CINEMATOGRAPHY BLOG
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Where do the children play?
Cat Stevens Stopmotion Music Video Well, with the old team reassembled the challenge was to top our previous award-winning music video. This time creating an environmentally friendly production for re-recording of a classic track by the artist Yusuf/Cat Stevens. With around a month before the deadline, it seemed a tall order when I was brought […]
Stop Motion Animation
Ok so, some things are afoot yes. Currently, this project is still under wraps. However, I can tell you I have just completed another music video with the same team as the Father John Misty video, working with Ridley Scott’s agency Black Dog films and Jacknife Film’s Chris Hopewell. I have more to come soon […]
Is tungsten lighting dead?
LightingIs tungsten lighting dead? In this modern world of low cost, fancy LED lighting do we really need old fashioned tungsten? People seem to be falling over themselves lately to use LED panels to light everything. However, I feel tungsten is as valid today as it has ever been. Lighting is of course very subjective. […]
More StopMotion Music Videos
Today we begin work on another epic challenge – An ambitious stop motion project with large sets, lots of shots and many characters. Right now it’s a little bit secret. However, I can say it’s pretty ambitious with lots of fun lighting setups and lots of animation…I think its time to put the coffee on!! […]
Hobbycraft Stopmotion
Hobbycraft Marty the Monster What can be done in one day if you really put your mind to it? Well, this little animation of ‘Marty’ the monster is proof that if you keep it simple quite a lot really. Hobbycraft needed a little convincing that stop motion could be something there were overlooking in their […]
B&Q Night exteriors
Location shooting night exteriors This week I have been doing some night shots, filming night exteriors. This took rather a lot of in-camera tweaking to create a profile I was confident to go shoot in low light. I would be having to balance a lot of tiny practical Christmas lights. This was a leap into […]
Creating daylight in a studio
I really enjoy recreating daylight in a studio setting and lighting room sets. B&Q were after a series of short films for their Christmas social media campaign “what would Christmas be like if the kids were in charge?” I decided to shoot the interiors in a studio as we were working with children and adult […]
Dyson Black Friday campaign
DysonBlack Friday Social Campaign This week I have been in the studio having fun getting to grips with a motion-control social media shoot for Dyson’s Black Friday campaign. I have been filming a robot with another robot! Dyson wanted me to recreate the production line in the far east. After studying some archive footage I […]
Brompton HSBC Shoot
HSBC Campaign Helping you grow The theme of the campaign was looking at things that grow. This social media clip was for HSBC featuring the iconic Brompton folding bike. This ended up being a mix of live-action, puppetry and stop motion animation. The idea was to show the bike grow into its full form and […]
B&Q Christmas Fairy
Magic Of Christmas B&Q Stopmotion Social Campaign After a brief conversation with the marketing and social media team at B&Q it became apparent that we needed to get our skates on! Some budget had been freed up last minute. This meant I was tasked with generating a number of ideas to support the Christmas campaign. […]
Father John Misty – Stop-Motion Music Video
Father John Misty Please Don’t Die Music Video Ridley Scott Associates. Stop Motion Animation Music Video, Father John Misty: Please Don’t Die – Well if you are wondering where I have been recently It was a bit of a secret. However, now I am able to tell you. For the past month or so I […]
BT Smarter Thinking Ad
This week I have been shooting for British Telecom in a warehouse location in London. The look we are trying to achieve is something with a bright airy feel. I decided to diff all the windows and then let them blowout. I really like to let the windows and exteriors blowout somewhat, It gives a […]