Video Mastery has the most experienced video production trainers in the country, with over 150 years of production experience between them.
This ensures that you will receive the highest standard of training, interspersed by instructional anecdotes and invaluable tips that can only be shared by someone who has worked extensively within the industry.
Each instructor has a great passion for video production which is reflected in the enthusiastic way they present their training and their desire to ensure the highest standards in the next generation of filmmakers.
As most of our faculty are also active producers, if you ever have a requirement for Video Production, they can provide the assistance you need. You can view their showreels below.
Ian Sandall
Ian Sandall is a highly-experienced trainer with a wide-ranging TV and video background encompassing producing and directing, scriptwriting, filming, editing and voiceovers.
Ian trained and worked for many years at the BBC.
As well as being an active practitioner in corporate and training film production, Ian also trains degree-level students and businesspeople in TV production and the use of associated editing software.
View Ian’s production showreel here
Contact: ian@videomastery.co.uk
Chris Roberts
Over 30 years, Chris has edited a huge variety of projects from corporate training DVDs and online promotional videos, to short dramas, broadcast documentaries and sports programmes. His recent credits include editing for the Tour de France coverage for ITV Sport, and the BAFTA and Broadcast Award winning property show ‘The Great House Giveaway’.
He has been delivering editing training for 20 years, covering (at various times) Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Over the years he has trained university students and staff, broadcast journalists, sports, factual and drama editors.
Since 2017 he has been a Blackmagic Design Master Trainer, running DaVinci Resolve Train-The-Trainer and end user classes throughout Europe, the US and online. He has also written The Editor’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18 and co-authored ‘The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve’ 18 official training guides.
Contact: chris@videomastery.co.uk
Kathryn Wolfe
Kathryn has over 30 years in the Television Industry of which 20+ years was spent as a BBC/ITV director.
She spent 12 years as a Senior Lecturer Media Performance & TV Production at University of Bedfordshire.
She is the author of two leading text books ‘So You Want to be a TV Presenter’ & ‘The TV Presenter’s Career Handbook’ and has spent 20+ years of delivering presenting coaching across UK in a variety of settings and organisations.
She is a regularly newsreader for Radio Suffolk and a video presenter at the Univerity of Law.
Contact: kathryn@videomastery.co.uk
Robert S. Douglas
A freelance Colourist, Editor and Visual Effects Artist with over 20 years experience with post production in colour correction, online/offline editing, and visual effects for feature films, commercials, music videos, concerts, and documentaries.
He was based in Hollywood for much of this time working on numerous feature films, film trailers, music videos and sporting events.
Robert was a member of the faculty of Columbia College, Hollywood teaching editing and After Effects.
Currently edits, conforms and colour grades independent feature films, commercials and TV.
Contact: robertg@videomastery.co.uk
Lloyd Ludgrove
A confident, methodical, and highly motivated Visual Storyteller, with an eye for detail and clear problem-solving skills. Over the last 16 years he has worked directly with a wide variety of clients across multiple sectors developing and delivering imaginative, inspiring and innovative Digital Media content to help clients achieve their goals.
His creative passions have always been complimented by a desire to discover new ideas and concepts, ways of working and tools to improve efficiency. In every project he has sought to develop innovative and creative solutions to a client’s problem, particularly when seeking to represent their product or service in a fresh and engaging way.
View Lloyd’s production showreel here
Contact: lloyd@videomastery.co.uk
David Briscoe
A Videographer, Director of Photography and Senior Editor. More recently moved into narrative film as the colourist for two independent films.
Was the head of a media and film department in Further Education. 10 years of success across several different educational providers, namely sixth form and colleges across the UK. Here he taught Media and Film across different qualifications from A Level, BTEC and HND on both theoretical and practical aspects. Expertise with cinema cameras, DSLRs, Mirrorless, audio, lighting, drone (I’m a certified commercial drone operator) gimbal filming, Over 15 years experience with Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, and DaVinci Resolve Studio.
View David’s production showreel here
Contact: david@videomastery.co.uk
Kirsty Malcolm
Kirsty is a former Scottish Television News Journalist and Press Association Broadcast Producer. She’s worked for 5 News, Channel 4, Reuters and AFP producing breaking news from across the globe. As an On-screen Reporter she covered stories as varied as IndyRef and serious crime to movie premieres and royal weddings. As a TV Journalist she has interviewed high profile people from Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson to business leaders like Richard Branson, pop stars Emma Bunton and Craig David and even royalty having filmed The Queen and Fergie for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
As a passionate storyteller with journalism in her DNA, Kirsty has been working with brands and broadcasters for over a decade such as Disney, Mercedes F1, Amazon and the NHS amongst others.
She has won BAFTA and Oscar nominating awards.
Contact: kirsty@videomastery.co.uk
Peter Middleton
Peter has produced over 1,300 corporate videos for over 37 years in over 30 countries throughout the world.
Recognising the increasing requirement for corporates and organisations of all sizes to have video production expertise in-house Peter began providing Video Production Masterclasses, over 7-years ago, to training, HR and marketing teams in Lloyds Bank, Argos, NHS, British Library, Bank of Scotland, New Look, Leeds Building Society and Sainsbury’s to name but a few.
He now focusses on producing corporate videos, tv documentaries and video biographies as well as managing VideoMastery.
Contact: peter@videomastery.co.uk
Rob Miller
Rob obtained a Post Grad. Diploma at the Northern film school. This led to an ongoing creative partnership with the London based production company, Shooting Pictures, culminating in the release of the 2010 feature film ‘Beyond the Pole’ starring Steven Mangan, Rhys Thomas and Helen Baxendale. Since then, Rob has concentrated on his long form documentary work as a film editor on various British TV network productions including ‘Horizon’ for BBC Two, ‘Panorama’, ‘Masterchef’ and ‘Who do you think you are?’ for BBC One as well as numerous productions for ITV, C4 and Channel 5.
More recently he has moved into the world of training, teaching and mentoring, running courses for the BBC Academy in Nairobi and Delhi as well as becoming an Associate Lecturer for UCA, the University for the Creative Arts, on their BA Hons TV production course based at Maidstone Studios. Rob is a member of BAFTA and for the past three years has been part of the judging panel for their student film awards helping to promote new and emerging talent.
He now divides his time equally between London and Kent having joined the South East team working on the regional BBC strand ‘Inside Out’.
Enthusiastic in his personal aim to improve the skills of others, as a BAFTA member he also acts as a judge on their annual student film awards.
Contact: rob@videomastery.co.uk
Gregg Smith
Gregg Smith has been working as a freelance cameraman for over 25 years.
He has worked on feature films, TV dramas, commercials, pop promos, broadcast and corporate projects all over the world.
He is familiar with 16mm-70mm Film, 3D and 2D Ultra High Definition and High Speed Video, and 360º visual experiences.
When drones first arrived on the scene, Gregg became an early adopter and saw the amazing potential they had to offer, not only in providing unique aerial images, but also in how they could replace the traditional track and dolly, jibs and cranes, and gimbals and steadicam for a fraction of the cost and with a much faster turnaround time than the traditional equipment.
Gregg always recommends having a small drone tucked away in a backpack or the back of the car in case the opportunity arises to get that ‘special shot’.
View Gregg’s production showreel here
Contact: gregg@videomastery.co.uk