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Splinter Shoot

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:15:09 +0000

Had a fun time today doing a film shoot with all the lovely people at Splinter . Managed to turn their meeting room into a small photography/ film studio. The idea for the shoot was to film the subject on a completely bleached out white background.

We did the shoot on a Sony EX3 XD Cam camera using the 1080 25p settings. Using a pure white Calumet backdrop, we used a couple of Ianaro redheads (with scrim) to bleach the white background to the effect we were after. We then used a couple of Bowens with Soft Light boxes on to act as a Key and Fill light on the subject. Then to round off, we used one of the redheads to back light the subject to create a bit of depth in the frame. We used Senheisser Radio mics for the audio.

Thanks to Claire from Splinter for looking after us with the brews.

Three Light Setup of a Jazz Player

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:12:46 +0000

A really interesting 2 part video of a ’3 Light Setup’ of a Jazz player. It’s a static photo shoot but the same principles would apply for film. Take a look if you are interesting in lighting subjects;

Trafalgar Apartments

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:02:48 +0000

Here are a couple of films I did for a client called Trafalgar Apartments. I did the shoot in about four hours which wasn’t bad going since I took extra lights down to try and bring out some extra details in the apartments. Both films were shot on a Sony HDV Z1 and were edited in Final Cut Pro and graded in Color. I used a lightweight Ianaro Reporter Lighting Kit and a Vinten Pro 6 tripod.

Trafalgar Apartments from the Hatch on Vimeo.

BBC CBeebies Pilot

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:20:38 +0000

Have been really busy with the BBC the last month working with Milky Tea on the production of a CBeebies’ pilot. We shot the pilot over two days in a converted barn down in Hemel Hempstead. It was a fab couple of days and I will post a bit later once we have got going on the project. In the meantime, here are a few shots from the shoot. It was a completely green screen shoot and was shot on DV Cam. Bit of a shame really as i was trying to convince the Beeb to shoot on HD progressive …. but the budget didn’t allow the extra cost for the pilot. Dave the camera man did a class job of filming and DOP’ing. Again, at a later date I will give a detailed breakdown of the shoot and how he lit the event.

Filming Tricks & Tips

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:23:34 +0000

Here is a little bit about filming tricks & tips….

Click here to download – Filming Tricks & Tips

I think the shots sizes are slightly out on Dennis the Menace on the Close-Up shot CU but you will always get variations. Will post some more shot sizes later….