Shooting Strictly Come Dancing Promo
I recently shot a short promo for ‘Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals’. The touring live stage version features the world champion dancers from the …
Energie Gym Promo
This film forms part of an interactive tour of the Energie gym, Forest Hill. The brief was to create an interactive tour of the gym that would highlight all of the facilities available to members. The video will be included in an interactive player that allows visitors to the website to jump from area to area or just watch the …
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‘Shower Over Moon Street’
This is the video for the new song ‘Shower Over Moon Street’ by Michael McKell. It’s the single on his upcoming album – also entitled ‘Shower Over Moon Street’.
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Thames Barrier Park
This film highlights one balmy sunny day at the Thames Barrier Park in London. Set within 22 acres of lawns, trees and uniquely contoured Yew and Maygreen hedges you can discover the delights of this urban oasis. An international competition held in 1995 selected designers for the landscaping, structures and facilities.
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The Echo
This short film tells the story of a young man who confronts his childhood priest to make a startling confession. It was made on a very low budget and shot in one day on Folkestone Harbour railway station. It stars Robert Duncan and Stephen Fletcher.
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Trebarwith Strand – Cornwall
Trebarwith Strand is a long stretch of sandy beach situated in North Cornwall. At high tide the beach is completely covered for several hours, but at low tide the beach stretches out for over a mile. It’s a highly popular tourist destination.
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How to export and crop for 2.35:1 in Edius
Following a question on the Edius forums, I put together this simple tutorial on how to crop your standard 16:9 widescreen films to 2.35:1 without …
Kate Silverton – EC1 Pride Awards
I recently had the pleasure of shooting a short piece to camera for EC1 New Deal for Communities with the BBC presenter Kate Silverton. I …
When is a film not a film?
There’s an interesting debate taking place online at the moment about the very nature of the word ‘film’. What constitutes a ‘film’? Now that the majority of people technically shoot video, is the word still valid? With the advent of mass user generated content drowning the internet, what delineates a film? Is it all not just content?
To answer this question I wrestled with various definitions. Then I actually started to reflect back on my own personal journey, my own history with various cameras, films and film-making to see where that would lead me…
Shooting with the Panasonic GH1
A couple of months back I shot my first paying gig with the Panasonic GH1. The film was for the UK’s Premier Latin Music and …