About Us
Site Owner
A Bit About Us
The F-Stop Academy is run by Den Lennie and is dedicated to
educating Aspiring and Enthusiast Film Makers. Den has been in the Film
& TV industry for over 20 years as a DOP, Editor and Lighting
Cameraman and he is a Leading Expert on Lighting, D-SLR Video and file
based Production Workflow in the UK, frequently speaking at major
industry events and working closely with major UK Film & TV
production Companies.
Examples of Den’s work includes:-
• Guest Speaker on 3 consecutive days at WEVA 2009, Florida.
• European Sony Independent Certified Expert.
• Conducting workshops/classes on Lighting and Workflow in London, across Europe and in the USA.
• Created and Fronted CVP-TV in the UK
Den
also had an Extensive Shooting Career at the BBC, Reuters, ITV and
other major UK Networks, he has filmed in over 40 countries worldwide an
don 5 Continents.
Den has in-depth knowledge of film making techniques and has been
specialising in this field for over 20 years. He trained at The Scottish
Film School, Edinburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in
Photography, Film & Television graduating back in 1993.
Despite
attending Film School, Den maintains that the best part was working on
short films solidly for 2 years. He worked as a runner, camera grip,
Boom Op, Clapper/Loader 2nd AC, 1st AC, Camera operator then DOP; often
shooting on film.
Den’s approach is to communicate clearly and concisely the practical
tools of Low Budget Film Making to empower the Aspiring film maker
creatively. He is confident and articulate in manner with a high level
of enthusiasm for the work. Den understands the uniqueness of each film
makers abilities and challenges and genuinely seeks to bring out their
full potential.
Some Personal Stuff About Den
Den
is engaged to his beautiful fiancee Sam, who also works at The F-Stop
Academy. You will probably deal with Sam when you make an enquiry with
us.
Den lives in The UK with Sam and her 2 children Ollie & Barney, a
cat and 3 chickens. His favourite pastime is playing Drums. In fact,
Den nearly became a professional drummer in his teens before discovering
Photography and then of course, Film Making.
His favourite DOP's are Janus Kaminski, Roger Deakins, Anthony Dodd
Mantle and Conrad L. Hall.
Favourite Films include: Cry Freedom, O' Brother Where Art Thou, The
Matrix Trilogy, Schindlers List, The Last King of Scotland. And it’s no
coincidence that they all contain Incredible Cinematography!The legal owner of this website is: F-Stop Academy Limited
The Boring Stuff
The Site Owner is a limited company incorporated in [England & Wales] under company no. 6888781 VAT Registration number GB 985 2585 69
Our registered office address is : 13 Kynaston Close, Harow Weald, Middlesex, HA3 6TQ, United Kingdom
Our head office address is: 75 Church Lane, Bocking, Essex, CM7 5SD, United Kingdom – All correspondence should be sent to this address
However the quickest way to contact us is by email.
For all enquiries please email: support@fstopacademy.zendesk.com
Customer Service Telephone +44 1376 347 876
- please note this is an un-manned answering service but we do check messages every day – for quickest support please submit a request at log on to our support centre at fstopacademy.zendesk.com or if you’d like to send an email the you can do so here support@fstopacademy.zendesk.com
Our Office hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm GMT
(Please bear this in mind that’s EST +5hrs and Pacific +8hrs)
* Please note if you purchase outside office hours we will contact you on the next working day and respond to your enquiry then*
We set up this store to fulfill one purpose and that is to provide one destination to find all the products (other than the camera) that you need to get the very best from your D-SLR shooting in video mode.We have researched products that we not only endorse but truly believe to be the best there are. These are the products that we use and recommend personally.
We are based in the UK.