Curriculum Vitae

Mob: 07980 910873

matthew@electronicmath.com

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sep 2003 – Present: Freelance Location Sound Recordist

I record sound for film & television on a freelance basis, as well as teaching sound. I have my own full location sound recording kit, transport and a clean driving license.

June 2008 – Present; Head of Sound, Met Film School, Ealing Studios

I teach sound for film & television on a regular basis, and run the sound department for the film course at the Met Film School.

Sep 2001 – Sep 2004 – Technical Assistant/Sound Recordist  - Landmark Films, Oxford.

Credits on over 25 broadcast programmes.

CREDITS

2011

· Dispatches – Channel 4 (Watershed TV)

· Supersize vs Superskinny – Channel 4 (Endemol)

· F For Famine – One International (Sandstorm)

· Undercover Boss – Channel 4 (Studio Lambert)

· Capital Radio Summer Ball – Rudolph Productions

· The Sex Education Show – Channel 4 (Endemol)

· Don’t Tell The Bride – BBC3 (Renegade Pictures)

· ITV Fixers – ITV1 (ITV)

· Sexperience – Channel 4 (Endemol)

· Diaper Dilemma – Arte (Nord Ouest Documentaries)

· The One Show - BBC1 (Real Life Media)

· Gimme a Break – BBC1/CBBC (BBC Productions)

2010

· The Sex Education Show – Channel 4 (Endemol)

· Teen SOS – Channel 4 (Studio Lambert)

· Don’t Tell The Bride – BBC3 (Renegade Pictures)

· Promzillas – Sky One (Betty)

· Gimme a Break – BBC1/CBBC (BBC Productions)

· The One Show – BBC1 – 12 VT’s – (Real-Life Media Productions)

· Katherine of Alexandria – (Spiked Wheel Films) Feature Film

2009

· The One Show – BBC1 – over 15 VT’s – 2008/9 (Real-Life Pictures

· The Mystery Files – National Geographic/Parthenon Entertainment

· Look Beyond The Label -  (Agenda Collective) Red Cross TV advert

· What’s In a Name? Aviva TV Ad - Firehouse Pictures,

· Three Minute Wonders x 4  - Channel 4 2008/2009 (Moving Target Productions)

2008

· After Dark – The Luxury Channel/CNBC 12 x 30min (Ogilvy Productions)

· Action For Children – (Passion Pictures) National Children’s Hospital TV ad

2007

· Lewis – (ITV Productions) ITV

· Primeval (Impossible Pictures) ITV

2006

· The Boy Who Cured His Stammer – (Landmark Films) 1×60 min Five

· Shopaholic – (Landmark Films) 1×60 min Five

· Anger Management – (Landmark Films) 1×60 min Five

· Nikolaus Pevsner History of Architecture - 2006 (Wag Productions) Five

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

MA Sound for Film and Television – National Film and Television School, 2005

BA Hons – II(i) History - Manchester University, 1994 – 1997

SOUND KIT

Sound Devices 442 Field Mixer

Sound Devices 744T hard disc recorder with timecode

2 x Audio Ltd 2040 Radio Mics, 2 x Sennheiser G2 Radio Mics,

Sennheiser MKH60 shotgun mic + boom, AKG cardiod mics, Rode stereo mic,

Headphone feeds (more equipment available on request)

SKILLS

Full UK driving license (including passenger vehicles ie Minibus), Qualified Advanced Scuba Diver (NAUI)

References available on request

About me

I am a freelance sound recordist with over 10 years experience in tv & film. I studied location sound recording at the National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield, and have been working as a freelance sound recordist since 2004. I have my own full location recording kit, transport and a clean driving licence and am available for work across the UK and worldwide, with bases in London and Oxford.

I also teach Sound in various forms at the London Met Film School in Ealing Studios.

This site contains a blog about my work as a location sound recordist, as well as articles related to sound and film, lots of information about careers in sound and pro audio equipment, advice on filming and sound techniques, a glossary of audio terms and lots lots more. Please drop me a line and let me know what you think, or if you want to contact me for work please click on 'Contact' or call me directly on 07980 910873.

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