Louis Brown

Southampton Solent – September 2013 to May 2016

2:1 BSc Honours Degree in Live and Studio Sound

Additional Technical Experience

Sound Engineer, EAS Audio, Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan [May 2018]

Setup, operation and maintenance of a multi-site PA system for both event program and safety.

Sound Engineer, EAS Audio, Remembrance Service [2017-2018]

Event audio technician. Rigging of external microphones to cover lectern, vocals and band for remembrance service. Assistance with the de-rig of PA system flown along the length of Whitehall for service coverage.

OB Technician, Video Illusions, Reading Music Festival 2016 [August 2016]

Setup, rig/de-rig of multiple LED paneled screens across “Lock up”, “Alternative” and “Festival Republic” stages Camera balancing and setup of end to end fly-away vision system including routing of: multiple HD camera feeds to vision mixer, multi-view monitor screens, LED displays and audio talkback/communications systems.
Camera Operation and vision mixing.
Technical assistance to vision systems across the three stages.

Technical Assistant/Camera Operator, BBC Radio Sussex Carol Service and Unity 101 Radio commemorative event, Chichester Cathedral and Central Hall
Southampton [December 2015 – January 2016]

Provided live program feeds to multiple projectors and screens via an outside broadcast vehicle, footage used by ITV Meridian for their news coverage of the Unity 101 event.
Setup, maintenance and operation of system camera equipment.
Installation of multiple video feeds for online streaming and multiple projectors around sites. Fibre & audio cable routing, patching and maintenance.
Video signal standards conversion.

Technical Assistant, BBC, Children in Need 2015, Arundel Castle [November 2015]

Assistance to lighting & audio engineers. Assistance to primary camera operators.
Maintenance of fibre cable routing between castle hall production area and outside broadcast vehicle.
De-rig and load out of specialist audio/video equipment.

Noise Monitoring, Solent Acoustics and Expression Events, Nozstock Music Festival and Blissfields Music Festival, Hereford and Basingstoke [July 2014 – July 2015]

Setup of FOH sound level meters at various measurement positions around festival site.
Recording on and off site noise exposure levels with class 1 sound level metering equipment.
Liaison with festival management and environmental health officers and FOH engineers to ensure strict adherence to the noise management plan.
Dealing with local resident noise related complaints.
Maintenance and operation of all Solent Acoustics equipment.