FilmingLighting

My son Mike, who’s recently qualified as an FCP X  Advanced Trainer, has just sent me this trailer for his film “No Apologies”, which I lit and shot for him last summer. I’m pleased with the lighting, which wasn’t easy… Continue Reading…

Filmingmusic

Now Everybody Stand In Line by L&O Featuring Valentine & Dretonio is now on ITunes, Amazon and HMV and the video has had probably 750,000 hits in its various different versions. So it all started on a local football pitch… Continue Reading…

FilmingLighting

I’m catching up on my blog, so this happened some weeks ago. This was filming the scenes for “No Apologies” at the therapist’s house in Bournemouth.  It was the day following the very late night filming at the flat in… Continue Reading…

FilmingLighting

This was a scene about “Bob” (Paul Barrand) getting very frustrated with “Rose”  (Sarah Masters) who is an obsessively neat parker …if that makes sense.  Takes a long time parking. I thought of making some crass joke about women and… Continue Reading…

FilmingMy Films

  First Jude needed to be apply the bruise. ..from earlier violent scene ..yet to be shot. Then the shot of the quick grope in the hall.   This was lit with a couple of overhead poles, with battery lights…. Continue Reading…

FilmingLightingMy Films

Second filming day. Well actually to be strictly accurate this was a filming night.  But as we were almost on midsummer day, with the longest day and hence shortest night, the flat was blacked out. Using the ubiquitous bin bags…. Continue Reading…

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