 Barry Manville is 58 years old and has spent the last twenty years working in Video Production. Initially with a company called INfocus Video Productions in which he was a Director of the company. During this time Barry spent twelve months working on the Community Channel producing three programmes a week, so is very used to working within tight schedules.B4 Productions followed with the aim of working with diverse groups in the Community to enable them to make best use of the Digital Media, which was by now becoming available to everyone who owned a computer and a camcorder. We have an extensive range of equipment including various Editing packages which include Adobe Premiere Pro,After Effects, Serious Magic for green/blue screening effects, Photoshop (for image manipulation) and of course Flash. |
 David Rankin is 60 years of age and has been in the Media Industry for most of his working life. In the sixties, he worked for Dick James Music and Beacon Radio 303, in the seventies as an actor in various films and TV roles for ICE Productions BBC London Weekend and Central TV amongst others. In the eighties he became a full time jobbing actor and worked for Granada, in plays by Alan Bleasdale and Jack Rosenthal as well as continuing to work for various TV companies appearing in such diverse productions as Miss Marple to Soldier Soldier. In the nineties he became interested in the production side of the industry and began his own production company building up a portfolio of projects that included the Learning and Skills Council, completing some ninety shorts with young people to producing commercials for Blackpool Education and Bolton Business support unit. David also works as an independent cameraman, for mini budget filmmakers and TV companies alike and has finished some of his own shorts including ‘Gone Bad’ & ‘Day of Reckoning’. He has built up an extensive list of equipment including HDV and DV cameras, Steady cam kit, portable autocue system, Grip, Dollies and full PC based edit facilities. |