Patrick Acum DoP Showreel, clips from recent DoP broadcast television projects

Patrick Acum Director of Photography Current and recent credits as DoP ABOUT ME With 25 years of experience in the broadcast industry, I've had the pleasure of working on a diverse range of productions - from major Disney projects to smaller, independent productions at the BBC. My passion lies in capturing the best possible visuals to bring any project to life. I've been very lucky to have travelled extensively and have roughed it in practically any desert, mountain range or jungle you'd care to mention. In these conditions, things go wrong, the weather gods hate you, kit fails and yet it's under this pressure that I thrive and often where the magic happens. I'm practical, resourceful and can turn even the most unlikely locations into something decent. I started my career as a scriptwriter and 3-machine linear editor for a local production company after earning a Spanish degree from Leeds University. This early experience gave me a unique perspective on the production process. As a dedicated cameraman, I strive to work closely with directors to ensure we have a clear understanding of the project's vision, scope, and locations before the shoot. Let me help you bring your project to life with stunning visuals that will make it shine. RECENT/CURRENT WORK WILD GUANGDONG -BBC/GRT CHINA ADHD AND ME WITH CHRIS PACKHAM BBC HUMAN WITH ELLA ALSHAMAHI BBC WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 2 BBC SECRETS OF THE NEANDERTHAL, NETFLIX INSIDE THE AUTISTIC MIND WITH CHRIS PACKHAM (BBC) Grierson Award Winner THE SECRETS OF OUR UNIVERSE WITH TIM PEAKE APPLE TV, PARAMOUNT+ ITALIA '90 RTS Craft Award nomination for best cinematography ANCIENT POWERS BILIBILI WONDERS OF THE MOON WITH DARA O BRIAIN CRICKET'S GREATEST GAME EARTH, WITH CHRIS PACKHAM THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM SEASON 1/2 DISNEY SCIENCE'S GREATEST MYSTERIES BILIBILI LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH DISNEY ART THAT MADE US BBC NEW MODEL AGENCY CHANNEL 4 FIRST CONTACT FEATURE DRAMA DINOSAURS: THE FINAL DAY WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ALIEN WORLDS NETFLIX MARS: ONE DAY ON THE RED PLANET NAT GEO BRIAN COX UNIVERSE NOVA KILLERS OF THE COSMOS BBC STONEHENGE: THE LOST CIRCLE REVEALED WITH PROF ALICE ROBERTS BBC EXTRA LIFE DAVID OLUSOGA PBS PERSONA HBO PERPETUAL PLANET: HEROES OF THE OCEAN NATGEO BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES NETFLIX EXTINCTION: THE FACTS WITH SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH BBC CLIMATE CHANGE: THE FACTS WITH SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH BBC THE AGE OF THE IMAGE BBC JACK THE RIPPER: THE CASE REOPENED WITH EMILIA FOX BBC BREAKING A FEMALE PAEDOPHILE RING C4 WOULD YOU SAVE A STRANGER? C4 OPERATION GRAND CANYON WITH DAN SNOW BBC CIVILISATIONS WITH SIMON SCHAMA BBC TEA: ONE CUP, A THOUSAND STORIES MIGU CHINA'S MEGATOMB REVEALED NATGEO THE HUMAN BODY: YOUR SECRET LIFE REVEALED BBC COUNTDOWN TO LIFE: THE NINE MONTHS THAT MADE YOU BBC DYNAMIC PLANET PBS GEAR I absolutely love shooting with Red cameras, and my personal choice is the RED MONSTRO 8k Vista Vision camera. It's super versatile and offers both an 8k full frame and a 6k s35 shooting mode. Plus, it's easy to downsample footage in-camera to a 1080 prores file. This dsmc2 is a proven workhorse, capable of delivering in the most difficult of situations. Red is the go to system for natural history, with unrivalled high resolution slow motion and the monstro sensor is the choice of Panavision for their DXL2 cameras. I'm really pleased with my set of DULENS APO mini primes. I've followed this boutique company since it's kickstarter campaign and now have the full set of their lenses. Unique swirly vintage style bokeh and a tribe 7 like rainbow flare, they have leica like colour rendition and are very difficult to get hold of. I also have an Ironglass modified set of high-speed vintage Russian PL mount cine primes, which includes lenses at 20, 24, 35, 58, 85, and 200mm, mostly at t2. These lenses have gorgeous flare characteristics and are super flattering on faces.They were used on the last Batman film and were the main lenses used on DUNE 2. If you're looking for something a bit more modern with a very useful macro feature across the whole range, I have a set of Sirui Jupiter Primes. They're incredibly fast at T2 and offer a stunning look wide open with an incredible close focus for unique framing 24, 35, 50, 75 and 100mm. For a single lens run-and-gun solution, I always pack my PL mount Sirui 28-85. It's a super unique lens that fully covers the massive 8k Vista Vision sensor of the monstro. It has a nice look, especially on the long end, vintagesque but with reliable modern mechanics to give your run-and-gun documentary a touch of class. It's similar to the optimos, but it's an all-in-one lens. And finally, for long lenses, I've got a Carl Zeiss Jena 300mm converted to PL in my bag or a unique custom made PL mount Sigma 150-600. Very sharp and long enough for some natural history, it has the advantege of being able to be run on a standard set up. I also have a full set of zeiss jenas, if you want to go completely retro - the 50mm pancolar in particular, is spectaular. On the gimbal, I really like the blackmagic design 6k. The image from that sensor is much more organic than the ultra sharp video look of mirrorless. I use a vintage set of nikon ais lenses from the 1980s, great colour rendtion and compact size make them ideal. Paired with dji lidar, you can even get fast vintage autofocus on the gimbal. 2010 - present 2010 - present

Camera equipment, RED MONSTRO, 8K, Full Frame, VistaVision Prime Lenses, Zoom lenses, Lighting, Gimbal, Slider, Jib, Car mount, Blackmagic Patrick Acum Cameraman Director of Photography KIT LIST RED MONSTRO FULL FRAME VISTA VISION 8K KIT DULENS APOCHROMATIC MODERN VINTAGE - These things are like hens teeth to get hold of, waited 3 years to get them, boutique lenses, limited production run, 25,31,43,58,85 amazing colour unique flare like Tribe 7 Blackwing. More focal lenses to follow. Vista Vision coverage Set of fast Macro primes Sirui FF T2 24,35,50,75,100 Vista Vision coverage, macro close focus Vintage russian set polished IronGlass Ukraine 20,24,35,58,85,200, 70-230 based on helios/mir Vista Vision coverage Carl Zeiss Jena Set Medium format lenses (mid 60s-70s) 20,25,35,50,65,80,120,300 with 2x converter Vista Vision coverage Sirui 28-85 Doc zoom - Vista Vision coverage Sigma rehoused PL Mount 150-600 long lens, Vista Vision coverage, custom built for Wild Guangdong to have a lightweight 15mm rail mounted long lens operable from a standard head and set of legs Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom / Smallrig Carbon Fibre with filters (full set nds, nd grads) Monstro 8k brain, Shoulder Rig Follow Focus 5' red touch Kippertie Revolva, Carbon 1 OLPF A box, DXA Cine or juiced link preamps Io expander 6.25Tb stock, including kippertie 2TB longtake 2x lemo adapters Red Oled EVF 10x 99wh mini v lock batts Accsoon Cine Quad wireless video, Portkeys 7" Libec H85 tripod or Sirui BCH30 2x Edge lit pancakes 80cm, 55cm 2x flex panels with soft boxes and gemballs 2x Skier Sunray 160s 4x falconeyes sticks 4x ledminispots with gobos 3x astera style 4ft tubes. 6x Luxceo HSI 4 ft tubes 4x Luxceo 1ft tubes, IP27 rated 2x Colbor vlock cl100 (can build 4 light array) 2x Colbor vlock cl60 (great for remote travel) 2x Bitlighter dedo style battery lights 1x Pixapro 350w LED with rice bowl octadome and fresnel attachment 3x3m Manfrotto silk frame 1x ZYSB 500D daylight led cob fixture 1x ZYSB 300D daylight led cob fixture 1x Yongnuo 200D daylight led cob fixture Bowens mount gobo projector Echo bicolour 740w spacelight with softbox (looks like a football stadium floodlight, equivalent to 1.2hmi, long throw) Lightweight 1.2m Konova slider with motor GVM motorised rotating slider 2m slider dolly 200kg payload Lightwieght GVM paralax control motorised slider Smoke Machine DJI RONIN RS3PRO with Lidar remote focus With wireless focus, set of vintage nikon AIS, primes blackmagic pocket 6k and readyrig, 4tb stock, with wireless link to ipad or Blackmagic pocket 6k, for B cam use with nikon AIS set , tripod, mattebox, 4tb stock ProAim Vibration isolator Carmount 2x minijib - can take the rs3pro with raveneye focus and motion tracking Mercedes Vito RED MONSTRO FULL FRAME VISTA VISION 8K KIT DULENS APOCHROMATIC MODERN VINTAGE - These things are like hens teeth to get hold of, waited 3 years to get them, boutique lenses, limited production run, 25,31,43,58,85 amazing colour unique flare like Tribe 7 Blackwing. More focal lenses to follow. Vista Vision coverage Set of fast Macro primes Sirui FF T2 24,35,50,75,100 Vista Vision coverage, macro close focus Vintage russian set polished IronGlass Ukraine 20,24,35,58,85,200, 70-230 based on helios/mir Vista Vision coverage Carl Zeiss Jena Set Medium format lenses (mid 60s-70s) 20,25,35,50,65,80,120,300 with 2x converter Vista Vision coverage Sirui 28-85 Doc zoom - Vista Vision coverage Sigma rehoused PL Mount 150-600 long lens, Vista Vision coverage, custom built for Wild Guangdong to have a lightweight 15mm rail mounted long lens operable from a standard head and set of legs Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom / Smallrig Carbon Fibre with filters (full set nds, nd grads) Monstro 8k brain, Shoulder Rig Follow Focus 5' red touch Kippertie Revolva, Carbon 1 OLPF A box, DXA Cine or juiced link preamps Io expander 6.25Tb stock, including kippertie 2TB longtake 2x lemo adapters Red Oled EVF 10x 99wh mini v lock batts Accsoon Cine Quad wireless video, Portkeys 7" Libec H85 tripod or Sirui BCH30 2x Edge lit pancakes 80cm, 55cm 2x flex panels with soft boxes and gemballs 2x Skier Sunray 160s 4x falconeyes sticks 4x ledminispots with gobos 3x astera style 4ft tubes. 6x Luxceo HSI 4 ft tubes 4x Luxceo 1ft tubes, IP27 rated 2x Colbor vlock cl100 (can build 4 light array) 2x Colbor vlock cl60 (great for remote travel) 2x Bitlighter dedo style battery lights 1x Pixapro 350w LED with rice bowl octadome and fresnel attachment 3x3m Manfrotto silk frame 1x ZYSB 500D daylight led cob fixture 1x ZYSB 300D daylight led cob fixture 1x Yongnuo 200D daylight led cob fixture Bowens mount gobo projector Echo bicolour 740w spacelight with softbox (looks like a football stadium floodlight, equivalent to 1.2hmi, long throw) Lightweight 1.2m Konova slider with motor GVM motorised rotating slider 2m slider dolly 200kg payload Lightwieght GVM paralax control motorised slider Smoke Machine DJI RONIN RS3PRO with Lidar remote focus With wireless focus, set of vintage nikon AIS, primes blackmagic pocket 6k and readyrig, 4tb stock, with wireless link to ipad or Blackmagic pocket 6k, for B cam use with nikon AIS set , tripod, mattebox, 4tb stock ProAim Vibration isolator Carmount 2x minijib - can take the rs3pro with raveneye focus and motion tracking Mercedes Vito

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