Producer / Director
Creative. Organised. Ambitious.
Multicamera directing 'A Kanneh-Mason Playlist at the Proms'
A lot of prep went into scripting this concert, which unusually had three soloists at the front of the stage. My rock-solid script supervisor Alice Marner is calling my shots, while VM Paul Mitchell is following my marked up musical score. I threw in some added excitement with a handheld camera on-stage who was able to capture rarely seen camera angles which really enhanced the relationship of the performers with their conductor. The resulting extra energy for this young ensemble worked well with their chosen programme of music.
BBC Proms Montage 2019
A insight into my 2019 Proms season as a Producer / VT Director. I worked on a new format for VTs to turn historically 'ordinary' interviews with soloists into glossy portraits with high key lighting.
I also found new ways of engaging our audience with the music by discussing it during rehearsal. Pushing the idea further I arranged a collaboration with the Royal Ballet's 'Create and Dance' team / Gary Avis to bring Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' alive via the first sword fight on the arena floor at the BBC Proms (!)
Finally I finished off the season by producing the 'Last Night of the Proms'.
RBL Remembrance Assembly
A short film about memorials, shown as part of the RBL Remembrance Assembly on 11th November 2022, designed to introduce KS2 pupils to the concept and importance of Remembrance. Filmed at the National Memorial Arboretum.
