Watch This - The F Word
May 2008
Director of Photography: August Jakobsson
Director: Phil Lind, Channel 4
35mm Kodak Vision 3 stock.
Anamorphic Framing.
Blue Storm filters.
Chef whites.
Gordon Ramsey.
A f***ing good trailer....
DONE.
SMART CAR
May 2008
Director of Photography: Magni Ágústsson
Director: Roar Uthaug, Great Guns
This little car went a long way to prove that size doesn't matter... all the way from London to Edinburgh in fact.
Click on the link below to view the latest Smart Car campaign shot on Super 16mm by Magni Ágústsson:
N POWER
May 2008
Director of Photography: Tim J M Green
Director: Ossie Parker, Annex Films
Shot on 35mm using two Arri 435's against a surreal model world, the latest N Power campaign has achieved a distinctly disorientating look-in camera using cardboard sets, real exterior photographed back-drops (behind the windows) and doll's house furniture.
All credit to Ossie Parker the Director for coming up with these amazing visual ideas and Danny Newton the Art Director who built everything with his team. Camera techniques included use of slow motion at up to 150fps, a careful variation of field-depth, high-speed shooting and motion control.
Three commercials were shot over a period of four weeks, click on the link below to view all three:
Ahoy hoy...
April 2008
Magni Ágústsson is currently braving the brass monkey weather in the North Atlantic on his latest Icelandic feature, where he has been filming on a fishing boat for the last six weeks.
The high sea and the low temperatures make for very harsh shooting conditions but as you'll see from the photos everything looks in ship-shape and Bristol fashion.
Look'ee here for a full account of Magni's maritime adventures when he returns to our shores in May...aye.
Hard-Fi, I Will Overcome... it's a knockout
February 2008
Dir. D.A.R.Y.L. (Pulse Films), DoP. Ed Rutherford
Some bare-knuckled direction from the hottest trio at Pulse Films, D.A.R.Y.L. coupled with beautifully lit cinematic interceptions by Ed Rutherford has clinched a memorably punchy video for Hard Fi's next single "I will overcome".
The grainy nature of Super16mm accompanied by a variation of camera speeds and evocative compositions perfectly offsets an inspiring narrative which follows a young amateur boxer struggling to overcome a challenging opponent. Superbly authenticated by the precise choreography and a brilliantly cast east-end crowd who no doubt lost their voices due to all that cheering...
Click the link below to watch Ed's video for the Gallows shot in Austin, Texas also directed by D.A.R.Y.L.
The Times
February 2008
Dir. Duncan Wellaway (Upstart), DoP Mik Allen
The Times was shot on 16mm by Mik Allen, Vision's latest addition to the roster.
The stark grey architecture serves as a perfect backdrop to the isolated bright colours used within the film. Using mostly available light this charming spot follows "Paperboy" on his route in and around The Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury.
Duncan Wellaway's most recent short film Always Crashing in the Same Car, which reunited the famous Withnail & I duo Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, won second place in the TCM 2007 Classic Shorts Competition.
Death by Chocolate
February 2008
Dir. Chris Cairns (Partizan) D.o.P Luke Palmer,
Cadbury's Créme Egg, Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Ever wondered how a Cadbury's créme egg would commit suicide?
Wonder no further, the new campaign for Britain's favourite chocolate egg throws up a medley of morose methods...
This campaign is purely stop frame animation shot on digital stills cameras (Nikon D2X's) lit with one 10k and strategically placed poly, shiney or mirror-flex for varying degrees of bounced fill.
Look out for the next batch in this ongoing campaign culminating in an extremely tricky high-speed finale shot on the Phantom camera-utilizing nearly 500 specially created Créme Egg models.
Click here to view the first part of the Cadburys campaign
Luke has also recently worked with Partizan's Ed Wattis, click below to view Pig & Dan's, Sly Detector - a video with true finesse.....
IKEA, "New Stuff" (David Lodge, Joy@RSA)
January 2008
Mik Allen joins Vision
The latest addition to our roster for 2008 is Mik Allen, a DoP who began his career as a camera trainee on an eight-week stint in the Borneo jungle for a Camel campaign! After that adventure he went on to assist on a number of features including Love Actually and Gosford Park.
For the last few years Mik has been lighting commercials and worked with a number of high-profile directors including Gerard De Thame and David Lodge.
Everybody was Kung Foo Fighting!
(Except for Ed Rutherford who was too busy lighting)
December 2007
Directed by duo "Thirty Two" of Pulse Films, The Young Knives showcase some sharp stunts in the video for their latest release, Up All Night.
Ed's use of UV light and a two-camera set-up, coupled with some clever wiring from the stunt team resulted in a pastiche fought with expert timing...
BIFA Awards
November 2007
Created in 1998, The British Independent Film Awards set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public.
This year's ceremony will take place on 28th November at the Roundhouse.
We are very pleased to note that Martin Ruhe's rip-roaring success of a feature, Control (dir. Anton Corbijn), is up for ten awards - including "Best Technical Achievement".
Luke Scott's award-winning short, A Bout de Truffe (Dir. Tom Tagholm) is also in the running for "Best British Short Film", see below for a link to the trailer.
www.bifa.org.uk
A Bout de Truffe - The Truffle Hunter (dir. Tom Tagolm)
November 2007
Already a success twice over at Raindance Film Festival, we wait with breathless anticipation to see how A Bout de Truffe does at this year's BIFA's.
Beautifully shot by Luke Scott, this certainly has been the truffaire of the bunch - picking up the first prize at the TCM Classic Shorts 2007 last week as part of the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival.
Click here to view the trailer
From one forest to another... Luke's latest campaign for Channel 4 - "Literacy Season" leaves us lost for words.
Heima - Sigur Rós
October 2007
Where landscape meets soundscape for a cinematic and musical feast, shot by Magni Agustsson.
"With ravishing cinematography, Heima somehow delivers a sensual balm of music, space and place that is hypnotic." - Kevin Maher, Times Online, November 1st, 2007
Shane Daly is back on our shores from LA
October 2007
We are pleased to report that Shane is back in London following a summer shooting a feature in LA with Chris Watson - 'The Rainbow Tribe'.
Shane has had an incredibly busy year having shot, Hostel: Part II, Psych 9 and Bangkok Dangerous, following a stint on the award wining (2007 BAFTA and RTS best drama) The Street.
Shane was also very pleased to receive a Beverley Hills Film Festival Best Cinematography award and 24FPS for his film Tug.
Control yourselves everyone!
October 2007
Martin Ruhe's first feature film is set for release on 5th October
If you are getting over-excited about the release of "Control" (dir. Anton Corbijn) then worry not, click on the link below to get a sneak preview of what's to come...
http://momentum.control.substance001.com/
Based on the biography of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, this film has already won twice over at this year's EIFF Feature Film Awards - the director picking up the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film and lead actor Sam Riley winning the PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film.
August teams up with Harvey Nichols to present their latest collection...
October 2007
Shot by August Jakobsson and directed by Jim Gilchrist at Thomas Thomas, this stylish black and white viral was "Pick of the Week" in the latest issue of Campaign.
Please click here to view clip
Idiots and Roadies at the Royal Opera House
September 2007
This year's APA 07 Collection was launched at the Royal Opera House last week and included two commercials shot by Magni Agustsson - directed by Tony Barry through Hungry Man.
MTV Idiots
XFM Roadies
"Tiny Dancers" have a Big Job
September 2007
In Magni Agustsson's latest video, a 'rockumentary' directed by Paul Milnor at Streetgang, we move seamlessly from an intimate performance piece to a live gig - intercut with artistic compositions and complimented by a beautifully naturalistic hand-held style.
It's a bit much asking them to hold their own lights though Magni, as if they haven't got enough to do...
Shipshape and Cornwall fashion
September 2007
Ed Rutherford's latest copper-bottomed music video for "Funeral for a Friend" The Great Wide Open was directed by a collective of three directors going by the name of D.A.R.Y.L at Pulse Films. Shot in a fish shed in Cornwall, the film employs a strong nautical theme through the use of red (port) and green (starboard). By and large the look and dynamic was created firmly in camera combining a use of manually operated shift and tilt lenses, a de-synchronized shutter and some cunning day for night helicopter shots
Watch out for Ed's next video in the offing, directed and produced by the same team for "Lethal Bizzle" Police on my Back, coming soon!
Jog on... Jack
September 2007
Quite simply 3 minutes and 7 seconds of a brilliant idea shot by Denzil Armour-Brown down in Brighton. Directed by Tim Pope and captured in a wonderfully uninterrupted take, this concept tracks Jack through every human emotion experienced during an agonising 3 minute run.
Thinking outside the box
September 2007
Athlete Hurricane (Anthony Dickenson, Manifesto)
This cleverly made film showcases a number of techniques at once; it's motion control, frame by frame, long-exposure, animation - shot on digital stills cameras and then made into movies...did you catch that? Some innovative thinking and white poly boxes have resulted in an unusual take on the performance piece shot by Luke Palmer.
Click on the link below to view the video along with an extra little stop-motion spot, equally as clever, shot with Chris Cairns at Partizan.
Short and Sweet
July 2007
Screening New Talent, and Established Film Makers within a laid back environment offering creative inspiration, networking opportunities, and some fantastic shorts.
EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IN BRICK LANE
Cafe 1001 Doors Open 19h00 Screenings 20h00
91 Brick Lane E1 6QL
Candlelit, laid back and a very relaxed atmosphere. BBQ every night, bar
inside and music after by the DJ duo Topranking.
TUESDAY NIGHT @ THE AKA BAR WEST END
18 West Central Street WC1A1JJ
Doors Open 18h00 Screening 19h00
Trendy bar, Cocktails, great atmosphere and Food available.
Updates and Submission Information available on the website.
www.shortandsweet.tv
For more info julia@shortandsweet.tv
"Oh My God I Can't Believe It"
July 2007
...another prolific music video by Denzil Armour-Brown
Directed by Partizan's Nema Nourizadeh, Denzil's latest video for Mark Ronson is a contemporary pastiche of "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit" - combining live action and animation.
A beautifully sultry lighting style is offset by a mesmorising Lily Allen in her most animated performance to date.
CAD 2007
June 2007
DOP for Findlay Brown "Come Home"
This year's Cad award for Best Director went to a more than modest Saam Farahmand who has in the past worked on a number of projects with Vision's DoPs, including videos for The Klaxons (Denzil Armour-Brown) and Good Shoes (Luke Palmer).
Check out www.promonews.co.uk for a full outline of this year's award winners at the Cads.
The Klaxons - "Golden Skans" (Denzil Armour-Brown) Saam Farahmand, Partizan
Good Shoes - "All in My Head" (Luke Palmer) Saam Farahmand, Partizan
Straight 8
June 2007
One Super 8mm cartridge and no editing...
Watch this space for Ian Murray's latest award winning Straight 8 Film, The Surrealist Hotel (Julia Jason, Crossroads) which has just been premiered in Cannes.
In the meantime if you're getting restless, have a look at a campaign Ian shot with Lee and Dan ....which incidentally was shot before that other video from that Fat Boy.
Best of British..Telecom
May 2007
August Jakobsson's popular campaign for BT continues with this latest offering...