Rich Mitchell is a a hugely talented DOP and filmmaker, who I’ve worked with on documentaries all over the world, including in Cambodia, Pakistan, Seychelles, Armenia and Brazil. He is dedicated and hardworking, shoots beautifully, and most importantly, he is a cool head under pressure. He is also great with contributors, and helps create a relaxed atmosphere when filming.
Harri Grace – Director/Producer
Grain Media (Academy Award Winners for “Virunga”)
Me
20 Years as a professional Filmmaker
Director/Editor/DoP or any combination of the three
Worked across genre but with a particular focus on documentary, branded content and TVCs
I love working with and getting the most from actors, presenters and all kinds of contributors
Content for brands, obscure indie, music videos, broadcast TV, cinema and TVCs
BBC – C4 – ITV – C5 – Al Jazeera – Viasat – Freeview – Sky
Highlights
DoP for “The Ballad of Shirley Collins” which premiered and was in competition at LFF – The Guardian described as having “liquid cinematography”
“Way of the Morris” cinema release documentary with wide critical acclaim – The Guardian described the photography as “bucolic”
British Arrow Bronze and Silver awards for directing VIASAT idents and promos
Directed and edited the 2019 online campaign for the FSCS with Universal McCann, which was there most successful to date
Shooting Director on for Al Jazeera series The Cure and “3D Printed Arms” shot in Brazil with Grain Media, that was one of their most popular stories of the season
Foriegn Press Award for Al Jazeera series The Cure and “Tackling Drug Resistant Tuberculosis” that I shot in Armenia for Grain Media with Director Harri Grace
I shot, directed and edited a stereoscopic/3D 360/VR music video for British D&B artist Harry Shotta, incorporating many emerging 360 and VR technologies – I was invited to speak at Develop:Brighton about this project
Successful work for McDonalds – Rimmel – Listerine – Greenpeace – O2 – FSCS – Barclays – Trivago – Canon – Microsoft – Just Eat and many others
Skills
Shooting with full crew on location or on soundstage
Shooting with small crews or as a one-man-band Shooting Director
Experienced in packing effective portable kits, with redundancy, ready to shoot anywhere in the world
Life long passion for technology – Early adopter and pioneer of techniques and workflows in digital formats from SD to 4k to 360/VR and Stereo/3D
Focus on Visual Story Telling technique throughout production
Teaching Cinematography, 360/VR, Visual Storytelling and Directing at NFTS, Central Film School and London College of Communication
Shooting Kit
Sony FX6 Fullframe Camera
Sigma 14-24mm f2.8
Sigma 24-70mm f2.8
Sony 70-200mm f2.8
Sony 200-600mm f4
Sigma 35mm f1.2
Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro
DJI Ronin RS2 Pro Camera Gimble
DJI Mavic Pro 2 Drone
Sony UWP-D Digital Radio Mic System capable of 2xLapelier Mics or 1xLapielier and 1xShotgun Mic
Rhode Shotgun Mic
Senniheiser Shotgun Mic
Tascam Field Recorder
Manfrotto HD406 Tripod
Short and Tall legs
Insta360 Pro 2 Kit
Insta360 One X2 Kit
Lighting
Apurture 600d II (Equivalent of at least a 1.2k HMI) + Fresnel + Barndoors
Apurture 300x Bi-Colour 2000k – 65000k (Equivalent of a 575k HMI) + Fresnel + Barndoors
Apurture Nova 300c RGBWW Full Spectrum Panel Light (RGB Equivalent of Arri Skypanel) + Softbox + Barndoors
Apaurture 60x Bi-Colour 2000k – 65000k (Dedo LED Equivalent) + Barndoors
2 x FalconEyes RX-18TDX II 100W Bi-Color Waterproof IPX8 Roll-Flex Flexible LED Panel + Softbox + Grid
FalconEyes PockeLite F7 Fold RGB 24W 2500K-9000K Led Video Camera Light 9 inch + Grid
Lightdome II
Lantern 90
Appropriate Stands and Distribution
2 x 260Wh V-Mount Batteries capable of powering any of the lights
Post-Production Kit
Gigabyte Aero 32gig Core i7 9th gen Editing Laptop with Adobe Suite
Intel i9 3.7Ghz RTX3090 based post-production Workstation
Adobe Suite – Red Giant Plugins – Boris FX Plugins – DaVinci Resolve – Autocad Suite
ASUS 24″ 4k HDR Grading monitor
Sony 38″ 4k HDR Playback Monitor
24tb NAS Drive
Services
I can hire you this outstanding kit at an ubeatable price, including transport – if you’re a new hire you will need myself or one my collegues accompany in the role of Driver, 1st/2nd AC, DoP or Shooting Director
Dry hire is also possible – we just need to discuss
Post-Production incuding kit £350 p/d