producer/director (self shooting)
London, United Kingdom
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- producer/director (self shooting) at colin laidlaw (Self-employed)
- Past
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- DOP Cameraman at London Shakespeare Workout
- Photographer, e-commerce developer at The Railway Children (UK)
- Filmmaker at The Railway Children (Mumbai)
- IT manager at Imagination Ltd
- IT manager at Imagination Ltd
- Lecturer at Birbeck College
- Lecturer at Birbeck College University of London
- Researcher/Production Assistant at London Weekend Television
- Researcher and production assistant at LWT The London Studios
- Video Journalist at Live Television
- Video Journalist at Live Television (Mirror group)
- Education
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- London Metropolitan University
- London Guildhall University
- Salisbury College of Technology
- International House
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- Industry
- Broadcast Media
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colin laidlaw’s Summary
My ultimate aim is to produce my own feature films. I specialise in road movies/ travel stories and docu. dramas.
colin laidlaw’s Specialties:
photography, underwater photography, self shooting producer/director, lighting for film, scriptwriting.
colin laidlaw’s Experience
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producer/director (self shooting)
colin laidlaw (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Broadcast Media industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
I am a self shooting producer/director with the extra benefit of being a scripwriter and photographer. Further to this I have a good level of IT experience and have been integrating web 2.0 applications.
I am interested in working on film projects where a huge value from the production is required by keeping the team small. In this respect more time can be spent with the subject and a greater level of intimacy can be obtained because their is not the cost and disruption of a large crew.
Two of my latest low budget films can be seen at:
www.vimeo.com/3920032
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DOP Cameraman
London Shakespeare Workout
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)
Director of photography and cameraman on a 3 camera studio shoot of performing artists.
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Photographer, e-commerce developer
The Railway Children (UK)
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)
Still's photographer on the charity's 3 peaks challenge. Further to this I developed an e-commerce site (http://railwaychildren.zenfolio.com/3peaks) for this and future events. This will enable the charity to generate income from images taken.
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Filmmaker
The Railway Children (Mumbai)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)
The Railway Children is an English charity with a base in Mumbai. The charity focuses on the issue of street children that have ended up living on the streets and inside railway buildings. The charity focuses on the rights of the children, their education and ultimately encouraging them to return back home. My role was to produce films and photography; to develop web concepts; help develop their training modules and provide IT solutions to aid their internal communications.
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IT manager
Imagination Ltd
(Broadcast Media industry)
July 1998 — June 2008 (10 years )
Imagination Ltd is Europe's largest design agency. My role was to built and manage an IT department of eight people, supporting over 200 permanent staff world-wide and a fluid freelance base. The position required absolute commitment to supporting the company's day to day operations and vision and project management to aid its long range objectives, technical evolvement and internal communication.
In analysing the business, technical and communication needs of the company I implemented a level of standardization and control within all Mac and PC environments; re designed internal networks and built networks on site; managed web based developments in PHP and SQL; constructed a multi site video conference facility; implemented a mobile phone strategy; designed training material to run on a HTML intranet; put in place ISO processes and a policy for recycling. -
IT manager
Imagination Ltd
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 1998 — May 2008 (10 years )
Imagination Ltd is an ISO 9001 registered design agency. Over 10 years I built and managed an IT department of eight people, supporting over 200 permanent staff world-wide and a fluid freelance base. The position required absolute commitment to supporting the company’s day to day operations and, operating within a Prince 2 environment, providing vision and project management to aid its long range objectives, technical evolvement and internal communication.
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Lecturer
Birbeck College
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 1997 — April 2000 (2 years 8 months)
Lecturer in scriptwriting - running evening and weekend courses. I constructed a progressive program encompassing theory, discussion and practice for courses 6 to 24 weeks long. Covering story, narrative, plot, theme, genre and character development. I also worked on a board of teachers to uphold teaching and marking standards.
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Lecturer
Birbeck College University of London
(Broadcast Media industry)
September 1997 — April 2000 (2 years 8 months)
Lecturer in scriptwriting - running evening and weekend courses. I constructed a progressive program encompassing theory, discussion and practice for courses 6 to 24 weeks long, covering story, narrative, plot, theme, genre and character development. I also worked on a board of teachers to uphold teaching and marking standards.
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Researcher/Production Assistant
London Weekend Television
(Broadcast Media industry)
April 1998 — June 1998 (3 months)
Researcher and production assistant for Sacha Baron Cohen (AKA Borat, Ali G) at Granada Talk Television. I was in charge of booking guests to a very low budget and researching subject matter and questions for debate within the show. I worked closely with the guest, presenter and producer to provide an environment that maximised the entertainment value of specific guest.
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Researcher and production assistant
LWT The London Studios
(Broadcast Media industry)
April 1998 — June 1998 (3 months)
for Sacha Baron Cohen (AKA Borat, Ali G) at Granada Talk Television. I was in charge of booking guests to a very low budget and researching subject matter and questions for debate within the show. I worked closely with the guest, presenter and producer to provide an environment that maximised the entertainment value of specific guest.
Live Television, The Mirror Group, 1 Canada Square -
Video Journalist
Live Television
(Broadcast Media industry)
June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)
producing 5 minute films to run in the evening's broadcast.
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Video Journalist
Live Television (Mirror group)
(Broadcast Media industry)
July 1995 — September 1995 (3 months)
Video Journalist for Mirror Group’s Live Television. This was a high pressure environment to research, produce, film, edit and televise topical features all in a single day. I had to operate independently with my only brief being the theme of the show and a time stipulation. Interviewing Daleks at science fiction conventions; operating two cameras on a microlight, abseiling down a building, while interviewing were all within the realms of this job.
colin laidlaw’s Education
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London Metropolitan University
BA , Communication , 1993 — 1996
Specialising in audio-visual production. Aspects of course included theoretical research and analysis combined with acquiring skills in Journalism, documentary production, film production, editing, scriptwriting and advertising.
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- Further to this I ran a production group within the university producing music videos and short films
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London Guildhall University
BA (Hons) Degree , Communication , 1996
Specialising in audio-visual production. Aspects of course included theoretical research and analysis combined with acquiring skills in Journalism, documentary production, film production, editing, scriptwriting and advertising. Further to this I ran a production group within the university producing music videos and short films
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Salisbury College of Technology
A level , Physics; Psychology, Politics, Communication , 1993
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International House
Cambridge Certificate Course in English Language Teaching to adults.
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colin laidlaw’s Interests:
Filmmaking, photography, writing, rollerblading, boxing, yoga, swimming, diving, free diving, underwater photography
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