Northern Focus: 10 reasons you should freelance in the North
As Tennyson once said, 'bright and fierce and fickle is the South/ And dark and true and tender is the North'. Although TCC has a base in London, we also have consultants that recruit for the North of England too. Whilst they may be a bit biased towards the North
Northern Focus: Greg Holt on QTAKE
Greg Holt is one of TCC's Video Playback Operators based in Manchester. He studied Media Technology at the University of Central Lancashire and has been in the industry since graduating in 2005. Greg has been doing playback on commercials and dramas for about 7 or 8 years but in the last 3 years he
Art Director’s Perspective: Victoria & Broadchurch
John West has been freelancing as an Art Director and Set Designer since 1987 when he left the theatre - he joined TCC in 2011. John is an expert in guiding the creation and delivery of complex production designs for major TV projects using VectorWorks, SketchUp and Photoshop. By collaborating with
Introducing our Accounts Clerk, Dan Grant!
Dan has been with us for a couple of months and we thought it's about time he had a proper introduction. Coming from an administrative background, Dan joined the TCC team in September 2016 as our Accounts Clerk. He works alongside our Finance Manager, Matt Smith, and they both love talking
BCU Film Freelancer Fair
TCC team members Caroline "CJ" Dalton and Elle Finn were invited along to Birmingham City University's first ever Film Freelancer Fair yesterday, and they had great fun. The emphasis of the event was to assist new entrants and novice workers entering the flexible labour market of the UK Film and TV
ShotPut Pro 6: What Jon Collins thinks
Jon Collins is our freelance Self Shooting P/D who has worked on projects for London Heathrow, Aldi and Macmillan Cancer Support. When he isn't on set or reviewing software, he likes to cook, cycle and canoe (but not at the same time!). For some time now, secure offloading software has been
It’s Only For The Web…
With experience working with Rolls Royce, Cadbury, Markettiers and Gary Lineker, our award-winning broadcast producer and video director Darius Laws is used to creating video content of the highest standard. During his career, he has had his fair share of clients use the phrase 'it's only for the web
TCC TV Guide – Long Form Editors
We're nearing the end of October but there are still some fabulous shows to look out for. Here is a teeny snippet of the amazing broadcast projects we have supplied our long form editors to, all being transmitted this week! Real Housewives of Cheshire: Monday 24th October at 10pm on ITVBe - Avid Editor - Stephen
FIFA U17s Women’s World Cup short films
Our talented freelancer and Avid/Premiere Editor, Stephen Mulholland, has been in Jordan for the Under 17s Women's World Cup, filming a series of promotional short films for FIFA. We catch up with him in post-production to talk through his experiences so far. What are the expectations of this role & how
Creative Process Series – Part Five: Conclusion
This week, creative professionals from across the worlds of filmmaking and music have shared their challenges, triumphs and processes – as well as the skills they’ve honed in order to work most effectively and innovatively. Regardless of the profession, clear themes emerged in all of our experts’ processes – so we’ve