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  15.May 2006    
Short vsit to dubai to attend the nautical institute agm meeting. dubai currently features 1/3 of the worlds cranes - and thats eveident everywhere. the entire city is being raised to feature a beautiful skyline. many industry areas aregathred into smaller cities within the city. this includes a media city, maritime city, knowledge city and internet city to name a few. the speed and dedication that is invested into this very ambitious project is baffeling. I look forward to more work related visits to the city of constant sunshine.
  01. May 2006  
Added a "login" screen for regular visitors. this enables me to supply sensitive project information to selected and relevant members. if you are interested in sampling my cv, Agenda and references, please feel to contact me and I will supply you with the relevant access codes.
  02. April 2006  
zoona - the frankfurt based indie band had their first radio interview on sudnay, 2nd of april 20006. the band's founders fitzkaraldo floyd and te'me more hosted the show for 2 hours on radio-X, frankfurt's non-commercial radio station. visit their site at: www.zoona.de.
  22. MaRCH 2006  
completed an interactive dvd project for videotel. the dvd will act as an introduction to videotel's new training system - the videotel on demand system. the production took only 6 weeks including the initial outline, script wrtiting, filming and the final post production with dvd authoring.
  27. February 2006  
production co-ordinator for frankfurt film for a european car launch. directed by rsa's Chris Hartwill. the commercial was shot in 5 european locations and involved logistical arrangements between germany's headoffice, spain, protugal, uk and the US. watch this space for further info.
  20. February 2006  
zoona's web-site has been updated and now features a picture gallery. check the site at: www.zoona.de. The site features tour dates, news, music, band info and contact details for the frankfurt based indie band.
  17. JANUARy 2006    
videotel productions has recieved 3x industry awards for their programs on "Navigation in Ice", "Port Secruity" and "Leadership & Management". thanks GOES TO the team and specialists for dedicating their time and enthusiasm for these rather demanding productions.

The Communicator Awards is an international awards competetion that recognises outstanding work in the communication field. Entries are judged by industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were over 3000 entries from throughout the United States and five other countries in the Communicator Awards 2005 competition.
  10 .JANUARy 2006  

the designs for a new web portal at www.videotel.co.uk were very well received last year. following the presentation and approval, it took the programmers at bigpig a couple of months until the final website has now been launched.

  19. December 2005    
new offices in frankfurt. hmd productions and videotel-training moved into a new office. the new location in frankfurt will form the hq for all future production and project inquiries.
  10. November 2005    
consulting and technical presentation in gdansk(poland) for videotel international marine.
  24. September 2005  
completed a 2x day shoot for new york based media company ardent, filming a corporate dvd project for porsche in stuttgart. benefitting from the competent and enthusiastic crew, we were able to finsih the shoot on time and on budget. Position held: 1st AD.
  15. September 2005  
designed various layouts featuring 22 test Pages for a major overhaul of a medium sized media distribution companies WEBSITE in london. the presentation was animated in flash, simulating html and rollover behaviours. the presentation was a success and the new website, including database content management will follow in the near future.
  22. AUGUST 2005    
IAN GUNN'S website has been uploaded for testing, featuring video, protfolio work and stills gallery fused with the common contact, news and curriculum vitae. the domain name is being processed and shall be online for the world web user in the near future.
  01. august 2005  
uploaded the first version of the vMI presentation programme. this program runs via a network browser and as a selfcontained ".exe" file. Incoprorating video, pictures and text, the final small presentation piece is easily modified to fit many occasions and topics. check out the Multimedia projects section for a web link.
  10. july 2005    
Returned from a week packed with meetings in hamburg, germany. Currently gathering content for an interactive videotel presentation platform to be used for new prospects and exhibitions.
  22. june 2005    
picture manipulation and fromatting for videotel'S gmdss project.
  01. June 2005  
preparations for filming of 2x corporate documentaries to be shot in bergen, Norway. The shoot will cover gmdss and freefall lifeboats, essential equipment as used in the offshore sector and merchant marine industry. the filming will include still and animation footage for the interactive gmdss programme and the documentation of a freefall lifeboat launch from a 30m pad. hmd will be assisting as production coordinator and 2nd unit during the 1 week shoot.
  15. MAY 2005    
Started work on the new web portfolio for st.louis born media createur ian gunn. the new site will feature a html shell with a flash picture navigation tool for project access and browsing. watch this space for more info.
  03. MAY 2005  
filming on location in mainz went smooth - even managed to get a tan (aka sunburn). the weather couldn't have been more favourable and according to the next days telecine at atlantik in hh, we are looking a brilliant rushes that easily provide enough material for a 20" version.
  01. MAY 2005    
the launch of the new web-site is scheduled for the second week in may.
  28. April 2005    
preparation for next weeks tempomedia mazda5/DFB commercial in progress. filming on location in germany - weather permitting - with director boris mosner.
  27. April 2005  
launched videotel-Training.de website today. the site for videotel marine international was set-up to address the german marine market. it was deliberately decided to refrain from a bulky animation and large flash movie files. the aim was to create a fast loading web presence that offers the relevant information and programmes without any fuss.
  26. April 2005  
still working on www.hmdavies.com new version. this long required update will feature a complete new approach, taking a step back from the sweet but unpractical flash-based website. the new version should become available in mid may 2005. keep your fingers crossed!
  25. April 2005  
new web-site is www.hmdavies.com online. has now reached version 4.0. the layout and design enables faster navigation whithout the loss of functionality and quality.
  10. may 2004  
teamed up with meike walcha to participate at the 2004 48h film festival. the challenge starts with a theme and title on an early sat morning with the goal to deliver a full 5 minute programme on the following monday morning at 9am. we made it and had a good old laugh while at it. thanks to the team - they all worked their little socks off to make it happen. (even managed to have a small catering unit - the most undervalued position on set!)
  12. november 2002  
started work at videotel international as the production manager in charge for all film and video related projects. this quite soon expanded into various other areas including the multimedia editing, storyboarding, picture maipulation and print supervision. as a distribution company that produces their own programmes i was able to be involved in a wide spectrum of media production.
  20. October 1998  
packed my bags and moved to london to commence my media production studies. reflecting on the people, projects and time in general - wouldn't want to miss this for the world. what a great time - london rocks!
  august 1995  
tempomedia filmproduktion, frankfur. I started work at tempomedia via a fortunate circumstance while assisting the producer in charge christiane westenberger during a shoot for chio mexicana chips. the pa in charge was called back to the office and i was upgraded to pa and vt operator for the time of the shoot. after the gate was checked i had myself a full time job. guess it pays off to get up at 5am....
  jan 1995    
after sunflowers i moved back into the produktion process at lowe&partners frankfurt. the head of tv, meike rübesam took me under her wings and i was grateful for the opportunity to visit a great number of post produktion facilities and studios during my time as her assistant. i also produced a short radio programme and went through intensive reel2reel and avid editing training while at the frankfurt hq. the biggest project during that time was a commercial for vauxhall tigra with the famous german swimmer franzi van almsik, seeing her submerge into the boiling ny asphalt. fun!
 

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