Please send an email to lake54@lake54.com with the subject line consisting of the event and role you wish to apply for. The jobs are unpaid, but will genuinely provide you with experience that you can use to apply for other roles in the future. You’ll get a reference from me, as well as the ability to use the finished product to promote your skills.

You must be able to go with the flow and have a good sense of humour, however when dealing with members of the public and clients you must be able to be highly professional – when you are working with me, you are also representing me.

If you’re accepted, you must also be presentable on the day. For crew, that means a clean, professional appearance, preferably dressed in black. For talent positions, wear what you feel comfortable in, but it must be appropriate to the type of event.

Heartbeat Charity Flashmob – Multiple Crew Members

I’m in need of several members of crew who can setup cameras quickly and efficiently. The idea I have at the moment is for all the kit prepared in one location, then once the flashmob is ready to start, we go out and setup, and the flashmob is pretty much right behind us. You do not need previous experience, but a familiarity with the basics of filming would be extremely helpful. The role may develop into one which involves interviewing members of the public.

Date, time, and location are not being published publicly due to the nature of the event, but if you are accepted, details will be given to ensure you are available.

Closed: Hack to the Future – Camera Operator

I need a camera operator who has previous experience with professional kit. Your main role through the day will be acting as a secondary camera to myself, getting alternative angles on interviews and events. You’ll have an excellent ability to work with and around children/teenagers aged 11 to 18, as well as be comfortable talking to a wide range of business, industry, and education professionals.

Date and Time: 11.02.12, 9am – 6pm – these are flexible, you don’t need to be there right at the start, or right at the end, but it would be great if you could be available in case.
Location: Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Preston, PR2 3SQ
Kit: If you’ve got a semi-pro or pro camera, it would be a great help if you could bring it, if not, one will be arranged (most likely a Sony PD175). If you have any other AV kit, please let me know in your email.

Closed: Hack to the Future – Presenter/Interviewer

I need a presenter prepared to do pieces to camera, as well as conduct interviews with attendees of the event. Your main role through the day will be talking to teenagers and getting their reactions about the event. The focus is to encourage similar events around the country. You’ll have an excellent ability to work with and around children aged 11 to 18, as well as be comfortable talking to a wide range of business, industry, and education professionals. Previous experience is preferred but not essential, you must have a clear voice and be confident in front of the camera.

Date and Time: 11.02.12, 9am – 6pm – these are flexible. Followup voiceovers may be required at a later date.
Location: Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Preston, PR2 3SQ

Perhaps you’re running a local business, and want new customers to be able to see around your shop or office, or you might be running an event and need it covering with multiple cameras – whatever your requirements, please do get in touch, and I can work with you to provide exactly what you need. I have an extensive network of contacts that have the ability to provide the very best in media production services.

My New Year’s resolution is to get myself set up as a company one way or another, and finish any oustanding projects.

Remember to connect with me through LinkedIn or Facebook if you want to see all my latest recommendations and photos from events.

Once again, have a great Christmas and New Year!

• Cameras used: Sony PMW-EX3
• Production Software used: None (event)
• Lighting types: On-Camera LED light, stage lights
• Specialist Skills Used: Shoulder-mounted filming, cable bashing, vision mixing, sound recording
• Production Types: Live event
• Output Medium/Target Audience: Online promo videos, DVDs for attendees, promo DVDs for company

Details

I was hired by Acrobat TV to assist at 2wenty’s Naughty Reunion 2011, a 3 day event that included performances from many different famous acts. Nearly all acts were interviewed backstage about their time at the event, as well as attendees during the day. I had various roles, the most prominent being the sound recordist in the PSC (Portable Single Camera) crew, followed by cable bashing (making sure cables were not tripping up acts on stage, and that they were long enough for the operators), vision mixing (3 cameras operational at the time), and camera operation (pit camera, wide shot, and on-stage).

I worked with several different operators and crew members, all of whom were fantastic and helped me get up to speed with different things. I’ll certainly be back next  year if at all possible!

A selection of pictures are available on my Facebook profile.

I’ve also got closer to starting my business, a name has been nearly decided upon, so watch this space!

Quick Facts for Producers/Directors

• Cameras used: Sony HD1000E, Sony PD175
• Production Software used: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
• Lighting types: On-Camera LED light, ambient club lights
• Specialist Skills Used: Shoulder-mounted filming, teamwork (2 operators)
• Production Types: Promotional Video
• Output Medium/Target Audience: Online video for use on Facebook page

Details

For the Halloween party at Revolution, an event video was called for that reflected the atmosphere of the night, plus all the special effects that were available. This was dutifully covered by myself and a second operator, Hayley Young, and was edited into a 2 minute video that is available online.

The video is currently awaiting review, and will be available shortly.

Basically, Dropbox is a ‘freemium’ file backup and synchronisation service. Freemium means that a company offers a basic or limited service for free, in the hope that you’ll take up a paid/subscription service in the future, in return for more features – in the case of Dropbox, you get a lot more space.

If you’re a student, you can also visit this link to earn yourself double referral credit – each time you refer someone to Dropbox, instead of crediting each other with 250MB of extra space, you’ll get 500MB! That’s another 80-odd songs that you could sync! The offer also works on previous referrals, so if you’ve already referred 2 people to Dropbox, you’ll nab yourself a total of 1GB in referral credit!

I use Dropbox as part of my backup strategy, which I’ll write about in a future post, and highly recommend it. It’s also a great way of collaborating on projects with team members, and it handles conflicts pretty well too. It also has good auditing tools, enabling you to see who moved or deleted files.

Look out for me in my CREW t-shirt, and give us your scariest look if I happen to be filming you! If you want to check out the previous Revolution video, you can look at it here.