STEPHEN CUMMINGS
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Award-winning Documentary Film-maker
Corporate Video Producer
Freelance Camera, Sound and Editing Services
Tel:- +44(0)1422 360 548
Mob:- 07717 615 518
Skillset
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Lighting Skills
- Studio lighting rigging for multi-camera drama, chat-show, news, magazine and music performance.
- Location lighting for news, corporate, documentary and drama using tungsten, HMI/MSR and cold lights.
- Theatrical lighting for music performance.
- Stage lighting installation for small venues and stadium gigs.
- Infra-red lighting for wildlife night shoots (DC) and surveillance (AC).
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Grip Skills
- Vinten studio pedestals - most models.
- Vinten, Sachtler, Libec, Miller, Ronford Baker and Manfrotto Tripods including Tall Legs and Baby Legs.
- Vinten Tri-Track with post and BBC Welsh Arm.
- Vinten Heavyweight Tripod for O.B. and Studio Heavyweights.
- Vinten Porta-Ped.
- Cambo Mini Jib, BBC Welsh Arm, Vinten Dolphin Arm jibs.
- Hague Pipe Dolly, Focus Dolly and Track, Losmandy Dolly and Flexi-Track.
- Attaching small cameras to Go-Karts, Car Interiors and Microlite Aircraft using K-clamps and suction mounts.
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Camera Skills
- Thompson Studio heavyweights for multi-camera drama, news, chat-show, corporate, web-cast and music video.
- Thompson Studio lightweights for multi-camera news, drama, chat-show, music video and web-casts.
- PSC camera kit for news, corporate, documentary and music video.
- Most formats including BetaSP, Hi-8, mini-DV, DV, DVCAM, DVCPro, HDV. P2, CF Card, XDCAM.
- XDCAM and XDCAM-HD disc based media.
- P2 and CF solid state media.
- Toshiba Lipstick-Cam and Sony Bullet-Cam.
- Remote CCTV cameras using 2.4GHz Radio links.
- Hand-held aerial shots from 2-seater micro-light aircraft.
- POV and underwater Bullet Cam.
- Hide work for wildlife.
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Sound Skills
- Calrec M and T series desks for studio news, chat-show, quiz-show. magazine, music and drama.
- Fisher boom.
- Fishpole Boom for corporate and drama.
- Audio Developments 3 into 1 for corporate and documentary.
- SQN series IV 4 into 2 for drama.
- Studio music production.
- Live music production.
- Cubase, Sonar, Cakewalk.
- Tape-based and solid-state location sound recording.