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Hello everyone,
I'm one of those people who changed careers and now I'm a filmmaker with my own video production company. I was a successful software engineer in the days gone by working on some of the most demanding projects. During those years I was fortunate enough to co-author a technical computing book titled "Developing WMI Solutions". If you get the chance to write a book, do it! Its an amazing experience!! Anyway, I have travelled all over the world on business before ending up in Norway working in the oil & gas industry. Software gave me a great life, however, I needed more and software wasn't giving it to me anymore. I needed a place where I could be creative. I've since heard that as you get older, the more creative you get?? I don't know if that's true, but it happened to me. I always wanted to be involved with film, but never thought it would happen. Hollywood is apparently the place of dreams... I followed my heart and went to California to learn how to tell meaningful and powerful stories.
A small part of the decision to go to America and learn about storytelling, was born out of my disillusionment with many of the small video production companies in the UK. Their offerings ranged from beautifully shot videos, but were rendered meaningless without story to engage the viewer; to poorly shot pieces with no thought of camera movement, composition and sound.
So I now have a video production business where I can tell stories everyday! Story is everything! It's changes how you plan, shoot and edit films. Most of all, it changes your mindset and perspective of what it is your trying to say. Understanding more about storytelling drives my passion to tell more amazing stories.
There are many reasons why I'm here on this forum, but one of them is to answer people's questions about video. We've seen a wide range of uses for video in business and I think it might be of interest to others. Another reason why I'm here is to learn what is important to people in the realm of video. I see this as a two-way street where we can help and inform each other...
I'm one of those people who changed careers and now I'm a filmmaker with my own video production company. I was a successful software engineer in the days gone by working on some of the most demanding projects. During those years I was fortunate enough to co-author a technical computing book titled "Developing WMI Solutions". If you get the chance to write a book, do it! Its an amazing experience!! Anyway, I have travelled all over the world on business before ending up in Norway working in the oil & gas industry. Software gave me a great life, however, I needed more and software wasn't giving it to me anymore. I needed a place where I could be creative. I've since heard that as you get older, the more creative you get?? I don't know if that's true, but it happened to me. I always wanted to be involved with film, but never thought it would happen. Hollywood is apparently the place of dreams... I followed my heart and went to California to learn how to tell meaningful and powerful stories.
A small part of the decision to go to America and learn about storytelling, was born out of my disillusionment with many of the small video production companies in the UK. Their offerings ranged from beautifully shot videos, but were rendered meaningless without story to engage the viewer; to poorly shot pieces with no thought of camera movement, composition and sound.
So I now have a video production business where I can tell stories everyday! Story is everything! It's changes how you plan, shoot and edit films. Most of all, it changes your mindset and perspective of what it is your trying to say. Understanding more about storytelling drives my passion to tell more amazing stories.
There are many reasons why I'm here on this forum, but one of them is to answer people's questions about video. We've seen a wide range of uses for video in business and I think it might be of interest to others. Another reason why I'm here is to learn what is important to people in the realm of video. I see this as a two-way street where we can help and inform each other...
