I’m Mat Cooper; Birmingham Lighting Gaffer with kit + Producer. With over 15 years of experience throughout Broadcast, Commercial and beyond I am a dependable and professional person to work with. I have a vast network of premium talent to reach upon and as Director of Spaghetti and Cutting Edge Films I can provide equipment at all scales. I Work across the UK and North America on Broadcast TV, Commercials and other high end media.
See Our Lighting List Below
2023 - British Touring Car Championships Bumpers. Dir. Ian Cassie Dop. Paul Bond
NOW Available: Lamp Posts, Converted to industry standards with a selection of lampheads from 70's, 80's and 90's. All Lamp Pots come as free standing and PAT tested ready to shoot. Dimmers optional.
'23 Nathan Dawe x Bru-C - Oh Baby. | Dir Troy Roscoe.
2023 England Netball: Dir-James Poole
'22 Goosed : Short film/Music Video. DOP Xavier Amoras Dir. Greg Browning.
Nov'22 SECO Auto ITI
Sep '22 Williams Racing
Sep '22 Inspiration through Innovation. Programmed Lighting grid across 2 rooms.
Lighting Gosford Park Hall DOP: Tony Miller /Getzels Gordon
Sent To Cov - This was a fun and fast paced short using various battery lights throughout. Darius Shu/Tom Wright
See my work on Mandy.com
Aug '22 Raúl Jiménez : FIFA World Cup
Now in stock a few Amaran F22c's
May'22 . Dedolights, The ALL new Amaran F22C and haze.
Fully Stocked Lighting Vans for shoots of all scale.
Our New Drive-in Studios, South Birmingham
'22 F1 Bumpers. Lighting for VFX
Throughout '22 I enjoyed lighting these Vignettes at The Repton School for Grammercy Park Studios
Nov' 21 > Commercial > Snapchat x Lounge DOP. Ruaraid Achilleos / WeAreSocial
Oct '21 > Williams Racing F1 > Favourite shoot of the year.
July '21 > Commercial > Volvic DOP: Joe Ransom / Playmaker
Mar '20 > TV > Rap Game s2 Naked Television / BBC Spaghetti Studios, Birmingham, West Midlands
July '21 > Commercial > Volvic DOP: Joe Ransom / Playmaker
Aug '21 > Commercial > Expresstest DOP. Paul Bond. Blackartsco.
Jun '21 > Commercial > Bristol Street Motors DOP. Paul Bond / Blackartsco.
Jun '21 > Commercial > Bristol Street Motors DOP. Paul Bond / Blackartsco.
Jun '21 > Commercial > Bristol Street Motors DOP. Paul Bond / Blackartsco.
Great use of the Aputure Nova P300c and Aputure AL-MC's
Lighting Kit List*
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Full Colour Lighting
Aputure Nova P300c’s
Aputure Amaran F21C
Aputure Amaran F22C’s
Astera AX1 PIxel Tubes
Astera Titan Tubes
RGB 24v Tubes
LiteGear LiteMat Spectrum 1
LiteGear LiteMat Spectrum 2
LiteGear LiteMat Spectrum 2L
LiteGear LiteMat Spectrum 3
LiteGear LiteMat Spectrum 4
Arri Orbiter
Arri SkyPanel S30 C
Arri SkyPanel S60 C
Arri SkyPanel S120 C
Arri L7-C
Arri L10-C
Astera AX 1’s
Astera ART 7 Controller
Aputure AL-MC’s
Arri Skypanel S60’s
Prolycht Orion 300 FS’s
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Daylight
Arri M8 HMI
Arri M18 HMI
Arri M40 HMI
Arri M90 HMI
ARRIMAX 18/12 HMI
Aputure Amaran F21X
Aputure Amaran F22X
Aputure 600D
Aputure 300D Mk2
Aputure 300D
Aputure 200x (Bi-Colour)
KinoFlo Celeb 200 (Bi-Colour)
KinoFlo Celeb 400 (Bi-Colour)
Flex Panels 2x1 (Bi-Colour)
1x1 Panels Various
LiteMat Plus 4 Kit (Bi-Colour)
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Tungsten
Strand Pollux 5k Fresnels
Strand 2k Fresnels
1k Pups
Arri 650’s
Arri 300’s
Arri 150’s
Arri and Ianiro Redheads
Aputure 200x
Aputure Amaran F21X
Aputure Amaran F22X
KinoFlo Celeb 200 (Bi-Colour)
KinoFlo Celeb 400 (Bi-Colour)
Flex Panels 2x1 (Bi-Colour)
Strand Coda’s
Quartzcolor Flourescents
LiteMat Plus 4 Kit (Bi-Colour)
Dedolight Sets
Source 4’s
We also Carry 100’s of Practical lights.
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Brightwork
Everything, I mean everything, from every type of on lamp soft box to 20x20 frames and textiles and everything in between.
Long John Silver Stand
Long John Silver Junior Stand
Buccaneer Stand
Easylift 5-Section Crank Stand
Super Wind-Up Stand
Double Wind up stand
I also supply custom built solutions tailored to the needs of the set.
Generators.
We carry etc ever popular Honda EU 65is and Honda 70is Generators along with larger Generators up to 60KVA.
Access
Genie GS 1932 Scissor Lifts
Tracked Aerial Platform
*this kit list above is just a very small selection of what is available; you know how it is- its there for SEO. What ever you need chances are that I have it on the shelves at Spaghetti in Birmingham, and if we don’t we will get hold of it.. or build it for you.
As part of the most complete birmingham tv film lighting service we have lighting vans and in house sparks, lighting technicians and practical sparks.