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Karl Watson
Karl is a London-based freelance editor, director and self-shooter who has gained a lot of relevant experience in the media industry over the span of his career. He was senior video editor at BrightTALK for 4 years, creating videos for some of the world’s top financial clients, including HSBC and Barclays.
Specialised in Final Cut Pro and Premiere, he combines his skills in video production, music and graphic design to create full video packages of the highest quality that meet and often surpass clients’ initially established vision for the project.
His main passion is travelling and he has been lucky enough to spend a lot of time working with STA Travel, creating travel documentaries and promos from his adventures around the world, shown in STA stores worldwide and online.
In 2013 Karl completed a 9 month journey from Hong Kong to New York, travelling through 20 countries in 4 continents, which he filmed and cut into an 11-part backpacking documentary series for his YouTube Channel.
More work by Karl
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Barclay’s Customer Testimonial
Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
Tefal: Street Food Cooking Class
Schroders Marketing Vision
TSB Plusness Experiment
C.R.Y’s Parliamentary Reception with Pixie Lott
Chambord by Donald Edge
New Zealand Road Trip
STA Travel – Adrenaline Jordan
STA Travel – Great Barrier Reef
STA Travel: Make Waves In Queensland
Tottenham and Grime Music
UEFA Trophy Tour – South Africa
Visa Formula E Champion Profile
The Strange Death of Harry Stanley
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Barclay’s Customer Testimonial
Barclays customer testimonial of how Julie’s critical illness insurance helped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Tesco Retirement Savings Plan
Personal stories from Tesco’s employees to encourage their entire workforce to plan for retirement.
Tefal: Street Food Cooking Class
Karl had to film this half hour cooking class with a group of food bloggers and transform it into a recipe video for Tefal.
Schroders Marketing Vision
An informal “get to know the marketing team” video which explains the 4 themes of their marketing vision for the year.
TSB Plusness Experiment
TSB hidden camera experiment on random acts of kindness. 3 different set ups with multiple cameras edited down to tell 1 compelling story. This was used to promote TSB’s new Plus account and received nearly 2 million views on YouTube in its first month.
C.R.Y’s Parliamentary Reception with Pixie Lott
CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) held their annual Parliamentary Reception and their new patron Pixie Lott came down to show her support and sing a few songs.
Chambord by Donald Edge
Chambord by Donald Edge is $2 million version of the Chambord bottle made of gold and diamonds. It was unveiled at London Fashion Week and the opening night of Breakfast At Tiffany’s.
This video features footage from both nights, including interviews with the cast and crew of Breakfast At Tiffany’s.
New Zealand Road Trip
STA Travel – Adrenaline Jordan
STA Travel sent 4 competition winners to challenge themselves in Queensland, as part of a marketing campaign for Tourism Queensland. Jordan’s challenge was adrenaline and had to do a sky dive and a bungy jump all in one day.
STA Travel – Great Barrier Reef
STA Travel: Make Waves In Queensland
Karl was sent to Australia for 3 weeks with STA Travel and Contiki tours to create a promo about all there is to enjoy in Queensland, Australia. The final video has been used by STA Travel on their YouTube channel, for their paid online adverts and is played on their in store screens throughout the world.
Tottenham and Grime Music
Short piece for Bleacher Report Football and Turner Broadcast that was shown on TV across the USA in their Champions League coverage. A look at the link between grime music, London and Tottenham Hotspur. AJ Tracey talks about his love of Tottenham Hotspur before their Champions League match again Barcelona, as well as his music. Following this the host, Fernando Perez heads to Reprezent radio station to hear the best local grime artists do an MC battle.
UEFA Trophy Tour – South Africa
Visa Formula E Champion Profile
Karl edited this promo for Visa who sponsored the Formula E Championship. This video focuses on Nelson Picquet Jr who won the championship with the final race in London.
The Strange Death of Harry Stanley
This was a short film based on the true story of the tragic death of Harry Stanley. This clip features Harry, who has just recovered from cancer, reflecting on life whilst playing pool, just moments before he was shot dead by the police.
Upon its release the film was featured on Sky News and has appeared at many short film festivals, including winning Best Short Film at the MIFF International Film Awards in Milan 2012.