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Darrin Nightingale
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DV Director, DV Operator, Director, Producer, Writer |
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About:
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PROFILE
A versatile, tenacious, self-starter, with the technical knowledge and creative ability to produce high quality, thought provoking television and film. In short a highly motivated production professional with creative focus.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Completed two drafts of feature script Insult Times Injury for Cauri Films / WYSIWYG Films.
- Initiated format changes to Dial A Date that prompted LWT to commission a fourth series.
- Earned Channel 4 commission for Bert Jansch – Dreamweaver based on a screening of selected rushes.
- Directed the campaign material for Brass Eye.
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eMail:
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[Click to Contact]
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Address:
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Greater London
United Kingdom
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Nationality:
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United Kingdom
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Experience:
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18 yrs
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Training and Skills
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Other Skills:
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CREATIVE
WRITING
- Style described as imaginative, very visual, with a good intelligent handle on ideas.
- Completed two drafts of my first feature script...
- Insult Times Injury. A 120-page script about revenge. Saul Fissure lives a reclusive life writing biographies until his violent past catches up with him.
- Written four drama treatments / script outlines and five short scripts including...
- Panic Attack. A 10-page script about redemption. Vernon is having panic attacks that cause him to travel in time.
- Carrion. A 4-page outline about prohibition. As drug eating bugs feed on junkies, an ad-hoc family of users fight back by kidnapping the scientist who designed the bugs.
- Developed six documentary / factual programme proposals including...
- Exquisite Corpses of Twenty First Century Sin. A series of seven hour long films, that follow seven directors as they each contribute one minute, to a seven minute "Exquisite Corpse" film about the seven sins of the twenty-first century.
- Culturers. A two-hour film that takes a critical look at the influence of the art dealer on modern and contemporary art.
DIRECTING
- Style described as strong, efficient, able to draw you in.
- Broadcast credits for Dreamweaver, Blunt and Dial A Date.
- Highly developed visual awareness. Understand composition, framing. Shot Dreamweaver, Dial A Date and Brass Eye.
- Excellent story-telling ability. Planned / logged / edited Dreamweaver, Blunt and Dial A Date.
- Strong communicator. Experience directing presenters, professional (Dial A Date), non-professional (Blunt), celebrities (Dreamweaver, Brass Eye) and the public. Lead single camera crew on Blunt.
- Highly developed analytical / editorial skills. Able to analyse content both third party and personal. Able to contribute original ideas relevant to programme format.
TECHNICAL
CAMERA / SOUND / LIGHTING
- Filmed in a wide range of situations, from interviews to action locations. Proficient using DV cameras, Canon XL1, Sony DSR200 and Sony VX1000.
- Proficient micing small / interview situations.
- Proficient lighting small / interview situations.
POST PRODUCTION
- Two years experience as videotape operator. Included duplication, standards conversion, quality control and analogue editing.
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Intermediate user of graphic applications, including Photoshop.
- Intermediate user of video editing / authoring applications, including Premiere and Roxio.
- Some basic HTML skills, Evrsoft 1st Page HTML Editor.
DRIVING LICENCE
- Full, clean.
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Additional Information
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EDUCATION
1987 – 1990
POLYTECHNIC OF EAST LONDON
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) Grade 2.1 in Fine Art
INTERESTS
FILMS David Fincher, David Cronenberg, Michael Mann
WRITING William Burroughs, Jeff Noon, Harold Pinter
ART Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Barbara Kruger
MUSIC David Holmes, DJ Shadow, Tindersticks
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Credits
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TV |
Dial A Date III - 14 Episodes |
HEWLAND INTERNATIONAL |
Director/ DV Camera Person |
2001 |
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TV |
Blunt attp |
WISED UP PRODUCTIONS |
Director |
2000 |
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Documentary |
Bert Jansch – Dreamweaver |
BEARCAT PRODUCTIONS |
Director/ DV Camera person/ Story Editor |
2000 |
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TV |
Brass Eye - campaign material |
TALKBACK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED |
DV Director |
1997 |
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