was also nominated for an AOP award.

    The Kidney Lottery won the 2003 RTS award for best regional current affairs programme
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    Skills

    • Creating high quality short films, optimised for use on websites
    • Technical multi-skiller: lighting, camera, sound, editing, colour correction, encoding
    • Organising and managing projects from conception to delivery
    • Attention to detail and problem solving
    • Multi-camera, green screen, reconstructions
    • Lighting indoor and outdoor locations
    • Sound recording for single or multi-camera shoots
    • Sourcing and choosing appropriate music
    • Editing, sound mix and color correction on Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro
    • Creating basic graphics in Motion and After Effects
    • Encoding with Compressor, Squared 5, and Media Encoder
    • Authoring basic DVDs in DVD Studio Pro

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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Corporate, 
    • Music Promos, 
    • Online, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Glamour (Adult), 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • New Media, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Science, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Training, 
    • Youth

    Organizations

    • BECTU

    Specialisms

    • Art, 
    • Arts, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Drama, 
    • Education, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Food, 
    • High-Definition, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Internet, 
    • Languages, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Music, 
    • New Media

    Languages

    • English, 
    • German, 
    • Italian

    Permits

    • EU

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG)
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