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About Matthias

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    • BAFTA winner
    • multi-skiller, including directing, camera, lighting, sound, and editing
    • corporate, web, entertainment, documentary, drama, education, training
    • own EX1 and DSLR kit, lights, dolly, FCP
    • green screen, POV, reconstruction, multi-camera
    • fluent German, basic Italian
    • full driving license

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    Employment History

    2011
    Hyundai App (MPG Media) 2 min promo, showcasing their latest app (Cam)
    Covent Garden Dental Spa 6X4 min, website videos (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    MPG Media pitch video: Radio One's Big Weekend, 1 min (Edit)
    Leaders In Football / Sports Event Management Awards 2011 (Vero / ICSS) conference footage (Cam)
    Pizza Express: Jamie Callum's Big Audition (Whitecoat) live music footage (Cam)
    What Next For Social Media? (MPG Media) 5 min conference video (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    The Sheila McKechnie Foundation: Campaigner Awards 2011 (SMK) 10X3 min winners' videos (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Kid Creole: I Wake Up Screaming (Strut Records / BBC Breakfast) photo shoot footage acquisition (Dir, Cam)
    Boglewaltz: We Came For The Music EPK, 5 min music EPK (Edit)
    MPG Media pitch videos: Barclays / Barclaycard, 2X2min (Cam, Edit)
    B&Q's Autumn / Winter press show (Visual Media) 1 min (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    The Future of Media (MPG Media) 5 min conference video (Dir, Cam)
    Covent Garden Dental Spa: National Smile Month, 2 min (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Alchemetrics (Visual Media / Eulogy) interviews (Cam)
    Royal Mail: New Christmas stamps (Visual Media) B-roll acquisition (Cam)
    True Grit DVD release (Visual Media / Eulogy) 3 min, Tim Downling learns Cowboy skills (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    B&Q at The Chelsea Flower Show (Visual Media) 2X1 min, B&Q's award winning garden (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    The Fantastics: Somewhere Finally (Freestyle Records) music video (Dir, Cam)
    Dennis Coffey EPK (Strut Records) 5 min music EPK about the legendary Motown guitarist's new album (Edit)
    West End Partnership: Royal Warrant Holders (Whitecoat) 4 min for Newsmarket (Edit)
    The Jockey Club (Ham Park Pictures) 10 min, insight into the company (Cam)
    APPI Pilates, 4X3 min training videos for the leaders in Pilates and physiotherapy training (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Aviva (Whitecoat / Frank) 2X1 min, Tap dance content to accompany ad campaign on social media (Cam, Edit)
    Mark Strong: Warhammer 40K Space Marine (Whitecoat / Relic) interview (Cam)
    Food Network UK: National Pancake Day (Whitecoat / Frank) 1 min promo (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Medwins: UK launch (MPG Media) 1 min promo about new Spanish fashion company (Cam)
    Capgemini / Hammond LLP (Napoleon Creative) interviews (Cam)
    Marie Claire ES: Katie Ledger (Edelman) interview (Cam)
    Nordic Capital: Christmas card video (Napoleon Creative) (Cam)

    2010
    The Oscars: Live from the Red Carpet (MPG Media / E! Entertainment) interactive Facebook promo (Cam)
    MPG Media pitch video: Nandos, 1 min (Cam, Edit)
    Ben & Jerry's icecream: Best Panto Cows (Whitecoat) promo (Dir, Cam)
    Foster's Comedy Masterclass (Whitecoat / Fostersfunny.com) 5X4 min, with Russell Kane (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    hp: You Are The Star (MPG Media / Hewlett Packard) interactive Facebook promo (Cam)
    HSBC: conference videos (HSBC) footage acquisition (Cam)
    Obey The Box (ITV) 1X60, Light Entertainment, pilot (Cam)
    Tiger Team - The Movie EPK: Thomas Brezina (Maz & Movie) interview (Cam)
    KitKat: Battle of the Bands (Whitecoat) live music competition (Cam)

    2009
    What's So Funny About German? (BBC Languages) 10X4 min, with stand-up Henning Wehn (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Languages Faux Pas (BBC Languages) 10X1 min (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Counter Culture (BBC4 / Moonbeam Films) 1X30, how shopping reflects different countries (Cam)
    Richard Branson: The Prince's Rainforest Project (Whitecoat / rainforestsos.org) interview (Cam)

    2008
    The Pride of Britain Awards (ITV) 3 min VT, how 10 year old Nathan fought off his mum's knife attacker (Cam)
    Forensic Casebook with Matthew Kelly (ITV) Historical Documentary series (Cam)

    July 2007 - August 2008
    Mi Vida Loca - My Crazy Life (BBC Languages) 22X12 min, interactive drama series. Bafta winner (2009) for interactive innovation. Official Honoree at the Webby Awards 2009. 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. Watch it here: bbc.co.uk/mividaloca. (Dir, Cam, Edit)

    2007
    Cops With Cameras: Series 2 (ITV) (Cam)
    Trinny & Susannah: Undress The Nation (ITV) 4X60 factual entertainment (Cam)
    The Unexpected Roald Dahl (ITV) 1X60 Biographical Doc about the author's unfamiliar roles (Cam)
    Love Trap (Channel 4 / Windfall Films) 4X60 Features Documentary. Five young men from five different countries are invited to London to stay with Swedish girl Carolina and attempt to win her affection over a 4-day period. Open and hidden cameras show the difference in their romantic behaviour. (Cam)

    2006
    Help! My Dog's As Fat As Me (BBC3 / Endemol) 1X60 and 8X30 Light Entertainment, obese owners with their pampered pooches compete to see who can lose the most weight over an 8-week period (DV Director)
    Adam Hart Davis' How London Was Built (ITV London) Historical Documentary series (Cam)
    Trisha Goddard (Five / Town House TV) (DV Director)
    Say No to the Knife (BBC3 / Silver River) Factual Entertainment series about young people overcoming their desire for cosmetic surgery (Cam)
    Come Dine With Me (Channel 4 / Granada) 10X30 factual entertainment (Cam)
    The Great British Black Invasion (Channel 4 / Juniper) 1X90 social doc, black immigration in the UK (Cam)
    Just Jade (Living / Granada) 8X60 obs doc, Jade Goody: girlfriend, mother, celebrity, business woman (Cam)

    2005
    35 years of Page 3 (The Sun) 3 min behind the scenes video (Cam)
    Extreme Ghost Stories (ITV1 / Granada) docudrama series about paranormal activity in Britain (Cam)
    Maltina (AHC Post) commercial (Cam)
    Costa Del Street Crime (Bravo / Granada) 16X30 reality / features documentary, following Spanish Police during the annual crime wave hitting the Costa del Sol (Cam, Edit)
    Stowells TV idents (Lab Comm.) 3 min behind the scenes video (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    RBS: end of financial year interview with the CEO (Lab Comm.) interview (Cam)
    The London Restaurant Awards (ITV London) 10X2 min VTs of the winning restaurants (Dir, Cam, Edit)

    2004
    The London Programme: Pot Paranoia (ITV London / The Lab) 1X30 current affairs, with Phil Gayle, danger of cannabis to mental health. Pick of the Night in Time Out and The Evening Standard (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Wacko About Jacko (Channel 4 / IWC Media) 1X60 obs doc, Michael Jackson's fan subculture (Cam)
    Crimefighters UK (ITV / The Lab) Reality Series (Cam)
    The Young Vic Theatre Campaign (The Lab) 5 min fundraising video feat. Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes (Edit)
    DVD Clinic (ITV London / The Lab) 16X30 light entertainment, the week's DVD releases (Dir, Cam, Edit)

    2003
    The London Programme: Visions (ITV London / The Lab) 1X30 current affairs, with Phil Gayle, visionary proposals to ease London's housing shortage, with Richard Rogers and Piers Gough (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)
    The Hayward Gallery: Waterloo Sunset (The Lab) 8 min, Dan Graham's mirror-glass pavilion (Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Granada: TV showreel (The Lab) 5 min showreel for Granada productions (Edit)
    The London Programme: The Kidney Lottery (ITV London / The Lab) 1X30 current affairs, with Phil Gayle, Londoners waiting for a kidney transplant, RTS award for best regional current affairs programme (Cam)
    The British Foreign Office: Think UK (The Lab) 3X4 min, British creativity and innovation (Cam)
    Cambridge University: Latin Course (The Lab) 18 short dramas about the Romans, performed in latin (Cam, Edit)

    2002
    The Real A&E (LWT / The Lab) 8X30 reality, A&E life at a South London hospital (Cam, Edit)
    UK Today (The British Foreign Office / The Lab) 20X30 magazine show, modern day Britain: science, technology, sports, arts, broadcast worldwide, over 250 million viewers (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)

    2001
    Artworks Series 2 (LWT / The Lab) 16X30 light entert, London's art scene, with Tim Marlow (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)
    Nightlife Series 5 (LWT / The Lab) 10X30 light entertainment, with Jacqui Joseph (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)

    2000
    Artworks Series 1 (LWT / The Lab) 16X30 light entert, London's art scene, with Tim Marlow (Prod, Dir, Cam, Edit)

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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 60D, Zeiss 50/1.4, Canon 17-55 EFS IS, Canon 70-200/4 IS, Tokina 11-16/2.8
    • 1x Sennheiser EW100G3 radio mic, 1x Rode NTG-1 directional mic, 1x NTG-2 directional mic
    • 4x Dedos, 1x Lowel Tota w/Chimera (800W), 1x Lowel Rifa 44 (300W), 1x Lowel Caselite w/tungsten+daylight tubes (700W)
    • Wally Dolly, short jib arm
    • FCP 6.6 and 10, w/Magic Bullet Looks on MacBook
    I can hire in any camera / equipment that you require.
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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

    Camera and Lighting
    My first professional job was lighting and shooting an interview in October 2000, which I did with 3 Sachtler Reporter lights and a DSR500. Since then I have lit and filmed hundreds of interviews, actuality and scenes for documentaries, factual entertainment, and corporate films. As much as I try to create filmic looks and beautifully lit scenes, I always put the content first. So if there is no time, or the situation demands a quick turnaround, I always come up with a quick and effective solution that works just as well, because it is the content that matters. However, the jobs that allow time for beautiful photography and lighting are the jobs I enjoy the most of course.

    Directing
    Most of my experience is directing short films, between 1 - 5 minutes. These are VTs for magazine shows, award ceremonies, promos and videos about events, music, and businesses for websites. In my role as cameraman and/or editor, I have often found that directing responsibilities are not always talked about before a shoot or edit, but something that I invariably do when we start filming or editing. The highlight of my carreer so far has been directing a 22X10 min drama series for BBC Languages, who hired me as a Director, and which won a Bafta.

    Editing
    I learned how to edit before I learned how to shoot, so my understanding of pace, timing and sound/music is at least as good as my camera and lighting skills. I am often approached by people who have already got the footage, but are unsure of how to put it together, or unhappy with someone else's editing, so I have to re-do the edit or salvage the project. The higlight of my editing carreer has been the above mentioned Bafta winning BBC Languages series, which was a monumental editing job (22X10 min of drama), including interactive elements. The first 8 episodes had to be completely re-edited with footage that I didn't shoot (and had to re-shoot in some cases).

    Sound
    As long as I've been lighting and shooting, I've done basic sound recording, working with two channels available on a professional camera. I know how to effectively set up and use radio mices and directional mices in any wheather condition. For more complex situations, such as recording more than 2 contributors at the same time, filming in a variety of locations in a short period of time, or where you need to be in and out in a second, I highly recommend hiring a sound recordist.

    Producing
    I have basic producing experience. My main skill here is a good sense of timing and scheduling. Because of my shooting and editing experience I know how long things take and how to organize getting from A to B. I also know how to schedule a project from pre-production to post production. I have organized shoots for many short films (1 - 5 min) in the broadcast and corporate sector, and I am aware of post production work flows.

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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Corporate, 
    • 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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