Michael Costin: Freelance Post Production 

2015 – Present

Since graduating University, I have embarked on working freelance alongside a full-time job. I have had the opportunity to collaborate on a few projects in which I have composed and constructed short scores to accompany animations and showreels. My most recent project is for an animator; DOPFLAM which has been submitted to 24 Film/animation festivals. I continue to strive to work within the industry and push my creative and practical skills to create a variety of music styles. 

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Harbor Post production: Shadowing Re-recording Mix Engineer

August 2023

This opportunity arose whilst the production company, Avalon were clients at The Backstage Centre. Utilising my communication and networking skills I was able to build a strong client rapport with the Production Manager of the television series, Breeders. From this I was able to shadow the Re-Recording Mixer for the series as well as sit in multiple spotting sessions with the Director and Producer. I was able to experience firsthand the audio mixing and foley implementation of two of the episodes along with the submission requirements.  I was able to assist and give input into the mixing choices, which made it into the final cut of the episodes.

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Nineteen Twenty: Composer 

May 2017

I was approached by Nineteen Twenty, an advertising production company, to compose a short piece of music to edit their showreel to. During the composing of this piece, I utilised and developed my composition and mixing skills, Midi and Drum Programming and performing/recording the live instruments. This was my first experience working and composing professionally to a brief.

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Artillery Studios: Mix Engineer Intern

June 2016 – September 2016

I was fortunate enough to gain an internship at Artillery Studios, a mixing studio for various music artists such as Newham Generals and Arcade Fire. During my time I learnt lots of valuable skills which I have now transferred into my current practice. The skills that I developed and was able to put into play were cleaning vocals, using Midi for drum replacements, and sourcing sound effects from a CD archive. My duties also entailed client facing responsibilities and general office errands.

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