Gregory OvendenSound | |||
| PROFILE | |||
Greg is an Outside Broadcast Sound Engineer with almost 10 years of experience. Rigging and operating sound equipment on outside broadcasts for all positions including commentary, pitch-side presentation, studio, reporter and so on. Greg is skilled in Location Sound Recording and Post Production Sound for documentaries, junkets, short films, feature films and online promotions. With a wide range of technical skills, Greg is friendly to work with, makes any shoot go as smoothly as possible and is a real team player.
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| EXPERIENCE: Credits | |||
| SailGP (Spanish feed) | Timeline | Sport | Sound Supervisor |
| Multiple Events | SoundCredit | Corporate | Sound Supervisor |
| Goodwood Members Meet/Revival | Gravity | Events | Sound |
| Nitro RallyCross | NEP | Sport | Sound |
| BT Rugby Union | EMG | Sport | Sound |
| ITV FA Cup | NEP | Sport | Sound |
| Wimbledon Tennis Championships | NEP for BBC | Sport | Sound |
| ITV Darts | Timeline | Sport | Sound |
| 6 Nations Rugby | Timeline | Sport | Sound |
| BBC Springwatch/ Autumnwatch/Winterwatch 9 series. 2014 to 2018 | Arena | Natural History | Sound |
| ITV Royal Variety Performance | Arena | Events | Sound/Comms Engineer |
| BBC VJ Day Live | Arena | Events | Sound |
| BBC D-Day 75th Anniversary Bayeux | Arena | Events | Sound |
| BBC Festival of Remembrance | Arena | Events | Sound |
| BBC Songs of Praise Live | Arena | Religion | Sound |
| BBC Midnight Mass | Arena | Religion | Sound |
| BBC Young Musician | Arena | Awards Show | Sound / Comms Engineer |
| The Earthshot Prize | Arena | Awards Show | Sound / Comms Engineer |
| Teaching Awards | Arena | Awards Show | Sound |
| ITV Soap Awards | Arena | Awards Show | Sound |
| Mercury Music Prize | Arena | Awards Show | Sound |
| Brit Awards Youtube Links Show | Timeline | Awards Show | Sound |
| BBC Reading Festival | Arena | Music | Sound / Comms Engineer |
| BBC Glastonbury Livestream 2021 | Arena | Music | Sound / Comms Engineer |
| BBC The Glastonbury Experience 2020 | Arena | Music | Sound |
| BBC Glastonbury Festival | Arena | Music | Sound |
| FIFA Stay at Home Show | Arena | eSports | Sound |
| ITV Darts Open | Arena | Sport | Sound Assistant |
| ITV Darts Open 2020 | Arena | Sport | Sound / Shadow Sound Guarantee |
| BBC The London Marathon | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BBC T20s Cricket | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BBC The Hundred Cricket | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BBC Wimbledon | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky Fishomania | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BBC Countryfile One Man and His Dog | Arena | Events | Sound |
| Goodwood Revival/ Festival of Speed | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| 2014 IPC Athletics European Championship | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Channel 4 - Crufts | Arena | Events | Sound |
| Amazon Autumn International Rugby | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| ITV 6 Nations Rugby | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Channel 4 European Rugby Champions Cup | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky Pro12/14 Rugby | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| European Rugby Champions Cup | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky Autumn International Rugby | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky Rugby 7s | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky RFU Championship | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BBC Cymru U20s 6 Nations Rugby | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BT Rugby Union | Telegenic | Sport | Sound |
| BT NLF Football | Timeline | Sport | Sound |
| BBC FA Cup Football | Arena & Timeline | Sport | Sound |
| BBC WSL | Timeline | Sport | Sound |
| BT EPL Football | Telegenic | Sport | Sound |
| BT PLP Football | Telegenic | Sport | Sound |
| ITV EURO 2020 Maidstone Studios Rig | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| ITV England Friendlies Football (Home & Away Matches) | Arena & NEP | Sport | Sound |
| ITV Women's World Cup Qualifiers Football | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| ITV Community Shield Football | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Sky Women's Super League | CTV & Arena for Sky Sports | Sport | Sound |
| BT FA Cup Football | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| BT English Premier League Football | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| Europa League Football | Arena | Sport | Sound |
| 2012 Olympic Games | OBS | Sport | Sound / Commentary Systems Operator |
| CONTACT DETAILS |
For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk
| QUALIFICATIONS |
Ravensbourne: September 2009 to July 2012
First Class BA Honours Degree in Sound Design
| EQUIPMENT |
EQUIPMENT OWNED:
1 Sound Devices 633 6 Channel Mixer/Recorder with breakout
1 Sound Devices MixPre3-ii
1 Sennheiser 416 shotgun microphone
2 Sennheiser G3 radio microphone TX with ME2 lavalier mics
2 Sennheiser G3 radio microphone RX with XLR
4 DPA4060 cabled lapel microphone with adapters for G3 radios
2 Sony ECM77B cabled lapel microphone
1 Telinga parabolic reflector
1 Rode NTG2 shotgun microphone
2 Sennheiser HD25 headphones
1 5 pin Lemo to Lemo timecode lead for SD633/744T
1 Lemo to BNC timecode lead for SD633/744T
1 Swit SC302 NP-1 2-Way Charger
2 Hawk-Woods NP35
2 Boom poles
EQUIPMENT USED
Microphone handling, boom operating, radio microphones.
Location, post production and studio sound; recording, mixing, editing, track-lay and Foley.
ENG/PSC recording.
Operating Sound Devices and SQN mixers and recorders.
Operational knowledge of various mixing consoles.
Understanding of audio manipulation eg. EQ, compression, noise gates, reverb.
Soldering and cable repair – XLR, BNC, N-Type, Cat5.
Building custom patch panels for RF equipment integration.
Operational knowledge of Sennheiser and Wisycom RF systems.
Programming radio talkback handsets.
Completed Sennheiser, Dante and Riedel training courses.
In-house PAT trained.
Basic Riedel operation.
Working knowledge of Pro Tools LE8 to 12, Reaper, Logic Pro.
Experience using DaVinci Resolve video editing.
Use of OBS live streaming software.
| ADDITIONAL INFO |
SELECTION OF LOCATION SOUND RECORDING CREDITS:
Bompass and Parr
Talisker Distillery/Isle of Skye Sea Salt Company Immersive Experience
Raindown
Greenpeace: Kids vs Car Supremacy Short
Build Africa: Schools for Ugandan Villages Short
BBC South East
Our Lives: Punjab United
Inside Out: Women in Football Debate
BBC NHU
Springwatch: Grey Shrike in the Forest of Dean VT
Ladbible Junkets
Sting and Shaggy Interviews
Black Panther Junket
Ferdinand Junket
Flux Media
Felix Cat Food Augmented Reality Promo
BBC Tomorrows World at the Natural History Museum
Gucci and Bjork Interviews
BBC NHU/The One Show
Grass Snakes Swimming VT
Great Spotted Woodpecker Drumming VT
BBC One
Future Tense, 150 Years of HG Wells documentary
| EXPERIENCE: Employment | |||
| April 2014 - Nov 2021 | Senior Sound Engineer Arena Television Rigging and operating audio equipment for sports outside broadcast operations. Rigging and monitoring commentary positions, studios and reporter positions for sports broadcasts. Ensuring smooth operations of the outdoor sound element of all outside broadcasts. Repair and maintenance of equipment, populating and soldering PCBs and other bespoke cabling solutions. Arranging hires and purchases for most OBs. Ordering and restocking consumable equipment e.g. batteries. Preparing kit for specific jobs and organising it for multiple tenders. Task managing the team. Working with talent in the field. Maintaining good relationships with hire companies and repair departments. Working with and supporting freelance sound engineers with company equipment and working practices. | ||
| Nov 2013 - April 2014 | Freelance Sound Supervisor/Rigging/Remote Sound SoundCredit Rigging, sound supervising and location sound mixing for a company that specialises in live broadcasting for corporate events. Rigging PAs, audio mixing desks, ISDN lines, miking presenters/speakers, and mixing audio to broadcast-level standards. | ||
| Aug 2012 - April 2014 | Freelance Sound Supervisor and Location Sound Recordist MTN, Capital Studios Studio sound supervisor and technician for Farsi-speaking television network. Covered many genres of programming from the news, entertainment programs and a regular One Show style chat show.. Other duties included maintenance of sound equipment in kit room and occasional post production duties along with location sound recording. Broadcast internationally live or recorded as-live. | ||
| 2009 - Present | Freelance Sound Recordist, Post Production Sound Mixer The Sound Farmer Operating a range of location sound equipment, booming and mixing hundreds of short films, documentaries, promotional videos, junkets and live streams. Often completing post production sound mixing and design for many of those projects. | ||