Mark Kenna was born in Bristol, England and joined 'Dolby Laboratories [us]' in 1997 as a film sound consultant, working on films such as Antichrist (2009), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), Troy (2004) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). Mark started a post-production company in 2009 and in 2013, co-founded 'Bad Blood Films Limited [gb]', a British production company specializing in horror, developing a slate of features including Facility 31 (2016) and The Crow Man (2017). Mark's also a full member of the Association of Motion Picture Sound (A.M.P.S) and in 2015 was accepted as a Full member with Film Awards voting rights of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and has been part of the BAFTA Crew 2015 for the second year running, a year-long professional development programme of live and online masterclasses with BAFTA-nominees for crew based outside London.
Unique traits: Dolby Specialist, Film Sound Expert, A Passion for Film.
Facility 31 Horror There's A Reason It Was Abandoned
The Crow Man Horror He with the blackest soul will do the devils work.
Blood Red Horror The fairytale was only half the story.
Blood Bath Horror Blood Will Flow
Legion Of The Dead Horror How do you kill an army that's already dead?
Knock Knock
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Film
by Bad Blood Films (Horror)
Producer A family are woken Christmas morning by a knock at their door and find two infants asleep wrapped in blankets on the doorstep. But when the kindly family take them in things take a dark and terrifying turn.
7 Days
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Film
by Bad Blood Films (Horror)
Producer After a demon is unleashed from a medieval journal by the mysterious Bookkeeper, a young couple realise they have seven days to stop it from claiming the seven souls it needs to fulfill its ancient prophecy.
The Crow Man
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Film
by Bad Blood Films (Horror)
Producer The Crow Man, a long forgotten murderous legend is accidentally unleashed by an unsuspecting young city couple seeking a new life in the country.
Facility 31
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Film
by Bad Blood Films (Horror)
Producer Rosie Hinton, an officer in the British Army and now a convicted military prisoner is on her final work detail before being released back to her unit. Along with five other detainees they are tasked with cleaning a long deserted military facility but when they arrive it gradually becomes clear that the bunker is not as abandoned as they were lead to believe.
Carillon 2020 Sustainability Strategy
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Commercial
by Dreambase Studios Ltd (Animation)
Producer Through my company, Dreambase Studios, I produced 6 stop-frame animation videos for Carillion's 2020 Sustainability Strategy, which has been developed with support from Forum for the Future, is built around what we have described as our 'Six Positive Outcomes', which encompasses Carillion's economic, environmental, and social contributions and impacts.
We launched our 2020 Sustainability Strategy during Carillion's Sustainability Week in 2011, after reviewing our business and engaging with our stakeholders. They build on our sustainability achievements to date and provide direction for the next decade.
http://www.carillionplc.com/sustainability/our-2020-sustainability-strategy.aspx#.VgUvDbRH2EI
Prospectus Documentary
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Documentary
by Uplands SEN (Documentary)
Director, Producer, Film, Post-Production A doco on an award-winning SEN school, UK
Eliminate Archie Cookson
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Film
by Rob Holder (Thriller)
Sound Design, Mixer When stolen secret tapes land on his desk, a washed up British spy , Archie Cookson, becomes the target for a psychopathic hit-man sent to retrieve them.
Wootton Bassett Rocks
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Film (short)
by Mark Kenna (Music)
Director, Producer, Post Production This charity single and music video -- a cover of Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends " featuring over 1,000 people from Royal Wootton Bassett. The community are continuing to support families and soldiers by raising funds through sales of the single, video and merchandise and will continue to remain in close association with military families.
All proceeds will be donated to four military charities: The Royal British Legion; Combat Stress; The Undentable and SSAFA. Please visit the Wootton Bassett Rocks website and visit our shop for t-shirts, wristbands and a copy of our limited edition DVD. You can also donate on-line from the website too.
The project is the brainchild of Wiltshire mum, Tracey Rogers, whose brother was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. The single was produced by Richard Sutcliffe and the video directed/produced by Mark Kenna (Dreambase Studios). Director of photography, Ross Mackenzie (Firebird Films)
Community Art Documentary
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Documentary
by Uplands SEN (Documentary)
Director, Producer, Film, Post-Production Community Art Documentary at an award-winning SEN School.
Frequency
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Film (short)
by Gurchetan Singh
Sound Design, Foley, Mixer
Metropia
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Film
by Tarik Saleh
Sound Consultant
Antichrist
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Film
by Lars Von Trier
Sound Consultant
Our Time Alone
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Film (short)
by Gurchetan Singh
Sound Design, Mixer
A Mighty Heart
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Film
by Michael Winterbottom
Sound Consultant
Nanny McPhee
(
Film
by Kirk Jones
Sound Consultant
Troy
(
Film
by Wolfgang Patersen
Sound Consultant
Love Actually
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Film
by Richard Curtis
Sound Consultant
Sexy Beast
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Film
by Johnathan Glazer
Sound Consultant
Human Traffic
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Film
by Justin Kerrigan
Sound Consultant
Entrapment
(
Film
by Jon Amiel
Sound Consultant
A Room for Romeo Brass
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Film
by Shane Meadows
Sound Consultant
Tomorrow Never Dies
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Film
by Roger Spottiswoode
Sound Consultant
Dolby International School of Film
(1994-1997)
University of York, England
(1994-1997)