Cine Bolt slow motion tests.
Recently I had a play day with a high speed Cinebolt motion control rig along with the Phanton Flex camera. Many thanks to Park Village, Love High Speed, MRMC and Artem for a fun day!
Aston Martin in the Alps.
A couple of stills from a recent trip to the French Alps for Aston Martin. The films tracks the lineage of the DB range through from the classic DB5 to the current DB9 in four films entitled: Design, Engineering, History and Future. The films are to be shown on Aston Martin's website and dealerships around the world.
Aston Martin N430
The Aston Martin N430 production car is inspired by their endurance race cars.
Aston needed a film to communicate this at the Geniva motor show and via their website. Shot in one day the film had to show not only the race lineage but also the four varieties within the range.
National Geographic: Aston Martin Supercar
Following my previous work for Aston Martin (please see previous posts) I was asked to shoot a one hour documentary for national Geographic following the design and development of the British marques 'Ultimate Supercar' the 'One-77'. As the name suggests only 77 of these hand build cars would be made at a cost of £1.3 million each.
We had un-paralleled access to Aston Martin. The hour-long programme charts the intense One-77 development programme throughout the three years it has taken from the car's conception in October 2007 to the build of the first production One-77 in October 2010. The show illustrates how Aston Martin remains at the forefront of contemporary manufacturing, embodying design and engineering excellence, and a brand with a truly special heritage.
In never seen-before footage of the exclusive facility where up to 77 examples of the One-77 will be hand-crafted, Megafactories details the highly skilled manufacturing process fusing modern technology with traditional hand-craftsmanship and painstaking attention to detail culminating in over 2,700 man-hours to complete the ultimate Aston Martin by a dedicated team of 27 technicians.
The show will be broadcast in 64 countries worldwide.
Africa Investigates
Title: Africa Investigates
Formatt: Red Epic
Title sequence for Al Jazeera programme 'Africa Investigates'. It was shot in a studio with a Mark Roberts 'Cyclops' motion control rig with a Red Epic.
Pringles
Title: Pringles Russia tag
Format: Super 35mm
Shot on blue/green screen on Mitchell with primes on Mark Roberts motion control rig. Flame work at Rushes.
Surviving Burkitts
I've put together this trailer for a documentary I shot last year in Malawi - 'Surviving Burkitts'. It was shot on a XDCAM PDW700 which proved as reliable as always. For more information on this film please see my earlier post.
"Well, Surviving Burkitts is such a powerful and quite extraordinary document and documentary. Prof Elizabeth Molyneux comes over as a remarkable doctor and human being. The humanity just pours out of her. It feels like such a fitting tribute to Scott and I hope that it is seen by tons of people. It certainly deserves to. It is informative, poetic and profoundly moving. It will stay with me for a long time".
Ruth Caleb O.B.E
Executive Producer for BBC Television
Acting Head of BBC Drama Group 1996
Head of BBC Drama 1992 - 1995
"Thanks so much for sending the copy of your truly wonderful documentary: Surviving Burkitts. The way you use a camera is so exciting; you are a true visual artist and in this case, you chose two remarkable woman to be your focus. There were no talking heads in this brief masterpiece".
Pat Silver-Lasky (Mrs. Jesse L. Lasky, Jr)
Author, Script Consultant and lecturer. Writers Guild of Great Britain, Writers Guild of America, American Society of Authors & BAFTA
“Surviving Burkitts is a vitally important, moving and thoroughly unsentimental documentary. We meet the key characters, get to know them and how much they care, the passion that drives the doctor and nursing staff, the plight of the people. It must get the widest possible television audience.....and soon”.
Graham Benson
Chairman, Blue Heaven Productions
Chairman, Screen South
Executive Producer, BBC
"Just an unsolicited message of congratulations (to you all). I thought that Surviving Burkitts was brilliant in every respect, and very moving. It deserves the widest possible exposure".
Anthony Butterworth
AE Butterworth, BA, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, FRS
Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Honorary Professor, College of Medicine, University of Malawi
"Well done for producng such a sympathetic and visually inspiring film. I have given several copies to people who have spoken very enthusiastically about it. Very many congratulations".
Elizabeth Molyneux OBE, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCPCH (Hons), FCEM
Professor of Paediatrics - Queen Elizabeth College of Medicine, Malawi
"Surviving Bukitts is a credit to all the people who have died, fell ill or are suffering from Burkitt's cancer. At times it made me happy, sometimes sad and at one point I wanted to cry. I think this film shouldn't just be shown in the country it was filmed, or just Africa. This program is good enough to be shown internationally and would definitely be enjoyed in Europe and the UK".
Charlie Killick
The Citizen Herald
Sekonda
Format: Red
Ive been shooting idents for Sekonda which will be shown on ITV.
The idents were shot with a Red camera on a Cyclops motion control rig above a water tank at 120fps.
Aston Martin - Project One-77
Title: Aston Martin One - 77
Format: Sony XD Cam / Cannon 5D
I’ve been working on a promotional film for Aston Martin’s new flagship super car ‘One-77’.
As the name suggests only 77 of these cars, costing £1.3million, will ever be built and will be the ‘ultimate creative interpretation of the renowned British marque.’
'In the fourth part of the One-77 film series Dr. Ulrich Bez, CEO of Aston Martin and Marek Reichman, Director of Design discuss the fundamental elements of what makes the One-77 so unique. The film shows the first complete engineering car in motion on the test track'.
To see a teaser film follow this link.
.......and the final film below.
Malawi
Title: Surviving Birkitts
Fomatt: XD Cam
This summer I traveled to Malawi to film a documentary on a rare cancer called Burkitt’s Lymphoma which affects more than 200,000 children a year in Equatorial Africa.
The cause of this cancer (named after British doctor Denis Birkitt who first recognised this tumour based cancer some 50 years ago), is not known although the treatment success rate, if caught in its early stages, is high. The problem lies with its extremely aggressive nature which can double its size within 24hrs and can kill children within a few months.
This documentary will provide doctors, health workers, and medical students with a resource to further advance understanding, thus enabling earlier diagnosis and treatment in the West, and for Africa it will be used as a tool in schools, universities and hospitals to raise awareness of the need for aftercare. It will also be used to engage pharmaceutical companies to provide affordable drugs to hospitals firstly across Malawi and then in the longer term across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cannes 2010
For the second year running our film 'Honour Me' has been chosen to screen at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in the short film corner. It will be part of a programme of films that showcase the best of previous years entries.
Honour Me - continues to impress.
"We are confident that this important document in the fight against all forms of violence will continue to speak out to many audiences around the globe and make a difference. Thanks to Sameem and Alex for bringing this story to our attention".
Nina Rodríguez
Directora de Programación
Expresion En Corto IFF
Royal Television Award Win
'Speed Dating' a Viral film I shot early this summer has won a Royal Television Award for 'Best Digital Innovation'. This hard hitting road safety film has had over 4 million YouTube hits to date.
Raindance Film Festival 2009
After screening in Cannes this year, 'Honour Me' has been selected to be shown at the 2009 Raindance Film Festival. This is my fourth collaboration with writer, producer and director Alex Tweddle from Angry Man Pictures. Please see below for further details on the film or click on the link for more information on the Raindance Festival.
Michael McIntyre Promo
Title: 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' Promo
Client: Red Bee Media
Format: HD Animation
From the team behind BBC One's Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow travels around Britain visiting six of the UK's most prestigious and iconic venues, unearthing a raft of comedy's brightest new talent and finest comedians en route.
Yesterday Idents
Title: 'Yesterday' Channel Idents
Client: Red Bee Media
Format: HD VariCam
Continuing its successful partnership with UKTV, Red Bee Media, the global leader intransforming media brands has created a new identity for Yesterday, currently known as UKTV History. Drawing on a range of awe-inspiring world events, social movements and fondly remembered moments, the new channel will launch on 2nd March.
Carrying the strapline, “Where the past is always present”, UKTV tasked Red Bee Media to redefine what ‘history’ means by creating a powerful channel identity. All of the rebrand work is designed to engage viewers with the channel’s factual content, as well as the social and dramatic aspects of the past to make it more immediate and relevant to viewers.
The six idents, called Debutants, Football, Hoodies, Suffragettes, War and the final ident, Wright Brothers, are a symbiotic fusion of footage and music from two contrasting eras that encourage its audience to view the past with fresh eyes. For example, the Football ident shows a sea of die-hard football fans in unified glory decked with Saint George flags and painted faces at a football game that looks and sounds like a battle.
The Hoodies ident follows a stereotypical group of teenage boys in typical attire, congregating in a shadowy urban environment. This ident is accompanied by a monastic chant.
Andy Bryant, Director, Creative, at Red Bee Media, comments: “Our creative challenge was to capture the essence of history in 30 second moments and to present historical scenes in a surprising and poignant way that would resonate with the audience. Once again the creative achievement of this project is testament to Red Bee Media’s long- standing and successful relationship with UKTV.”
Sara Holt, UKTV’s Factual Marketing Manager, adds: “These amazing idents make the past an exciting and enticing place, where history is brought to life through great and unifying moments in time. They demonstrate a history channel can be about so much more than just mechanical history and the second World War."
Following the successful rebrand of UKTV’s entertainment portfolio as Dave, G.O.L.D., Watch and Alibi, Yesterday will be the third of the pay TV broadcaster's factual channels to be rebranded, following Eden and Blighty's launches on 26th January and 17th February 2009 respectively.
Yesterday will go live at 9am on 2nd March in 17.5million homes nationwide via Freeview, Sky Digital and Virgin Cable.
Extracts from Red Bee press release 24th February 2009.
Kingdom Street
Title: Kingdom Street 'Creeping Prow' promotional film
Format: HD VariCam
Please got to twokingdomstreet.com to see the film.
More information on this project coming soon.......
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