Always a pleasure to film at the Globe, this shoot was with the singer songwriter Marina Gears.

It's not everyday that we get to share our film with over 200 people in a theatre setting (and not just them sat watching it on a tiny screen at home).

Always great to mark the start of the Christmas Season with filming the Stockton Sparkles event. And this year I had the privilage to film the REAL Santa!

Filming the development of a play called “Our Karen - Rainy Days and Mondays”.

Working with North East Screen to document their 'Channel 4 Meet the Indie Day' at the Hippodrome in Darlington.

Had a great evening filming the inaugural Globe Folk Fest, a festival of all things folk at the Globe Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees.

I had an amazing few days filming Walk The Plank’s Tower of Light show. I was approached to film the show by Walk The Plank themselves, having been recommended by a producer who was at last year’s SIRF.

This was a challenging job due to the show’s scale, so preparation was needed. After discussions with Walk The Plank I went to Hartlepool on a recce to see the show being set up, including the building of the main lighthouse structure. I also attended tech rehearsals on the Thursday night to get a feel for what the show would be like as a finished product. 

The Stockton Riverside Festival (or SIRF for short) is something that I have had the privilege of being connected to for over twenty years. My first involvement was in 1995 where I was approached to edit together some video clips that ended up being projected inside an old derelict church, so I went along to see the final results, and ended up becoming a life long SIRFer (an epithet that I have made up to cover the fans of SIRF that visit every year, including people from around the globe).

I was brought in to help produce the video elements for the Prepwell project. This involved a lot of green screen shooting, taking the elements with me to set up the studio in several locations around the north east.

It’s always great to work with DJW Talent whether doing their headshots or making a showreel. This pic is from a showreel called ‘The List’ that went on to win several awards on the festival circuit.

I think I first filmed a Periplum show as part of The Stockton International Riverside Festival in 2015, when they were touring their show 451 (their take on the Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451).

A couple of years ago I worked on several projects with a local musician Mike McGrother, he had just set up a male voice choir that was only meant to last a couple of months.

Filming with a new company ChewyFox on their first film ‘Eggs’.

Not just a great band from the 70s and 80s but the term for an on camera interview and generally what makes the main narrative for the majority of our films.

We bring as much of the production process as possible in house. That means cameras, lenses, lighting, sound, grip (tripods, cranes, dollies, sliders etc), editing, graphics, duplication and distribution are all owned and controlled by IPC. No equipment is dry hired or used by anyone else but IPC. This means that everything works on the day, no batteries un-charged or equipment missing or damaged.

Very exciting shoot today for our film about pigeon racing -‘Home’. We had an early start to capture a ‘liberation’ where all the racing birds are released from their transporter trucks. I had filmed a liberation before, but this time I was joined by Daniel-John Williams, the films producer and co-director who had never witnessed one before.

The process for developing a treatment and script for a film is crucial. This process must be done right to deliver a captivating experience, no matter what type of film it is.

Post Production generally means everything that happens after the shoot is over.

Working with DJW films to record an interview about Bells Palsy. We had a great location but needed to control the light and sound, so I brought along everything I needed to get some great footage.

I was asked to help make some films to celebrate the coronation. This one had the bonus of having left over cheese cake.

I really enjoy my job. If you'd told me as a kid that I'd get to work with cameras on a daily basis I would have been happy with that. But my job is more than that, I'm lucky that my work is varied and seems to be increasing in its weirdness. From filming a C-section, interviewing a Holocaust survivor, and talking physics with a world class cosmologist, I sometimes have no idea what the next shoot will bring.

In 2018 I received a call while travelling home from a short break. ‘Do you have experience of filming in operating theatres?’ came the question. 'Yes, of course' I answered (leaving out the fact that they were always empty when I filmed in them). Thus began a professional relationship with Barcroft TV, that then became Truly, one of the biggest Youtube channels.

Filming big spectacle is great, flying a drone for that one brilliant shot is fun, and pulling off a tricky focus shift on the water droplet sliding down the side of a fresh cold beer is challenging. However, capturing a one to one interview with someone that has something to say is what gives me the most pleasure.

Interviewing a canon about pigeon racing does on the face of it seem a bit of a stretch, but we got some great elements for our doc.

I know it seems strange to wax lyrical about a blast furnace, but the one in this picture (along with others) has dominated the local skyline of Teesside for decades.

Had a brilliant day photographing the fantastic Clown Doctors for their new publicity material.

I used to love doing street photography back in the day, so decided to give it a go when trying out a new lens.

Okay so I made this blog post just as an excuse to use the the Bear 'Pants' pic.

Definitely one from the archives, this. I filmed the play Leonardo way back in 2010 (I think) but this image always seems to crop up when I'm checking out some of my old work.

All set for an interview add Teesside Uni, just waiting for the client to turn up!

As part of my work on the redevelopment of The Globe Theatre I had a chance to interview the photographer Ian Wright

The Gathering was a virtual music event to 'celebrate the spirit of Vin Garbutt' bringing together the folk talents within Teesside.

Had a blast filming this showreel for DJWTalent, great script and great actors Luke Gardner and David Armstrong flexing their acting muscles.

Putting the final touches to a film for the HUB in Stockton. The HUB is 'the UK’s first active travel and cycle parking centre,’ and we filmed lots of interviews with volunteers at the centre, along with some people who use its services.

I have done some very interesting work for BarcroftTV over the last year from filming a caesarian section to filming a stand-up comedian with scoliosis. But this film gave me the chance to meet Tilly and her mum, who told me their story about how Tilly lost her arms to meningitis when she was a young child.

Filmed the performance of an incredible play 'Beyond the End of the Road' for Northern Heartlands. The play is touring communities in County Durham and they wanted a very fast turnaround for the final edit.

Covid19 affected the way that the majority of schools in the country have operated, not least in the way that new pupils are introduced to the school.

Lots of things had to change during the Covid pandemic, and one of them was having to cancel the Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF), usually one of my favourite times of the year.

Always tricky to describe Matt's shows, so here's the blurb from the press release. 'Magic is everywhere. Put on a dress and people treat you one way. Try a pinstripe suit and, abracadabra it's like you are a different person.

One of the wonderful things about the work I do is the opportunity to meet and sometimes work with great people. People who are dedicated to their craft and their work. Jane Arnfield is one of those people.

Working with ARC in Stockton to produce a promo for the project 'A Theatre Trip For Every Child'. The idea is to raise money from individuals and companies to allow young people to see real life theatre.

I had the opportunity to meet and film the author Phillip Pullman at an event with Drake The Bookshop. Phillip signed books, read from his new book and did a Q&A whilst sailing along the Tees to Preston Park Museum.

I've been working on documenting the redevelopment of The Globe Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees since 2016, and over that time I've seen the building slowly coming together.

Filmed an interview at Durham University with Cosmologist Carlos Frenk, amazing experience and an incredible man, he even took time out to explain the expansion of the universe to me.

Spent the last couple of weeks filming sections for an internal communication film for a local authority, met some great people with some wonderful talents.

Taking all the footage and audio from the performance of The Defiant Requiem, 2 cameras and 6 audio sources to produce a final edit of the evening. This picture is of Bass-baritone Keel Watson.

As part of the Defiant Voices project I got to interview Murry Sidlin, the Founder and President of the Defiant Requiem Foundation. As the Defiant Requiem is being performed this weekend we decided to use the Cathedral as a backdrop for the interview. Murry was inspirational and gave us some fantastic elements for the film.

As part of this years 'Kapow' SciFi festival in Stockton I got the chance to film the legendary RadioPhonics workshop.