Capability
One operator, the whole production spine.
Trained as a sound engineer before film school, then a decade running camera, story and edit. I can carry a project end to end, or take a single seat on a bigger crew.
Documentary
Development through delivery. Research, access negotiation, consent frameworks, story structure and long-form field production.
- Feature and series development
- Direction and producing
- Fieldwork in remote and sensitive settings
- Survivor and testimony-led interviewing
Cinematography
Owner-operator camera for documentary, commercial and corporate briefs. Comfortable solo in the field or as DOP with a full unit.
- Single and multi-camera interview setups
- Observational and vérité shooting
- Aerial and landscape coverage
- Low-footprint kit for sensitive environments
Commercial & corporate
Television commercials, brand films, campaign content and event coverage, delivered inside structured client systems and sign-off chains.
- TVC and advertising campaigns
- Social impact and CSI campaign films
- Corporate and institutional event coverage
- Client liaison and stakeholder management
Sound & post-production
A diploma in sound engineering underneath every picture cut. Location sound captured properly the first time, then finished in post.
- Location sound recording
- Sound design and studio workflows
- Offline and online picture edit
- Delivery to broadcast specification
Process
How a project actually runs.
No mystique. Four stages, clear deliverables at each, and nothing hidden until the final cut lands.
Brief and research
What the film is for, who it has to move, and what it must not do. Desk research, stakeholder mapping, community access and a written treatment before a camera comes out of the bag.
Field production
Recce, consent, scheduling and shooting. In sensitive settings this means repeat visits and relationship first, footage second.
Edit and sound
Assembly, rough cut, review rounds, sound design and grade. Contributors see themselves before anyone else does.
Delivery and afterlife
Masters to your specification, cutdowns for social, and where it fits, a screening and dialogue programme so the film keeps working.
Engagement models
Three ways to work together.
Full commission
End-to-end production from brief to masters. Documentary, series, campaign or corporate. Quoted per project.
Crew role
Director, DOP, camera operator, sound recordist or editor on your production. Day and weekly rates.
In-house / staff
Longer-term placement with organisations working in social development, communications or media training.
Available across Botswana, South Africa and the wider region. Travel and remote-location work by arrangement.
Enquiries
Send me the brief.
Tell me what it is for, who it has to reach and roughly when. I will come back with an honest view on scope, timeline and whether I am the right person for it.