Film / TV / Media Crew - Technical, employment opportunities and ranting

Therein lies the rub. I'm in Devon. I mostly shoot in London, sometimes Brighton, often Milton Keynes, often Southampton.

I moved to Devon from Brighton about 3 years ago and I've had precisely no shoots down here.

I'm a director and producer, run a production company with clients all over. Hated having to drive to Bristol or London a day early to rent gear, so I just bought stuff.

Have now accumulated enough clobber to start a small rentals service. I'm not a gaffer but out of necessity I can do a fair imitation on a shoot where you can't afford a 3.5 ton package, gaffer and sparks.

I typically stay overnight in Winchester with family and set off early with mileage from Winchester (devon to winchester miles and the overnight are on me).

@S_b typically we shoot halfway decent corporate stuff or low/mid budg commercials for AdSmart (think £10-£20k budget all in including post which we usually do in house - read 'I edit and colour and am not terrible at either one').

I don't touch sound if I can avoid it. I prefer not to operate cameras solo but often end up doing so on smaller jobs.

Currently trying to complete an inventory (which is a fair bit longer than the above - lenses/easyrig etc) and get some labels made but just thought I'd post while I was thinking of it.