Saturday, 29 August 2009

Identity Crisis

I had a last minute call today to go cover a camera assistant role in Cardiff (thanks to Luke!) for a short called Identity Crisis. It was only a few hours of basic camera assistant work on the very last day of the shoot, so the crew were all very comfortable with one another and were happy to share one anothers roles when needed, which was nice.
The work was with the new Red Camera, a camera I have seen but not had a chance to use. I had a quick look at how the camera fits together and had a few of my questions answered on some technical bits and pieces I had been curious about. Basically though I was there to do some focus pulling, and with only 1 scene and 4 shots to complete  there wasnt a great deal to do but I did my bit and made a couple of contacts along the way.
which was nice :) 

Thursday, 27 August 2009

still doing Stuff

Since Devils Bridge things have been reasonably quiet, however I have still been able to keep myself busy. The documentary I was working on with Gavin Williams has been picked back up since my absence, I have gone out and done a few extra interviews and gained a little extra b-roll. I hope to get this all edited and finished myself within the next month.
Ate Logo Mama english version documentary is almost complete, I'm currently attempting a sound edit and using all the skilled people I know to learn as much as possible in that department to get it right. We have a deadline of mid October and there has been a request for a Portugese version to be sent to Maputo in Mozambique to coinside with the anniversay of Samora Machels death. I for see a few late nights over the following months to get that done :/
Im also off to do some lighting for a short with an acquaintance of mine, we worked together on the DJ Skillkid videos and vowed to work together at some point, he's got a script and intends to put it up for some competitions so I figured now was a good opportunity to work with him.
And between everything for this month I'm looking for more paid work, hopeing something will come up soon, wish me luck! 
And here is the rest of it.