Craft & Post
Craft & Post
“Jules is fast realising his potential to become one of the country’s most sought-after mixers,” says Technicolor head of broadcast Louise Stevenson. Jules recently mixed series two of Channel 4’s Cardinal Burns, his first time working on a comedy. Director Ben Taylor says he was “an absolute joy to work with”, adding: “It was clear he loved the material as much as we did and wanted to push it as far as possible. The show aims to be visually rich and Jules designed his sound to match it.”
the presentation element of Sky Sports’ Baftawinning Ashes programming and working across Sky Sports News, which specifically asked her to join the team of technical spe cialists responsible for the channel’s visionmixing infrastructure. At the start of 2014, she filled an unexpected vacancy in the vision-mixing team on Sky Sports 1’s live Saturday morning show Game Changers. “The challenge of assimilating into a well-oiled production mid-season cannot be underestimated,” says Angelis. “Breeze did so with her now customary coolness.”
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Jules Woods, 27 Re-recording mixer, Technicolor The youngest council member of the Association of Motion Picture Sound, Jules has worked in film and TV sound for almost 12 years, since he left school at 16. Starting out on theatrical foreign reversioning for Paramount, Warner Brothers and Sony, he has since worked on flagship ITV dramas Poirot, Marple, Lewis, Endeavour and Midsomer Murders. Last year, he mixed Dummy Jim, a film aimed at the deaf and hardof-hearing, on which he stimulated the sense of touch by using low-frequency sounds.
Chris Pearson, 29 Camera operator/editor, Sky News Chris started on Sky’s apprentice scheme and 18 months later has stepped up from short-form packages for Sky News to longform documentaries. A camera operator and editor in the field, he also rotates in the edit suites and recently shot and edited Brazil’s Children for Sky News and then edited it in London for Sky 1. He also edited Battered Britain: Storm Nation for the two channels and covers multi-camera OBs on big events. “His skill is in making it look easy,” says Sky News head of operations Jackie Faulkner. “He never panics or seems to be under any pressure, which makes all around him feel comfortable in the knowledge that a piece will make the deadline. He is an inspiration to all he works with.” Sky News head of resources Lynn Hobbs adds: “His multi-level contribution to the business is outstanding and he is already regarded as a role model.” Ben Hills, 27 Online editor/ post-production supervisor, Popkorn Television “Ben has the quiz zical mind of an explorer,” says Popkorn creative director Colin Moxon, who marvels at his ability to master graphics, editing and shooting. While developing his skills as an editor, Ben set up an edit-share system, revolutionising the way data is backed up and stored. Since becoming an in-house online editor, he has cut documentaries including Channel 5 series London: The Inside Story, Killers Behind Bars and recent single My Violent Child. “Ben rises to every challenge and is never afraid to roll up his sleeves,” says Popkorn managing director Rory Wheeler. “When the Canon C300 was released, he hired one and asked if we would let him shoot footage himself to get to know the camera’s limitations. He was just an edit assistant at the time.” Another string to Ben’s bow is his establishment of Prime Cut Digital, an internal branding agency that makes bespoke online content for digital clients. “He’s a true all-rounder for the digital age,” says Moxon.
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