Here’s the two Alexa’s we’ve been shooting with for the past couple of days. We had one Alexa ST with the mirrored shutter and one Alexa Plus 4:3 as we were shooting anamorphic. The big 24-290 was re-housed to be anamorphic and it looked very lovely but lost a stop on the aperture.
Here’s my 2nd unit Arri Alexa setup this morning. I had a 24mm-290mm rigged and it didn’t half weigh a bit!
35 followers from 50,000!
Guys, I’d like to do something I hit 50,000 followers. Any suggestions? Coolest one wins?!
"Button Eyes" - A Short Music Film starring Alexander Vlahos
“Button Eyes” is a short music film starring Alexander Vlahos with music by Chris Hyson produced by Wolfheart Productions.
Fancy helping fund and/or promote a Kickstarter campaign for a music video I’m going to DOP? If you care to donate there are incentives but if not reblogging takes 2 seconds.
"Button Eyes" - A Short Music Film starring Alexander Vlahos
“Button Eyes” is a short music film starring Alexander Vlahos with music by Chris Hyson produced by Wolfheart Productions.
This is a short that I’m going to be DOP’ing if the correct funding is raised and I’m positing this in the hope of your help. The star is Alexander Vlahos who plays Mordred in BBC’s ‘Merlin’. The video explains it all so I’m not going to waffle on, however we’d really love your support!! If you can’t help out financially but wish to do your part than please please please reblog, like, comment or whatever it is people do!
Star Trek Into Darkness - B Roll.
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A fantastic track used in ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’. Already pre-ordered the blu-ray.
Absolutely loved this film, to the extent it made me regret throwing out my haggard Metallica t-shirts back in my teens.
“these violent delights have violent ends
and in their triumph die, like fire and powder”
I’ve got a soft spot for this film, very much adore the work of Baz Luhrmann.
London Living
I’ve been living in London now since September of 2008 and I’ve lived all over the place from Hackney, Kingston, Acton and now finally Ealing. It’s taken me a longtime to really understand the place, people and everything that it has to offer. I’m now 26 and have been working in the film industry full-time for the past four years but on and off since I was 17. It feels like it all happened yesterday when I had the chance to work on productions but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
I am now a homeowner of such a fantastic flat, and never did I even fathom the thought of being a homeowner in such a busy melting pot before I was in my 30’s. By putting that deposit down and having to deal with the enormous amount of paperwork and negotiations between solicitors and everything else that came with it made me grow up more than I thought possible. I’ve always been a very self sufficient person ever since I was about 15, and having been in London without my family for the past five years I thought I was as grown up as I could be. I was clearly mistaken but I can now tick another box in life’s things to achieve and by doing so it has now opened up many other avenues professionally and socially so I couldn’t be more thankful.
Here is the Frank Turner gig that we covered live at The Forum in London last week. It was all shot on Sony F55’s at S-Log 2. The lenses that were used were the Angenieux 15-40, 24-290 and two sets of superspeeds.
Sony F55 - I’ve now been working with the new Sony F55 since last week and I covered a live music event which followed straight onto a drama which we’re still currently shooting. As you can see from the various pictures this is the setup that I have going on. It’s not exactly as I requested due to budget limitations however it does show a fair amount of how I have my setup but also a good look at the body itself. It feels as if Sony have tried to go for a similar setup to the Arri Alexa but unfortunately everything is on the operators side making it very difficult for the focus puller/1st AC. I like the look of the S-Log that the camera generates however unfortunately this can’t be viewed in the Rec 709, bit irritating but hopefully this will be ironed out with future firmware updates. The other downfall is due to the buttons all being on the operators side it means that they can easily be knocked especially with the on/off switch being right by the operators ear. Something like this won’t change as the body is now released so if you do decide to use this camera then this is something you must accept. It does require third party accessories to have a really nice setup for wireless focus, external monitors, cinetape etc but these can be easily acquired. I’m making this fairly brief as I’ve still got a few more days with the camera. Not only this but I am extremely tired and need to go to bed before a super early calltime tomorrow morning. I shall express my thoughts properly when I have a bit more time on my hands, I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions than please just use the ‘ask’ function.
Where’s wally….
Currently on a pilot for Channel 5 shooting at Elstree Studios in North London. Here’s a snap that my 2nd AC/Clapper Loader took of the cast including the steadicam operator and myself focus pulling on. I’ve had tougher days in the office. We’re also shooting on the new Sony F55 so it’s a good chance to put the camera through its paces, my thoughts on this camera will follow at the end of this job.
Nolan Picks Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema for 'Interstellar'
It looks like we finally have the name of Chris Nolan’s new cinematographer. Ever since his original DoP, Wally Pfister (who’s worked with him on everything
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