My Work
Rinkoo is a documentary filmmaker and a street photographer. He began a media career in 2003 with ITV Tyne Tees based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Here he was responsible for On-Screen translation on various projects. Whilst there Rinkoo started to become more and more interested with the happenings behind the camera and learnt about various roles such as Cameraman, Editor, Scriptwriter, Director and many more.
He has worked for Maverick Television, MTV Europe Network, BBC and a couple of independent productions over the years, you can also see some of his clients and personal projects he has created throughout this website. Rinkoo have worked with some professional filmmakers on bigger budget films
Rinkoo has been filming abroad in Lithuania for the European Basketball tournament, he has also filmed in the Red Sea as an Underwater Cameraman. He has completed his own personal film projects in other countries such as India, Thailand, America and Canada.
Rinkoo has worked on two short films called "Lift is a Gift" with a budget of £2,000 and "Double Discrimination" which had a budget of £10,000, both of which have now been released on British Television broadcasting channel Film 4.
In the year of 2016, Rinkoo was travelling and working in California and Europe on projects that he has been headhunted for also he have been working recently in Japan as a Filmmaking Tutor for Japanese students in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
Education and Training
➢ London Film Academy
➢ PADI - Scuba Diving (Cameraman underwater)
➢ Scottish Storytelling
➢ BBC - Storytelling
➢ BBC - DSR 450 Camera
➢ BBC - Methods of Research
➢ Media & Culture Centre - 2 day Digital video production
➢ Media & Culture Centre -2 day introduction to Chroma key
➢ Lighthouse -City & Guild Multimedia Credit
➢ CSV Media - City & Guild Video
“An English Sunday”
My first experimental drone film. I had a small cut on my finger from the drone’s propeller. I think I managed to get some well-shots. The 3-minute video includes song, ‘Easier’, by Mansionair.
“Faces of India”
I have captured various faces in this showreel. It shows people who are wealthy and those who are poor. It was filmed in a variety of places such as West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Music by Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Instrumental).
“Red Sea - Visiting an underwater world”
I was working for the Silent Bubbles Scuba Academy as a cameraman underwater. With fantastic underwater scenes, millions of fish, beautiful coral gardens, towers and multiple shipwrecks.
Music Consultant: Jonny Gee Shot
Biography
Rinkoo is a British born filmmaker, who is very passionate about making factual documentaries and short films. He has attended various training courses at both the BBC and the London Film Academy, five years ago Rinkoo made the decision to get into making his own projects. So he took the leap and bought a Canon 5D from the profits of selling his Beautiful German Car, with this Rinkoo set about making films to hone his skills within the film industry (His family and friends thought he was crazy).
Rinkoo's biggest background is in film making around the world which he has accomplished through backpacking to different countries, with this experience Rinkoo has been described by clients as a One Man Band due doing all the various roles involved in Film making.He has been abroad to countries such as India, Finland, Sweden, Thailand, Nepal, America, Latvia, Lithuania, Canada and Egypt for his various film projects, He has always had a fascination with documentaries, real life and knowing how things work in the third world.
“A Day in the life of New Delhi”.
It’s about what people do every day in the capital of India. I am doing this as part of my camera skills. The only disappointing part is the shooting visibility, this is because my eyes were becoming blurred whilst I was shooting. At that time, the weather was boiling and was such a dry HEAT! Around 35-50 degrees.
The soundtrack is an instrumental version of ‘Coldplay’ featuring by Beyonce. Enjoy the viewing.
“Colourful Kolkata”
Music by Dr Bombay (Taxi, Taxi, Taxi)
“Bubble and Butch” (Film experiment) Part one
The story of Bubble and Butch and reveal the vulnerability of young diverse deaf people. The bullying and discrimination stop when Bubble is asked to look after a mean-looking dog called Butcher.
The dog is a metaphor for Bubbles access, acting like a superhero at every encounter in the hearing world. Butcher transforms Bubbles life for the better.
The whole story will be communicated in a highly visual style; using for the first time urban sign language – slanguage to demonstrate the creativity amongst deaf people on the streets of the UK.
It will be a defiant new work tackling double discrimination, and mental health in the deaf world.
“Bubble and Butch” (Film experiment) Part two
The story of Bubble and Butch and reveal the vulnerability of young diverse deaf people. The bullying and discrimination stop when Bubble is asked to look after a mean-looking dog called Butcher.
The dog is a metaphor for Bubbles access, acting like a superhero at every encounter in the hearing world. Butcher transforms Bubbles life for the better.
The whole story will be communicated in a highly visual style; using for the first time urban sign language – slanguage to demonstrate the creativity amongst deaf people on the streets of the UK.
It will be a defiant new work tackling double discrimination, and mental health in the deaf world.
“Tuk Tuk, Take A Ride”
I was just playing it on my 50mm 1.2 lens, shooting it at night time in Amritsar, Punjab. I managed with a handheld camera, hoping to capture as high a quality shooting as possible. At the end of the day, I’ve decided that I don’t want to waste the clips and thought I’d like to share them with you all.
“The Art of Muay Thai”
Whilst visiting Lumpinee Boxing Stadium there were hundreds of enthusiastic Thai fans, betting, chanting it was incredible to see. I was so pleased that I was allowed to film around the stadium. My only minor disappointment was that they wouldn’t allow me to use a monopod. All I had was a handheld camera for about 4 hours. I think I did my best to grab as many good shots as possible. Tough challenge but I hope I made this video worth it! Music Consultant by Sanjay Singh.
“Revival of a House by Deaf Contractors” 2013
“Tuk, Tuk Taxi” 2011
I went to Udaipur in Rajasthan during the summer. I decided to film while I was sat behind the taxi driver in an auto-rickshaw. Lake City is where they shot a scene for the James Bond film “Octopussy.”
I used my handheld camera (no monopod) while we rode for 10-15 minutes. I hope you enjoy viewing! Music: Chaiyya Chaiyya (Bollywood Soundtrack from Chaiyya Chaiyya film and Inside men)
“Deaffinity - Deaf Awareness Project 2012”