Mike Caine

I give my clients quality and experience that I have gained over the years. I’ve worked on both tape and film productions shooting a wide range of programmes: Documentaries, Magazine and Destination Programmes, Drama, Pop Promos, Corporate, Commercials and Short Films on location and in the studio working with actors, presenters and the public at large.

This has involved travelling extensively throughout the UK, Europe and many other parts of the World: USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Korea, Caribbean, and Japan to mention a few. Filming holiday programmes, wild life in Costa Rica to fast cars on Bonneville Salt Flats.

I enjoy lighting, whether it’s a simple interview situation that still requires quality lighting. A drama set, either in the studio or on location, where you can create different atmospheres with your lighting. A candle lit dinner, sunlight streaming through windows or a moonlit night scene with an air of mystery. Still life advertising shots of food, drink and anything else you can think of, or a car that requires its graceful lines to be shown and not destroyed.

I am an owner/operator of the Steadicam Broadcast Master. Running down an alley being chased by a bunch of thugs, going up or down stairs or gliding from room to room developing the scene with actors. Steadicam is an exciting and rewarding piece of equipment to operate, offering the production a creativity, quality and movement to the shots which is otherwise impossible.

I’ve filmed many times from inside helicopters and aircraft. Shooting air to air, getting that dramatic shot of another helicopter out of control for a drama reconstruction. I've used Tyler sky mounts, remote heads and stood on the skids with a camera on my shoulder.