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Pickup shoot is 100% success!

Pickup shoot is 100% success!

By on October 6, 2007 in Locations, Pickups, SFX, Shooting, Sound

Saturday morning, the day after the pickup shoot, and I am looking out of my window in amazement at the weather. According to the BBC it should be bright sun, and it’s grey and miserable. Yesterday on the other hand, the day we shot, WAS AMAZING SUNSHINE! We could not have been luckier with the [...]

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It's 5.51 am…

By on October 5, 2007 in Camera, Pickups, Shooting

I spent yesterday driving a van around London collecting camera kit and lights – I love that moment when normal life ends and you step into the world of movies – that for me was yesterday when I collected the van. Cameraman Steve Brooke Smith camera along for the ride, and thank god he did [...]

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Pickup shoot moved for weather

Pickup shoot moved for weather

By on October 3, 2007 in Camera, Crew, Locations, Pickups, Shooting

Gone Fishing looks absolutely amazing. In large part this is down to Vernon’s photography and his insistence that we wait on the sun. We were very lucky in the main shoot and managed to shot mostly in bright sunshine, which Vernon then filled the harsh shadows with a whopping great 15k light and bounce boards. [...]

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Killer Pike Arrives

Killer Pike Arrives

By on September 30, 2007 in Pickups, SFX, Shooting

Today I collected our three and a half foot animatronic – well actually, hand puppet – monster pike. It was made by effects guru Jenny Cochrane and it weighs A TON! This fish is never going to be seen out of water, only in the murky shallows as it battles with Young Bill. We will [...]

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Jaws for Kids!

Jaws for Kids!

By on September 28, 2007 in Music, Pickups, SFX

Still working on music for Gone Fishing. We have entered that dreaded stage where we have fallen in love with the temporary music we used, and anything else, just does not do the same job. This is a typical problem and I am trying hard to stay focussed on a solution and not on what [...]

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Pickup shoot is planned for next Wednesday

Pickup shoot is planned for next Wednesday

By on September 27, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards, Cast, Offline Edit, Pickups, Shooting

I am starting work on one of my favourite parts of the film making process. The pickup shoot. This is a one day shoot with minimal crew where you get all those little shots you didn’t get during the main shoot, or new shots you thought up in the edit, so as to help tell [...]

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Second Edit refines Gone Fishing further

Second Edit refines Gone Fishing further

By on September 26, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards, Music, Offline Edit, Pickups, Post Production, Screenings

Last night I worked with Eddie Hamilton and we did the second cut of the film. This was to generally tidy, trim and make neat and perfect all the cuts in the movie. Also to add storyboarded shots that we will be filming next week in a pickup shoot day, and finally to tackle the [...]

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