Totally digging this photo of January Jones, really like the gradient, colour and composition. I like it that much that it now features as the background on my phone.
So I haven’t really posted anything in a little while. It’s not because I haven’t been working it’s more due to the fact that I didn’t feel like I had anything really worthy of posting so decided to save cluttering up the dashboard. Anyway I’m now back at my parents for Xmas and I’ve got a few very relaxing days seeing friends and family before I’m back to London. As some of you may be aware this is the quiet season for work but and I know a fair few people were having extended holidays due to the lack of work but fortunately I’ve been really busy and I’m so thankful for it as it kept me out of the house but also had some income too. The last job of the year was a music promo using the lovely Arri Alexa plus which can be seen in the pictures above. I thought I’d share these with you as I absolutely love this camera and it is by far my favourite digital camera to work with. Anyway I have to finish wrapping my presents but I hope everyone has a fantastic Xmas and New Years.
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again promo
Some of you may have come across this chap who’s been doing a lot of promo work on the radio recently but he also appeared on Jools Holland a couple of weeks ago. Anyway here’s his promo which I focus pulled on. We shot 2-perf 35mm on the Aaton Penelope and all of the colouring and animations were done by hand on black and white stock.
Behind the Design of KODAK VISION3 50D Colour Negative Film 5203/7203
The latest member of the VISION3 Film family is KODAK VISION3 50D Color Negative Film 5203/7203. The VISION3 Film platform is the result of a confluence of technical innovations that gives filmmakers greater creative flexibility and a better starting place for postproduction. Here, Kodak’s Product Systems Engineer Merrick Distant answers questions about the science behind the new film.
there’s something inside you, it’s hard to explain.
Absolutely love this track!
Super Shorts 2011: The Half-Light.
This was a project I worked on last year and is a very memorable project due to the people I met on it and how those relationships have flourished over the past 18 months. Anyway the short has been nominated for best cinematography and requires voting in order to win. It’s not often that I do this purely because I don’t feel like the projects are worthy of being advertised but this film really deserves it in my opinion. So much passion went into this project and it was made for next to nothing shot on both 35mm and Red One. Please please please watch it and/or reblog this, it genuinely deserves to be seen. Also a final note, the voting works on a view count like YouTube so there’s no need to search around for a voting button. Thank you to anyone who supports/promotes this the team genuinely do appreciate it.
For the past couple of nights I’ve been focus pulling on A cam on a multi-cam Arri Alexa shoot. It was pretty much all night exteriors and last night we spent a couple of hours on a low-loader driving round various parts of London. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get anymore photos due to the timetable we were on. I’m now spending the day shifting my body clock back to normality but also doing prep work for a short I’m DP’ing from Thursday through till Sunday this week.
'Undefeated' Trailer - Worth watching
I haven’t really posted anything lately as I didn’t feel like I had anything worthy of sharing with you so rather than posting for the sake of it I decided to hold fire. I’ve been quite busy recently as I’ve been focus pulling on various jobs but I’m also in prep for a short film that I’m going to be DP’ing as of next week for a few days. However enough of that! I want to share a trailer with you which I focus pulled on earlier this year with a very talented cast and crew. The drama has been shot in order to “challenge the fear and misunderstanding that surrounds HIV”. We shot it on the Arri Alexa and it really was an amazing project to work on, I enjoyed every minute of it, partly due to the cast and crew who were involved but I think more specifically how filmmaking was being used for a really beneficial cause.
In order to watch the trailer just click on the link and then click on ‘Watch the Trailer - Undefeated’. If you enjoy this then please reblog it as it is a genuinely worthy campaign.
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and after watching it I felt compelled to share it. This filmmaker deserves tons of promotion! It’s surreal to think how an inanimate object can bring so much emotion to what is essentially such a simple, yet very intuitive story. Definitely share this if you enjoyed watching it!
Seeking good DSLR adapter (ZF to EOS)?
So some of you guys are very familiar with shooting DSLR by the sounds of it and I’m seeking some advice as I generally don’t shoot DSLR so haven’t done much research. I have a 5D MKII kit which I’m looking to fine tune and improve. I hire it out for corporate shoots and smaller budget shoots as a little money maker but it appears the adapters I have aren’t very good. I did buy them for dirt cheap from Ebay ages ago and so looking to get something much better. They fit no problem but they have some give in them if a follow focus unit is then attached and it’s a little annoying. If anyone knows of a good place to buy quality adapters then please feel free to share your advice. Thanks.
Unedited dailies from 2004 interview with Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC from the film “Cinematographer Style.”
Personal Blog
So I’m sure some of you may know that my ‘Rolling Shutter’ blog is kept as work related as possible and I’m planning to keep it that way as opposed to the constant re-blogging of gifs, pictures of kittens and nude women. I do however from time to time wish to post blogs which aren’t related to work but are still genuine posts from me. If you wish to follow that blog then please feel free to click on the link and read my ramblings, pictures etc from time to time. I set it up a little while ago but never bothered to use it so there is very little on there at the moment.
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So a few days ago I posted a blog with a couple of pictures of an Arri Alexa on a steadicam for a ‘DJ Shadow’ music promo I was focus pulling on. I spoke with the DP today and the video has now been released. The concept of the video is a visual pathway of an extremely interesting chap called Ben Pridmore and how he can memorise an entire deck of cards by creating a story using certain keywords in order to prompt his memory as to the order of those cards. If that sounds confusing then watch this video for illustrative purposes.
Follow a good friend of mine on his photography expedition
An extremely good friend of mine that I went to film school with, who I have also shot for on numerous occasions has started up a blog for his photography. Primarily a writer/director he is also taking photographs in his spare time in order to ensure the creative juices are still flowing. With Tumblr being the social network it is it can be difficult in order to get your blog seen and I decided that he deserved a bit of promotion. Feel free to give him a shout if you enjoy his work and if not then also please feel free to give him a bit of stick, I do!
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