Angel Sharp Media is a documentary film production studio in Oxford, UK.
Angel Sharp Media make films that inspire and inform.
We like to make insightful work that looks good and sounds great. We have two studios — one in Oxford, England and one in Tokyo, Japan. We create videos that engage the audience. Our films are simple, effective, elegant, and fresh. The company was founded in 2002 by Hannah Madsen.
Hannah, Jonathan, and Daniel are currently working on a four-month project 'Laboratory with Leaves', a documentary about Wytham Woods and its ground-breaking scientific research.
In 2010 Hannah and Tom visited 23 cities in 15 countries to make 200 documentary Shorts for the Saïd Business School and the Rhodes Trust.
Clients in 2011/2012 include BBC1, The Economist, ITV Breakfast News, BBC Sport, the National Reality TV Awards, Nike, Tokyo Design Week, Mitsubishi UFG, the Rhodes Trust, and Oxford University.
Since 2008 we've made 450 short films. Here are some highlights from the past two years.
► Watch the series on YouTube
A swimmer's protest that almost got him killed, an oar that snapped in half mid-race, and a collapse leading to hospitalisation... The 2012 Boat Race was the most dramatic ever. We followed the Oxford University Boat Club from their trials at the start of the 7-month season through to the Race Day aftermath.
The global audience of the Oxford—Cambridge Boat Race is 120 million. Nobody got closer than us.
Produced by Hannah, directed and filmed by Hannah and Tom, edited by Tom. Specially comissioned music by David Hughes.
► Watch the video on Vimeo
The Ashmolean Museum campaigned to save Edouard Manet's 1868 'Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus' for the public. This striking portrait is a study for one of the great icons of impressionism: 'Le Balcon'. As a rare example of the working methods of Manet this painting is one of the most important impressionist paintings in the country.
Produced and directed by Hannah, filmed by Hannah and Daniel, edited by Daniel.
This town of 17,000 was washed away by the Tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011. Five reports and 20 live feeds covered the devastation in the Miyagi area, refugee centres, the nuclear scare, food and fuel shortages, and evacuation directly following the natural disaster.
Hannah worked as Field Producer for ITV Daybreak News with their Chief Correspondent in the 6 days directly following the Tohoku Earthquake.
Spurgeons is a charity that has been helping marginalised and disadvantaged children around the UK for over 140 years. This film charts the profound impact the charity had on the life of Deniz - a thirteen-year-old struggling with the pressures of caring for her mother and great aunt.
Filmed by Hannah, edited by Daniel
► Watch the video on Oxford's site
Michelle Obama invited students from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in North London for an Inspirational Day at Christ Church, Oxford. This film follows the girls' magical experience at the University and the moment they met none other than the First Lady of the United States.
Produced and Directed by Hannah, interviews filmed by Hannah and Tom, news footage from Oxford, edited by Tom.
A strong opponent of Nazism, and a friend to many opponents of the regime who would later be executed for their resistance to Hitler, Fritz Caspari nevertheless found himself interned in the United States during the war as a suspected Nazi spy. Sir Fritz came to England as a Rhodes Scholar in the 1930s. He went on to play a key role in Germany's postwar rehabilitation and helped to lead Portugal's transition to democracy after the 'Carnation Revolution' of the 1970s.
This 25min film is a biography of Professor Sir Fritz Caspari, historian and diplomat, who sadly passed away just a few months after interview filming finished.
Produced, directed and filmed by Hannah, edited by Stef.
Some video stills taken from films we've made.
Angel Sharp was set up in 2002 by Hannah as a way of combining her experience and expertise in one media company.
Hannah's main focus is film producing and video journalism, but she has previously worked in the design department at Oxford University Press, as a photography assistant to Richard Burbridge in New York, a network engineer for the dotcom ADC in Menlo Park, and also directed and produced professional theatre productions in Oxford and Edinburgh.
Having graduated from Ravensbourne with a foundation degree in Broadcast Operations and Production, Alice now specialises in producing documentaries, outside broadcasts and shorts.
Notable projects include BBC Documentary series Classic Britannia, BBC Manchester Passion and Liverpool Nativity, and DOP on a Blue Note.
Artist, animator, and script writer, Daniel trained in-house with Angel Sharp Media to become director and editor. Daniel works in Final Cut Pro, FCX, Premiere, and After Effects. He previously studied English Literature at Oxford and Art at Åsane Folkehogskole.
Graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and Tokyo University of the Arts in Visual Communication Design, Laila is a specialist in print/editorial design, and inclusive design. She uses the importance of process to create simple designs with clarity and usability. Laila is based in Tokyo, Japan.
After studying film and television production at RMIT University Australia, Jonathan interned at SBS News then moved to the UK in 2008. He AD-ed for 20th Century Fox's Gulliver's Travels, and BBC2's Henry IV. Jonathan's main focus is editing, having taught Final Cut Pro and Premiere.
Formerly the Western Europe Editor at Oxford Analytica, Tom specialises in economic and political journalism - he was the editor for the publications 'The Political Economist' and the 'World Next Week'.
He's a whizz with words and writes scripts, narration, news articles and production briefs. He initially trained on 16mm film but is now a convert to Final Cut Pro, on which he has edited 300 films to date for Angel Sharp Media.
Our documentary series, Oxford Prepares for the Boat Race, was shortlisted for the LA AllSports Awards:
and also shortlisted for 'Best Use of Video by a non-Broadcaster' at the ConnectedWorld.tv Awards:
Our documentary on Young Carers helped secure £300,000 funding for Birmingham charity Spurgeons.
Our short for the Ashmolean helped secure £7.8 million in order to keep Manet's 'Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus' in the UK.
'A Year of Wild Weather' presented by Miranda Krestovnikoff was aired on BBC One on the 30th Dec 2012. Hannah was second camera and in charge of all jib, dolly, and timelapse shots.
News, updates and photos can be found on facebook.com/angel.sharp.media
Hannah's twitter is twitter.com/hannahmadsen and Tom's twitter is twitter.com/twilkosta
