Dave Baum

I had an opportunity to work on an exciting project many years ago that was a risk, but I left a full time job to pursue it. Being self employed can be tough, there is not much by way of a safety net, but this creates an importance around doing a good job, with the idea being that a job well done will hopefully lead to more work in that area.

I am flexible in my approach and also in my expertise; for example I have shot, edited and directed my own feature documentary that won awards at festivals around the world, and was an absolutely huge personal challenge to put together. But the lessons learned in that are filtering down to shorter projects, such as how to quickly communicate a complex story. I understand the difference in styles for different platforms and I am happy to work in both narrative and promo-based edits. I also have a lot of experience with 2D motion graphics in After Effects, so can use that to add slick and sympathetic graphic design to any video or motion projects.

I rent an office in Walthamstow which is where I usually edit from, and in that case I deliver all files online from here. Of course for shooting I can be anywhere in the country, and I do have a good MacBook Pro for any onsite editing aswell. I'm happy to do either.

Thankfully the worst of this appears to be behind us now, but I would be happy to provide negative tests before joining any clients in person for a shoot if they wish, or in the case of working closely with others on an edit.