Sound Recording

Richard Gott – Sound recordist in Wales

It’s all here. Scroll down to look at my availability calendar, location bases and CV. Call me on the number above or use my contact page to drop me an email.

I’m a member of BECTU, and an associate member of the Institute of Broadcast Sound. I hold an NVQX3 certificate in Health and Safety, I’m CRB checked (Criminal Records Bureau), I hold a journalist visa for the USA, valid passport, full UK driving licence and I’m jabbed up to the eyeballs for travel to other parts of the globe! I have a basic level of conversational Welsh and fit in easily to any team.

My location recording kit comprises: SQN 4S mixer, Sennheiser MKH60, MKH30 for MS stereo, MKH 816T, Beyer M58 stick mic with radio link if required and 2xMicron Explorer radio mic kits with Tram laveliers) and extra bits of kit can easily be hired in. Feel free to contact me for my ratecard.

I also run my own production company Silverspoon Films, specialising in corporate video production.

I’m available for broadcast or corporate productions and have bases in North Wales (Caernarfon), Mid Wales (Machynlleth) and South Wales (Cardiff), making work across Wales, North West of England (Liverpool, Manchester), Birmingham and the Midlands down to Bristol, hassle-free.

I have experience of working in the following locations abroad: USA (New York and Wichita), China (Beijing), Brazil, Senegal (Dakar), Spain (Madrid and Seville), Russia (Moscow), Poland (Rudnik Nad Sanem and Krakow) Turkey (Istanbul and Cappadocia), Macedonia (Skopje and Ochrid).



Location Bases


Richard Gott - Location Map

This map shows the locations from which I'm willing to be considered 'as based'. They are: Cardiff, Swansea, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury, Denbigh, Caernarfon, Southampton and London.

Curriculum Vitae (awaiting update)


In Production:

* ‘The Big Art Project’ (1 of 6×60′) Carbon Media for Channel 4 Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘DJ Marek’ – Beca-TV for S4C Director: Meilyr Morgan Camera: Richard Longstaff

Broadcast Credits:

* Eorpa’ – Current affairs programme for BBC Scotland Director: Colin MacLeod Camera: Richard Longstaff
* ‘Hidden Histories’ Element Productions for BBC Wales Producer/Director: Richard Edwards Camera: Jon Rees and Mike Harrison
* ‘How to become a Poker Millionaire’ Red and Black Films for ITV1 Wales Directors: John Giwa-Amu and Caradog James Camera: Dafydd Parry
* ‘Bandit’ Boomerang for S4C – Studio interviews
* ‘Wales on Saturday’ BBC Wales Sports – Live inserts for Wales v South Africa Camera: Geoff Thomas
* ‘Taith y Tad Deiniol’ (3 x 30′ Pixel Foundry for S4C) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Jamie and Derek’s Big Weekend’ (5×30′) Aspect Television for BBC Wales Director: Rob Finnigan Camera: Richard Longstaff
* ‘Lle Aeth Pawb’ Cwmni Da for S4C Director/Camera: Richard Longstaff/Richard Lewis Director: Siwan Haf
* ‘Huw Haul’ (1 x 50′ Pixel Foundry for S4C) Director: Pete Telfer; Camera: Jon Rees
* ‘Sleep Furiously’ (1 x 90′) Bard Entertainment for General Release. One day deputising in absence of production sound recordist Director/Camera: Gideon Koppel
* ‘Discovering Welsh Houses 3′ (4 x 30′) Al Fresco for BBC Wales Directors: Chris Howels and Emyr Williams; Camera: Andy Cottey
* The Royal Welsh Show (4 x 30′) Element Productions for BBC Wales Camera: Richard Longstaff
* ‘The Lady of Glan Usk’ (4 x 30′) Pixel Foundry/Element Productions for BBC1 Wales Director: Pete Telfer; Camera: Jon Rees
* ‘Family Detectives’ (6×30′ Presentable Ltd for ITV1 Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Property Ladder 5′ (1×30′) for Channel 4 Director: Martin Bisiker; Camera: Richard Longstaff
* ‘Week in Week Out’ (2 x 30′ BBC1 Wales, Factual) Camera: Richard Longstaff
* ‘A Life of Death’ (4 x 30′ Pixel Foundry for ITV1 Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Land of my Fathers’ (4 x 30′ Presentable for BBC1 Wales) Director: Endaf Emlyn; Camera: Jon Rees
* ‘It Beats Working’ (2 x 30′ Aspect TV for BBC network, daytime)
* ‘Jamie’s Wales’ (2 x 30′ Aspect TV for BBC Wales) Director: Chris Howells; Camera: Richard Bartley
* ‘Cyngor Sir’. (6 x 30′ ob docs Tinopolis for S4C) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Open Days’ (1 x 30′ Green Bay Media for BBC1 Wales) Director: Nick Evans; Camera: Huw Walters
* ‘Beacons’ (4 x 30′ Element Productions for ITV Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Stairway to Heaven’ (1 x 30′ Pixel Foundry for ITV Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Twymor Tywydd’ (1 x 60′ BBC Wales factual on S4C) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Valleys of Song’ (3 x 30′ Boomerang for ITV Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Canu’r Cymoedd’ (3 x 30′ Boomerang for S4C) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Eglwys Holl Saint Cymru’ (1 x 50′ Pixel Foundry for S4C) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Pembrokeshire Land of Dreams’ (Element Productions for BBC Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer
* ‘Airport Wales’ (Element Productions for ITV1 Wales) Director/Camera: Pete Telfer

Corporate productions

* Client: ASDA. Production company: Frizbee Films
* Client: Welsh Assembly Government. Production company: Tinopolis Interactive
* Client: Craegmoor Healthcare. Production company: Top Banana
* Client: The Low Carbon Partnership. Production company: Pixel Foundry
* Client: Horticulture Network Wales. Production company: Pixel Foundry
* Client: Medrwn. Production company: Pixel Foundry
* Client: Powell Callen solicitors. Production company: North One Television.
* Client: Welsh Assembly Government. Production company: Pixel Foundry
* Client: ELWa. Production company: Pixel Foundry

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