Killing Swings

Broadcast TV

Killing Swings

You leave work late on Friday afternoon and after a relaxing weekend return to work on Monday morning to find that a huge tower crane has appeared next to your office, as if by magic. Have you ever wondered who builds and operates these cranes !

 

“Killing Swings” is a 25 minute observational documentary focusing on the people who work in Ireland’s Tower Crane Industry. A team of men arrive on a building site and within a day or two erect one of these huge silent giants that dot the skyline of every city and town in Ireland. The work is extremely strenuous and highly dangerous. Their work goes unnoticed – but it is vital to the development of the economy. The programme also features the fearless men who operate these cranes hundreds of feet over the ground.

 

Characters in the documentary include Bill, the crane fleet manager at one of Irelands largest construction companies. Enda based in Offaly works almost non-stop erecting the cranes around Ireland, Robin is a crane driver and Kevin is a bankman – the crane drivers eyes on the ground.

 

 

Michael is the founder of AV3 Productions. He is a Master member of the British Institute of Videography and a member of The Guild of Television Cameramen.

Initially starting his career as a cameraman, he now manages the growing team at AV3 Productions. As Executive Producer he oversees all productions from simple web videos to multi-part primetime TV series. He is your initial contact and his vast experience in the TV/Video production business is a guarantee that your production will be a success.

Michael has developed a huge range of TV productions from one-off documentaries to large scale TV series. He has built AV3 into one of the leading production companies in Ireland and wants to build on this success.

Away from the world of video production, He has a huge interest in cars and motorsport and likes to tell stories about his visits to the famous F1 tracks of Monza and Monaco. For as long as we know him he has always driven a BMW 5-series and his last 3 cars have all been silver with black leather. Guess what colour his next car will be !

Michael is also an accomplished photographer and his work has been featured in many newspapers and magazines

The best part of working at AV3 is that he gets to travel a lot and a trip to film in China is in the planning stages at the moment.

Michael is hard-working and thorough, very approachable and totally dedicated to creating perfection in every project that AV3 produces.

His choice of coffee is a Latte.