I wear two hats: the first is as a freelance filmmaker and editor, working in the areas of documentary and short film / video. The second is as a web developer, designing and building crisp, clear, standards-based websites for a wide range of corporate clients. Increasingly, my two hats are becoming one, as more and more video content is delivered and consumed via the web, and I find myself ideally positioned to offer advice, expertise and understanding across both disciplines. Get in touch if you'd like a quote or more information.
I work as a freelance cameraman and editor for documentary, interview and corporate assignments. As a filmmaker, I've won awards for my documentary work, and I also develop original content as part of Chickenfish.TV (see sidebar). I've amassed a wealth of editing and post-production experience in Final Cut Studio, and I now offer one-on-one training for Final Cut Pro... because people keep asking!
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Electric Steps: A day in the life of the Mid-levels Escalator, Hong Kong. The longest public moving walkway in the world, the Mid-Levels Escalator connects Central with residential areas higher up. Breathing new life into once run-down areas, a whole new community has sprung around the Electric Steps. This 5-minute short, set to music by Hong Kong's own Celestial (Hongkong Dub Station), uses 18 hours of footage from 3 cameras. Directed by AJ Halkes. Cameras: AJ Halkes, Mike Halkes, me. Edited by me.
Please contact me for more information on available gear and kit (wet hire only).
I’m a partner in Chickenfish.TV, an innovative production house developing and producing original content for both broadcast and online distribution. We currently have a number of exciting projects in development, some of which are featured on this page.
I've been designing websites since the 1990s. I specialise in crisp, clear, standards-based websites that are easy to navigate, have a strong brand presence, and communicate clearly with customers. I now develop most of my sites on ExpressionEngine, a powerful, flexible web publishing platform that allows anyone to maintain and update a website easily and painlessly.
Calvin Charles Gallery: I first designed this identity and website way back in 2003. Both have stood the test of time well. The website design in particular has been one of my most successful: however, the old site was all static HTML and Flash — difficult to maintain and update. A new design was needed; one that could accommodate a lot more event and exhibition sections, and one that could be easily managed by the client. The answer was a clean, fresh design, that allows for greater expansion and flexibility, incorporates RSS and Twitter updates, and is search engine friendly. The core Artists section is still run from within Masterpiece (an art gallery management and inventory system) while the rest of the site is now managed from within ExpressionEngine.
My main interest lies in a blend of interactive, generative media art and experimental film. I'm also rediscovering photography after a long absence!
Form. Structure. Pattern. Texture. Images from one English garden, one English Summer. My parent's garden actually: a garden where I played as a kid, and where in June this year, I watched as my own daughter played on the grass — all around her these extraordinary natural structures. What we discover when we care to look...
HandHeld was a piece made in 2005 as part of my Masters thesis. It explored the narrative possibilities of video on hand-held devices (long before the iPhone). I built a custom viewing device that used two 7-inch LCD panels and a motion sensor. Software combined motion data with video clips and real-time-generated elements to affect and modify playback as the device was moved by the viewer. The work was shown in a number of exhibitions, including the Microwave Media Arts Festival.
A while back, I was interviewed for TV Technology Asia Pacific magazine. Published out of Australia by New Bay Media, and covering the whole Asia-Pac region, TV Technology reports on broadcast and production technology trends around the world that affect and influence broadcasters and video producers in the region.
Every issue, they run a feature called ‘Sharp Shooters’ profiling cameramen (and women) working in the region. A few issues back, they asked me… Lord knows why! Anyway, as a … read more
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Its taken a while, but I finally got round to revamping my own website. You’re looking at the brand new nickfoxall.com. The previous site served its purpose well, but it dates back to 2006 — that’s about 15 Internet years, so it was long overdue for an update!
My old site was all flat-file. That is, individual static HTML pages, each one of which had to be updated and maintained separately — a pain! Consequently, I didn’t update it … read more
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In the third person...
Nick Foxall is a Hong Kong-based freelance filmmaker / DoP, web developer and media artist.
In film, Nick focuses on the fields of short film, documentary, and experimental video. His 2004 documentary “Adventure Under Sail”, a profile of ocean adventurer Marc Cuthbert, won First Prize at the 2005 Beijing International Student Film Festival. He has shot freelance work for numerous clients, including the British Consulate (Hong Kong), the Motion Picture Association, FTV Future TeleVision, and AVH Live (a division of Ogilvy).
In website development, Nick has been designing and building websites since the mid-1990s when he ran Design Stream, a successful graphic design consultancy. In recent years, Nick’s web work has grown alongside the transition to standards-based, “Web 2.0” sites. He is fully conversant with the latest CSS, XHTML and emerging HTML 5 standards, designing super-crisp sites that focus on usability and customer interactivity.
Since 2008, Nick has been building sites on ExpressionEngine, an advanced, highly flexible, yet easy to use web publishing platform. Clients are able to update and manage their website, customer data, mailing lists, forum and many other functions through a simple, browser-accessed Control Panel.
Nick’s media art has been seen in a number of exhibitions, including the Microwave International Media Arts Festival. His work in this area focusses on interactive, generative media and experimental film. Nick holds an MFA in Media Design and Technology from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
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