Simon Morice

Current

Editor at i-catching movies

Past

Director at FMEA Ltd
Quality Auditor at Amports UK (Part of ABP)
Technical Strategy at Town Pages

Technology Strategist at TownPages PLC
Engineer at Marine Computing International Ltd
Head of Production at Technology Marketing Ltd
Multimedia producer at University of Southampton
Director at Atlantic Marine Services
Television & Print Graphics Production at Freelance
Director at Telekinesis Ltd
Film and Graphics at BBC TV

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Education

St Martin's School of Art

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Simon Morice’s Summary

Everybody has a great website these days. So standing out from the crowd can be a problem. In the kingdom of bald men the one haired man is king.

So what is this hair?

Stories run back through the history of humanity to before writing, right back to the first campfires, long before memory. They were what to do in the evening while everyone picked bits of mammoth from between their teeth.

Stories have many forms and purposes. From the story maps, through ones about how things generally work in nature they range to the entertainment we most commonly associate them with today. They are an engaging and ingenuous way of passing on knowledge and allow the listener to rehearse their own response to a challenge.

They make an argument for a solution to a problem. And that's what a business does too. Bringing the power of storytelling to the problem of making your business case seems like a pretty good idea.

Amongst the other things we do at i-catching movies we also make film profiles that make an argument. They are designed to convince on both logical and emotional levels so that the audience no longer asks '...ah but what about...?'

The result is a film designed to be part of a website which engages audience interest because it talks about their problems first and your solution second.

Obviously there are many more problems which are amenable to our passion for story. We help people productise their knowlege. Often this can be done for little or no upfront cost as we bet our performance with you and take a share of the income when the DVD or download sells. We also know a thing or two about distribution to niche markets.

Films are a lot more than filming something, they are greater than the sum of camera and edit software.

Film stories engage audiences repeatably and reliably. We tell engaging stories economically. Who are we? We are production and post production professionals trained and experienced in broadcast TV and the film industry.

Simon Morice’s Specialties:

Final Cut Studio 2, Adobe Premiere, production workflow planning, Celtx, Dramatica Pro, programme format design and improvement, offline and online post production, picture editing, sound design.

Simon Morice’s Experience

Editor

i-catching movies

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Video production and editing as well as pre-production consulting. Involvement in the full production process for corporate and broadcast clients.
Director

FMEA Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 9 months)

Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004. This post was operational and involved management system design and implementation. It also involved diagnostic work within improvement initiatives.
Quality Auditor

Amports UK (Part of ABP)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Maritime industry)

September 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 2 months)

I worked with the Quality Manager both as an auditor and analyst in the development and implementation of process audits on RoRo and Cruise stevedoring services. I also acted as QA representative in client meetings with shipping lines and automotive manufacturers as well as other customers.
Technical Strategy

Town Pages

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Technology Strategist

TownPages PLC

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

September 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 1 month)

I provided support to the Sales and Marketing Department as well as identifying technologies appropriate to the strategies of the business. I was fortunate to be exposed to some of the most exciting ideas of this fast moving time.
Engineer

Marine Computing International Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 1 month)

MCI provided bespoke computer navigation and communication solutions to superyachts. My function was to build and install solutions into new build and existing vessels.
Head of Production

Technology Marketing Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 9 months)

In the early days of Internet growth I ran the in-house production and support functions of this ISP, hosting and IT consultancy business. I received training from IBM in their fledgling e-commerce resources both in London and Tel Aviv. I wrote a successful human dating site.
Multimedia producer

University of Southampton

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 1995 — January 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Director

Atlantic Marine Services

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Maritime industry)

January 1990 — December 1992 (3 years )

We had two thrusts. The optimisation of racing yacht performance and the surveying of VLCC and other Oil Tankers. My responsibilities included the automation of management and reporting systems for our surveyors, the data modelling of race yachts and acting as expert witness.
I also programmed a speech operated system that integrated with the yachts instruments and circumnavigated the world in a Whitbread yacht.
Television & Print Graphics Production

Freelance

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

September 1989 — December 1992 (3 years 4 months)

In the early years of desktop publishing I worked with a graphic designer producing computer artwork for a variety of customers.

I worked for TVS as a game show computer graphics engineer. I project managed moving the graphic content of the gameshow Catchphrase from PC to Commodore Amiga as well as providing consultancy to the Graphics Dept.
Director

Telekinesis Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

January 1988 — September 1989 (1 year 9 months)

I was the Technical Director. I programmed and animated material for TV and Corporate customers.

I provided interim management services to the 3D animation department of a vidoe post production company.
Film and Graphics

BBC TV

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

1977 — 1989 (12 years )

I started in Southampton on contract as an assistant film editor. I moved to London and after successfully completing the Film Dept training course I worked across a broad spectrum of programmes including Drama, The Open University, Documentary Features, The Graphics Cutting Room (E202) and the Lime Grove Topical Production Centre.

I was attached to the graphics department at the Lime Grove TPC providing training to the massive intake of staff in the early 80's. I also founded an on-the-day 3D animation service to current affairs programmes.

Simon Morice’s Education

St Martin's School of Art

Graphic Design 1976 — 1977

Additional Information

Simon Morice’s Interests:

adventure, challenge, change, chin na, Christian, desert, dog, flying, gps, Japanese Sword, languages - French & Japanese, martial arts, maths, pak mei, physics, sailing, sea, video editing, writing