HD Surround Sound for your HD productions

(or just better SD stereo )

Equipped with the most advanced TV audio post production equipment

currently available:

FAIRLIGHT DREAM II

CONSTELLATION-XT

powered by the new CC-1 'engine'.

This combined 192 Track mixer and editor is capable of simultaneous mixes in 7.1/5.1 HD and stereo SD plus multiple 'audio stems'.

Mapping these 192 playback tracks plus 20 'lives' through the convenient 24 faders within an fantastically ergonomic control surface, complex main and sub-mixes can derived for up 72 outputs.

Integrated video drive for ease of picture importing and a Dell Audio Server for programme files and the enormous sound FX library.

In a 'previous life' I was a Sound Supervisor at London Weekend and Head-of-Sound at Limehouse TV (now Fountain TV).

I moved into full time post production mixing about 12 years ago.

I've done TV and film sound work across every type of production, from major comedy shows like Harry Enfield, Mr Bean and Shooting Stars, documentaries and features like Dispatches and Inside Story to simple inserts for daytime TV.

Examples of recent work:

A PANORAMA SPECIAL	David Mills Productions for Panaroma http://www.millsproductions.co.uk/

Hold the front page!

Modern equipment can allow alterations 'right up to transmission', but you need to be able to make changes and additions to the mix fast when the journalists on a programme like this keep responding to the weekend newspapers.

A 'close relationship' with the on-line picture editor will be required if the TX deadline is to be met. In this case Perry Belasario was importing new audiofiles even as the TX mastertape was being produced and reviewed by the series editor!

WILDLIFE PROGRAMMES STRIKER! A 5.1 Surround sound production for Nat Geo, is typical of the Specialist Wildlife that we undertake. Most of these programmes have minimal original sound and therefore with full tracklaying of FX and extensive foley throughout, it's a pretty major task. Audio stems for foreign and domestic broadcasters are supplied on DA88 audio tapes, or just as .wav files for easy inclusion for re-versioning. Laybacks to HD Sony SR or HDCam are carried out in house, if necessary in Dolby E format.

STRIKER, like other Discovery and Nat Geo programmes can now be viewed on demand on '4OD'-a great way to catch up on the best documentaries and films.

Scrapheap Challenge is there as well of course!

http://www.channel4.com/4od

BBC programmes can be also viewed on demand on the iPLAYER

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE

RDF for Channel 4

Currently transmitting of C4 on Sunday afternoons is my third series of 'Scrapheap Challenge', the long running entertainment series.

This and other RDF programmes are post produced in association with OutPost Facilities. This year we had a completely tapeless workflow, with pictures from Sony XDCam and location audio on Firewire drives.

A more complex production for audio than might be expected as the programme requires 15 separate mics to be recorded continuously for 2 10 hour days onto the hard-drives.

As you can't rely on the picture editors to access the best sound, you must have it all available and traceable and be able to build the best mix in the shortest time!

MAXIM VENGEROV
The South Bank Show

Landseer for ITV

A South Bank Show, an extended 'international version' and a complimentary concert performance film 'Maxim Vengerov in Moscow'.

Arguably the world's top classical violinist, the South Bank Show shows Maxim learning the electric jazz violin and also 'how to tango' (for a new concert piece).

The films are produced by Ken Howard for Landseer Films.

http://www.landseerfilms.com

ME and MO

Umbrella Films for Al Jeezera

For Al Jazeera, the first of a new strand for the UK office of this now famous broadcaster.

This 6 x 25 min series was a biography of the life and work of the photo journalist and cameraman 'Mo' Amin, who came to notice with his Ethopian Famine coverage with Michael Buerk. Presented by his son Salim, the series was produced by Roger Mills responsible for all the Michael Palin travel series.

BUILDING THE GHERKIN

Independent production

An award winning 90 min documentary feature on Norman Foster's new city landmark for 'Swiss Re'. A film by Mirjam von Arx which has been shown in cinemas in Europe (in Dolby Surround) and also as a 52 min TV version on Sky.

http://www.buildingthegherkin.com

THE AFRICAN ROCK n'ROLL YEARS

BBC music for BBC4

6x 60 min African music documentaries for BBC 4's recent 'Africa Lives' series. Produced by the BBC music department under Mark Cooper.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/african-rock

SHAKING DREAMLAND

Eagle Films

I undertook the sound design and 5.1 mix on this 90 min drama shot on Hi- Def by noted American Cinematographer Robert Driskell.

Produced by Katrina Moss and directed by Martina Nagel, it features Philip Winchester, Cloudia Swann and Jesper Christensen. The writer was Ann Clifford.

Visit http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk for more details