Steve Parker - Biggerhouse Film for BFI 2024

Location Sound

A day in the life of a Disability Benefits Assessor, who takes delight in rejecting claimants.

I was one of the two location sound recordists for the film.

Human Touch Campaign - Annex Films for Irwin Mitchell August - September 2021

Sound Engineer

This is an advertisement campaign commissioned by Irwin Mitchell, a multidisciplinary Law Firm with a specialism in supporting clients with a disability. Produced by Annex, a creative production studio, the campaign is heralded as one of the most inclusive productions with many of the creatives involved (including myself) being disabled or neurodiverse. See here for the behind the scenes film.

I recorded and edited the client voiceovers and final mixes for the advertisements, comprising ten videos and 3 radio clips.

Up River! - a Shadventure on the River Severn Biggerhouse Film CIC July 2021

Underwater Sound Design

Join Jill and Jack, two young shad as they journey up river for a shadventure on the River Severn! Learn all about the problems that weirs cause for this rare migratory fish and how a fish pass can be the solution to get them back up river to spawn! Produced with the drawings and voices and very creative input of the children of Cherry Orchard Primary School in Worcester.

I recorded and compiled the underwater sound effects and soundscapes for this film produced by Biggerhouse Film CIC.

Talking Tent - Dorset AONB/ Common Ground 2021

Sound Designer/ Editor

Talking Tent is a project commissioned by the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as part of it’s 60th Anniversary year. The project celebrates the AONB through stories of the landscape, curated by Storytellers Martin Maudsley and Sarah Acton in collaboration with the charity Common Ground.

My role is to mentor the storytellers in sound recording techniques, and to edit their recordings, ready for posting on the AONB website.

Immersive Arcade - Digital Catapult November 2020

Sound Designer/ Composer

“Immersive Arcade provides access to the most influential British immersive productions from the last twenty years. [Digital Catapult, 2020]” The project is commissioned by UK Research and Innovation as part of the Audience of the Future Challenge.

I created a series of binaural soundscapes for the Immersive Arcade website and VR showcase (version created to be viewed on VR headsets).

‘Consequences AR’ - Playlines May 2019 - Present

Technical Assistant

Consequences AR is the pioneering immersive Augmented Reality rap story written by Harry Shotta. The experience is driven by the innovative use Bose’s AR glasses, leading to being chosen as Bose’s headline audio-AR experience at the Raindance Film Festival. Coupled with a custom made smartphone app and carefully placed beacons, the audience can navigate through the show with guidance from the raps they are listening to whilst interacting with live actors. Consequences toured with Digital Catapult UK’s Surroundscapes, and was a finalist for the Innovation in Storytelling prize at the Future of Storytelling Summit in 2018.

I was one of three Technical Assistants with Playlines, helping tour the show starting from Club Fire in London, to the Raindance Film Festival on the southbank and finally to Digital Catapult’s Belfast HQ.

‘This Is Progress VR’ - Inition Ltd 2018

Sound Recordist/ Associate Sound Designer

Progress VR is an immersive journey into the world of Progress Wrestling, one of the UK’s top independent wrestling outfits. The film is the brainchild of award winning VR cinematographer Peter Collis, and won best VR film at the SHIFT film festival in The Netherlands in 2018.

I was the Sound Recordist on location for the film shoots, which took place over several weekends. I created an initial spatial mix for the film, and subsequently assisted the Sound Designer Chris Green in expanding this into an immersive 3D spatial soundtrack.

'BEING ME' - Inition Ltd/ The Cornerstone Partnership   Oct 2017 - February 2018

Sound Designer

Being Me is a series of Virtual Reality films to 'help adoptive parents to understand the traumatic past of their children'. Through the immersive power of VR, the viewer is taken through a series of scenarios to help them understand how 'trauma & abuse affects the children & how to respond in ways that help them recover'.

The sound design incorporated the use of ambisonic recordings and post production workflows. My goal was to combine the ambisonic recordings with radio microphones and sound effects to create a consistent 360 °  aural space that would immerse the viewer in the world of the child.

http://www.thecornerstonepartnership.com/immersive-vr-changing-lives/