Toby Barnett - Online CV - November 07:

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Productions
(Producer, Director, & Editor)

East London Is a Vampire
4min Music Video
Nov 07 - Ongoing (HDV)

‘East London Is a Vampire’ - Currently working on several music / event videos for the website and regrinding of the popular club night ELIAV. 

MySpace Comedy
3min Virals

Sep 07 - Ongoing (HDV)

‘Green Gray’ - I have an on going commission with MySpace Comedy, and comedian Albion Green to produce short viral comedy clips.
Video Story Ltd.
45min Documentary
July - Sep 07 (HDV)

‘The Prince Of Wales Putney’ - Commissioned by the owner this film documents the transformation of a rundown workman’s pub into a “country pub in the city”. The film was shot over three months and details all of the dramas and triumphs of the project.

Damn Right Media
7min Festival Short
May - July 07 (HDV)

‘Caravan Man’ - A quirky character based short that for festivals and IPTV. The film features Philip, a ninety-two year old retired engineer and avid collector of old machinery, in particular Atco mowing machines and Winchester caravans.

Video Story Ltd.
3min Vodcast
July 06 (HDV)
‘Kitecast - Anatomy of a Session’ - An experimental project sponsored by a UK kitesurfing magazine, this standalone Vodcast shows Pro Kitesurfers at a south coast beach. Shot and edited in one day it aired on the magazines website within 24 hours.

Red Bull & Carling
30min Doc / 5min Promo
June 06 (HDV)

‘Rockness 06’ - Two five-minute promotional clips and a thirty minute co-produced documentary about the making of a new music festival on the shores of Loch Ness, featuring Carl Cox, Fat Boy Slim, The Scratch Perverts, and many more.

Damn Right Media
90min Documentary
Feb - Jun 06 (HDV)

‘Backroad To Beyond’ - This documentary of my own devising and funding (currently in post-production), is about modern nomads and road trip culture in Australia. It’s aimed at DVD, festival, and web release, to secure funding for future projects.

Historic Houses Association
15min Film & Interactive DVD
Jan 06 (HDV)

‘Purston Manor’s Coaching Whips’ - Made in accordance with revised DDA legislation, this film provides an alternative experience for disabled visitors and shows areas with restricted access. The DVD includes audio descriptions and subtitles.

Forum For The Future
6min DVD & Web Promos
Dec 05 (HDV)

‘Challenges For The National School Of Government’ - A short interview with Jonathon Porritt (Green Peace Founder & Forum For The Future), offering a challenge to students at the Nation School of Government concerning sustainable development.

Video Story Ltd.
90min Documentary
June - Aug 05 (HDV)

‘Doctor Alan Preston’ - A ninety minute documentary about the late Doctor Alan Preston, a biological scientist who spent his career researching cancer until he became a victim of the disease. A short version of the film was screened at Alan’s funeral.

Fine Art Commissions Ltd.
2 x 20min Films
Apr - May 05 (MiniDV)

‘Shop Front DVD Loop’ - I was commissioned to add another two artists to the DVD loop, which now runs at over an hour and features the artists Nick Bashall, Richard Foster, Marcus Hodge, Tom Leveritt, Nicky Philips, and Mark Richards.

Island Cruises Ltd.
12 х 20min Corporate Films
Oct 04 - Apr 05 (MiniDV)

‘Island Escape Brazilian Season’ Twelve promotional films demonstrating the various cruises available from Island Cruises. The films were shot over five months while I lived and worked on one of the ships operating along the Brazilian coast.

Fine Art Commissions Ltd.
4 x 20min Films
June - Sep 04 (MiniDV)

‘Shop Front DVD Loop’ - A commission to produce a DVD loop to be shown in the front window of the upmarket Walton Street Art Gallery. With time-lapse filming from several days, the film shows four well-known artists producing commissioned portraits.

Fulltime Positions
(Broadcast TV & New Media)

Associate Producer    
IPGeneration Ltd.
Jan - May 07

I was focused on developing new ideas for factual and formatted entertainment television aimed at prime time slots and then producing pilots to seek commission.

Shooting Researcher
IPGeneration Ltd.
Oct - Dec 06

‘Freeloader London’ www.freeloaderlondon.com was a listings and reviews website with video content supported by a thirty minute formatted television show.

Shooting AP
Sweet TV Ltd.
Aug 04

‘Live From The Fringe With Sweet TV’ Sweet Ltd, one of the larger Edinburgh Fringe organisers, pioneered a live webcast (i.e. a thirty minute magazine format show).

Regular Clients
(Filmmaker, Z1 Camera Opp & Editor)

Hubbub UK

An international branding, marketing, and sales company producing various visual media for presentations, websites and mobile distribution.

Your Business Channel

A website providing advice to enraptures starting business, this includes interviews with prominent business people and reportage from conferences and seminars.

Video Story Ltd.

A bespoke video production company making a range of films that includes biographies, music videos, virals, and vodcasts.

Production Equipment

Production Equipment List:

Editing System:

>Cameras: HDV Sony HVR-Z1, Mini DV Sony PC330.

>Audio: Sennheiser Radio Mic, Rode Shotgun Mic, 2 Lapel Mics.

>Lighting: 800w Arri light kit, PAG portable light.

>Accessories: Fluid head tripod, lighting diffusers and gels, etc.

>PC: Pentium 4 3.4GHZ, 1,200GB HDD, 2GB RAM, 2 DVD-RW, 19” Monitor, Sound Blaster Pro, High-Res Scanner.

>Running: Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Premier Pro, After Effects, Soundbooth, Encore, Photoshop, Illustrator In Design, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Media Encoder & Acrobat Pro), Resolume, Propellerhead Reason, Office XP, and more...

Production Skills

Pre-Production

Development, budgeting, scheduling, risk assessments, acquiring and briefing cast and contributors, and crewing.

Directing & Shooting

Directing crew, directing cast and contributors, directing and operating cameras.

Lighting

Simple lighting rigs, blacking out, colour correction, artistic use of diffusers and gels.

Sound Recording

Sound mixing, microphone placing, radio microphone operation, boom swinging.

Editing & Optimising Video

Logging, digitizing and capturing, editing (up to one hour projects), grading and colour correction, digital video effects, transitions, titles and onscreen graphics, and multi-format projects.

Optimising Audio

Digitally balancing audio, location sound, music, sound scrubbing, and audio effects.

Exporting, DVD Authoring & Encoding

Exporting projects to a variety of formats, rendering for display medium (fields and progressive scan), DVD authoring (including motion menus and graphics), encoding for web using Flash Video or QuickTime.

Web & Graphic Design

Designing websites using Flash, HTML & CSS including streaming video, 2D graphic design for web and press including photo manipulation.

Awards & Qualifications

BA (Hons) Degree
Photography, Film, & 
Digital Imaging.
Nov 00 - June 04

A four year course at Napier University Edinburgh where I specialized in Film with a minor in Digital Imaging. In my final year I wrote a 20,000 word dissertation about new media and the representation of “truth”. I also wrote and produced a 14 minute fictional film, AD’d a 10 minute documentary, and was AD and cinematographer for a 6 minute mixed media fiction.

A Level & GCSE
Sep 94 - July 99

From Stowe School Buckinghamshire I received 3 A levels, 1 AS Level, and 8 GCSEs.

Other Awards, Courses, & Qualifications.

  • BBC Production Safety - (May 04)
  • Full UK & EU Driving License - (Since Jul 01)
  • Panico Media Workshop Film Foundation - (Jun-Aug 00)
  • Art Foundation Course - (Jan-Mar 00)
  • PADI Open Water Diver - (Since Jun 93)
  • Duke Of Edinburgh Basic First Aid Course - (Oct 94)

For any other information, my rates, or references, please contact me