Check out the Shiftwork Showreel. I was the 1st AD for ‘Don’t Do It’ and ‘Don’t Wash Your Hands’ – both of which are about to be submitted to film festivals.
We’re currently working on our next two productions: ‘Dead Letter’, which I am directing, and ‘The Estate Agent’, directed by Nils Lindemann, which I am Producing. More details to come.
If you like the showreel, please share it. TIA.
I’ve been missing quite a few dance classes recently. Usually I’m at 1-2 hours of ATS classes on a Monday night and 2 hours of Bellydance on a Tuesday, with 5 hour workshops twice a month (Performance technique and teaching bellydance). It is important to me to get to my regular classes: I don’t go to a gym, and it’s my main source of exercise. It’s also how I cope with stress, and relieve the build up of stress-related tension in my muscles.
However, with all the film projects I’ve got going at the moment, and with how busy it has been at work, I keep missing my dang dance classes. It’s so frustrating!
or DoPing my first feature
I have just finished three out of ten days of scheduled production for a feature film. We’re shooting in Hackney and Westbourne Park.
The story concept is by first-time director Swapnil Waghmare. Swapnil is Producing with Noel Wilson. The script was written by Catherine Adams, who is also starring in the film. Lead actors include Jonathan Hansler and Rob Marni.
I’m shooting on Canon 7Ds. We’re using multiple camera set ups. The performances have been amazing, we have a good crew, and we have been getting great footage. I’ll share behind the scenes stills once they’re ready.
ALL I DO IS DREAM
Pitch: A glitzy new short dance film. Recreating glamorous Hollywood films of a bygone age. A new short film set in Broadway New York about a young woman’s dream to dance.
My role: Production Manager, First Assistant Director.
I’m working with the Producer, Kira, and the Writer/Director, Andrew, of This Big Productions (https://twitter.com/ThisBigFilms)
Shooting: Late July in Ireland
Progress: We will soon be releasing a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for the film. Expect lots of promotion for it.
We recently confirmed our Make-up Artist. We’re still looking for a Costumier.
Online: You can check out the website (http://allidoisdream.wordpress.com) and the twitter (allidreammovie.twitter.com) and the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/allidoisdreamfilm)
Interesting tidbit: Our Production Assistant, Luis, is a student at the Business School where I work. He has been helping us with our social media presence.
Thanks to Maani Photography for these photos.
This event The Arab Quarterly show on Sunday 17 February 2013 in the Hoxton Hall.
My costume was from Zara’s Zouk.
Multiple Oscar winning editor extraordinaire Walter Murch (who literally wrote THE book on editing) famously said…
An ideal cut (for me) is the one that satisfies all the following six criteria at once:
It is true to the emotion of the moment
It advances the story
It occurs at a moment that is rhythmically interesting and “right”
It acknowledges what you might call “eye-trace” – the concern with the location and movement of the audience’s focus of interest within the frame
It respects “planarity” – the grammar of three dimensions transposed by photography to two (the questions of stage-line, etc.)
It respects the three-dimensional continuity of the actual space (where people are in the room and in relation to one another).
Or…
Emotion (51%)
Story (23%)
Rhythm (10%)
Eye-trace (7%)
Two-dimensional plane of screen (5%)
Three-dimensional space of action (4%)
Emotion, at the top of the list, is the thing that you should try to preserve at all costs. If you find you have to sacrifice certain of those six things to make a cut, sacrifice your way up, item by item, from the bottom.
WALTER MURCH, In The Blink of an Eye
Tickets are on sale now for the Arab Quarterly event at the Hoxton Hall. Tickets are £18 each, and are available for purchase from the Hoxton Hall website
Sunday 17 February 2013 at 7.30pm, Hoxton Hall,
130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
Doors open at 7.00pm
The Arab Quarter at Hoxton Hall is set to move hearts and send minds racing with its punchy, dramatic and eloquent narration taken from Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz. Palace Walk is part of The Cairo Trilogy, and the epic master piece of the Nobel Prize-winning writer. As yet Naguib Mahfouz is the only Arab writer to win this prestigious literary award. Scenes rich in atmosphere and cultural significance will fill Hoxton Hall and create a special magic. Around these passages will be enthralling and highly authentic Arabian musical and dance entertainment provided by members of The Arab Quarter Band and a host of fine oriental dancers, colourfully costumed and interpreting Arabian music of immense soul and beauty.
I recently got to shoot the auditions for a new feature film, ‘Pirates Of The South’. Here are a few of the behind-the-scenes photos…
From the director, Djonny Chen:
Behind the scene photos from the casting session of our upcoming feature film “PIRATES OF THE SOUTH” on Saturday, 22nd December 2012 at The Phoenix Artist Club (Phoenix Theatre, London).
“PIRATES OF THE SOUTH” Feature Film
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Director: Djonny Chen
Producers: Jason Cook, Mark Straker, Djonny Chen, Lisa Cachia
Executive Producer: Eileen Hutchinson
Screenwriter: Lisa CachiaMore details at:
– Film website: http://www.southpirates.com/
– Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/PiratesOfTheSouthAcknowledgments:
– A huge thanks to Noel Wilson for arranging the location and helping out the casting session on the day.
– Special thanks to Kurt Dimineux, Patricia Hetherington, Chantelle Lavel and Edward Ferrysienanda for helping out on the day.
– Many thanks to Chantelle Lavel and Edward Ferrysienanda for taking the behind the scene photos.
By the way, the Phoenix Artist Club is quite nice.
A friend recently asked me how I manage working full-time and doing film stuff in my spare time. He got his first full-time office job recently, and has been struggling with having the energy to do anything else.
It’s hard.
It. is. hard.
Hi all,
You should head over to Adelaide Screenwriter. One, to read the interview that I did there. Two, to read the other posts and pages that Henry has written.
Oh, and if you’ve come across my blog from Henry’s … welcome 🙂
Busy Times 