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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!
For all of you, wishing that 2018 brings you peace, success in your endeavours - and perhaps even a little levitation...
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A new town centre with shops, entertainment, commercial space, Apple's European HQ; new homes (yes, including affordable housing); thousands of new jobs; Northern Line extension; Thames clipper service has already started; and especially, a rejuvenated, spectacular power station (think Tate Modern on steroids) - all designed by world class architects...
A timelapse/video I filmed a few weeks ago at Circus West, Battersea Power Station. Remember to click '4K'.
Wishing you a fun Festive Season and best wishes for 2017.
A few weeks ago I shot a commercial for Sidekicks, a recruitment company with a difference - and a mission. They wanted the video to champion the unsung heroes/heroines that are executive assistants and other admin support staff. Every successful CEO/director needs great support!
Likewise, shooting this was a team effort. Sam of Beyond the Slate helped out as well as shooting the behind-the-scenes footage. Ruby from Sidekicks kept us well fed as well as playing a character in the commercial.
I used an Arri 1.2k HMI in several scenes, mostly bounced off wall/ceiling to lift shadows, and a couple of LED panels for the darker scenes, plus reflectors, computer screens, office lamps, etc.
Shooting took most of a day, starting early afternoon and finishing late evening. Of course several days were spent in planning and editing. The shoot went well as a result of the preparation, despite the usual curve balls and compromises one gets in a film shoot, eg. last minute location changes.
Being director as well as camera operator can be tricky but the great acting by Atul and Alex (intro via SouthWestLondonTV) helped things run smoothly.
The resulting commercial:
A few weeks ago I walked up Ben Nevis, Scotland, with a couple of friends. I shot this lifestyle travel video along the way.
We spent the night in the shelter on the summit, making us the 3 highest people in Britain for a night. My companions slept, I dozed for about 2 hours - the rest of the time I was doing timelapse, video and photos...
Ben was the main star obviously (video above), but I got some selfies along the way - this looping video below was taken with the iPhone on a little stand - iPhone 4K video in low-light was very good quality! If you look at the tripod (holding my Canon 5D MkIII) you can see I have it tied down to a bag which had BOULDERS weighing it down - it was extremely windy. The eagle-eyed might also spot that I have the camera on top of a small video tripod head screwed to a medium video head (which is in turn mounted on the tripod legs) - this allowed me to get some faux-slider/dolly effects without carrying an actual slider, as well as 3-axis movement for vertical shots. It didn't get much darker on the horizon than this either, being so far north and close to the longest day of the year.
Plus some levitation action - the altitude got me feeling a little zen I think...
