About me

Taken from the about page on https://www.spinningshapes.com Ed’s passion for capturing moments through a lens began before he lost his first set of teeth. He received a diploma in TV & Film after creating an hour-length film that premiered at Nottingham Arts Theatre and went on to earn a degree in Digital Film Production at Ravensbourne University. After working as a videographer/animator for a marketing agency in London for two years, Ed decided to bring his extensive knowledge back home to provide businesses in Nottingham with a new kind of media production company built on storytelling. Spinning Shapes is a production company and a creative network of like-minded talent that includes an array of talented DOPs, animators, voice actors, and marketing strategists to deliver projects to the highest standard.

QuestionsProjectsExperienceTeam

• Looking for creative freelance animators that work alone & from scratch!
• Reaching out to other startups in the UK that would benefit from a film that represents their service - avoiding video stereotypes!
• I’m looking to build my personal personal network of film crew (freelance sound & camera op etc).

Projects

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  Virtual Futures | A Documentary Style Promotional Video for Enactus NTUSpinning Shapes have been working with Nottingham Trent University’s Enactus team to create a virtual reality experience that tackles knife crime. The end product will be an interactive film that teaches teenagers about knife crime, first aid and helps students develop emotional intelligence in a safe environment. We created this short documentary style video (in less than a week!) to explain & promote the project:
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  Hurts in the HeadphonesThis short documentary was created in 2019 by director Edward Fleming alongside talented cinematographer Bruce Mann-McClernon. The sound was recorded by Ivan Friedman for Ravensbourne.
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  Sustainability in Luxury FashionA short documentary about sustainability in luxury fashion. This educational film features interviews with both prestigious and controversial figures in the fashion industry.

Projects credited in

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  Hollywell Primary SchoolA standard yet legitimising promotional video about a forward thinking primary school in Nottingham. This video was created in response to COVID-19! A primary school is not the first client that springs to mind when you mention ‘promotional videos’. With parents deciding only to visit the best schools on their list, we thought that a heartwarming website video would capture the essence of this great school and set it apart from the others in the area, where you can only view pictures of classr
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  The Thomas Cranmer CentreOur videographer Ed visited the hall/event space with the intention of capturing the essence of Aslockton and portraying the centre as a venue quaint enough for yoga and large enough for weddings.

Work history

Head of Marketing & StrategyClusta.
Dec 2021Nottingham, United KingdomFull Time
Director & VideographerSpinning Shapes
Jul 2021Nottingham, United KingdomFull Time

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Skills

• Documentary Film
• Corporate Filmmaking
• Digital Marketing
• Communicating Ideas

Education

Digital Film ProductionRavensbourne University London
Aug 2016 - Jun 2019London, United Kingdom
Activities and Societies: Director of Radio SE10 (2nd Year) - Ravensbourne's student radio station and society. Founder of polytype.uk - Arts collective/digital gallery formed of creative students. Worked as various roles on documentary and short film sets. Created my own short films alongside a variety freelance projects for clients. In my final year, I specialised in Sound Design and used my music production skills to teach myself sound engineering.
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Btec Level 3 Extended Diploma in Film and TV ProductionConfetti Institute of Creative Technologies
Aug 2014 - Jun 2016Nottingham, United Kingdom
Activities and Societies: Created a feature length web-series in my final year. The college decided to fund the premiere for charity at Nottingham Arts Theatre in 2016.