Jamie worked on the First Light funded films ‘Stupendoscope’ and ‘The Gem’ through Haltwhistle Film Project. He first got involved with Haltwhistle in 1999 and from then on went to every Wednesday night workshop as his love for media developed.

“After being so involved with the Film Project and working on these First Light funded projects made me then take a 2 year course at the University of Cumbria and studied Media Production which I really enjoyed. Whilst my 2 years of study I worked and several projects from promotional videos for the Nestle factory in Dalston, Cumbria to a full HD shoot of of a 1950’s jazz recording which got made into a documentary. The jazz documentary is at the end of the editing process with the companies we worked closely with and then is going to be getting sold in every main music/DVD store. We are also going to be approaching mainstream channels to try and get a good slot on TV.

After taking this course I picked up lots more skills and also gave me a better idea in the type of work I wanted to go into. The course trained me up in a lot of professional equipment as all the projects were for real and to meet real deadlines, this meant we were using top notch equipment, dollies, cranes, steadiecams ect. I also came out with top marks and received triple distinction.

Right now I am keeping the money coming in by working for a crowd management company at main UK arenas, UK and overseas festivals. I am applying for several jobs and also I keep building up my own skills and certificates so it is even easier to get that final job I want. I have my own small company which I do a few small projects now and again which also shows my own skills and also shows how keen I am. The main people who keep coming back for more projects to be done are Carlisle Day Services which is ran by Cumbria County Council. I also work with Marc and Vicky at the Haltwhistle Film Project and help them when they need it. This work is going into schools and working on First Light funded projects with the children and training them up on different systems.”