'Predella'

'Predella' is a short film written and directed by Vita Hewison (London College of Communication 3rd year)and is a simple and artisitc film set in a small cornershop. After much deliberation with her course tutors she decided that she wanted to build a set rather than film on location. At this point I was asked if I was able to help by designing a structure to support an  8x4m ceiling and allow for areas of wall section to be removed so that wideangle shots could be filmed. After this was accepted by the health and safety person at her uni. Vita and I costed the project under budget and organised the delivery of all the materials for the build week  With the aid of friends and her course mates we built a fully fitted cornershop in the Hannah Barry Gallery in Peckham Rye.

Film name: Predella

Writer/Director: Vita Hewison

Producer: Lucia Munoz Iglesias 

DOP: Kit Cook

Art Director: Jamie Beaton

Sound designer: Felix Jude West

Editor: Barnaby Wood

Set construction: Jamie Beaton, CJ Burnett, Hugo Fergusson and Nic Moore
Production Designer: Sarah Bick

Location:  Hannah Barry Gallery

Shameless Series 10 Advert

Working in the Art Department for Skyhook on a Channel 4 advert for the new series of Shameless. Around 100 tonnes of aggregate was used to create 2 spaces one made into a red alien desert and the other into a luner landscape, the former once used was then adapted and made into an artic tundra. Each one was made with crash matts hidden in the set for a stuntman to fall into then they were swapped for steel decks for Frank Gallagher to then stand up an act on.
Here are some pictures of the build

Here are some pictures of the set in action with green screen working and Frank

Dream Demons

Project: "Dream Demons" (Firecracker Films)
Director/ Producer: Jim Nally
Producer: Tim Riding (Firecracker Films)
DOP: Neve Cunningham
Camera Asst: Dave Prevost
Art Department: Jamie Beaton



In early Novemeber I recieved a call explaining that the Art Director for a 3 episode doumentary called ''Dream Demons'' had dropped out last minute and asked if I felt up for filling in. The interviews with the victims of sleep paraylsis or 'night terrors' had been filmed and we were to film reconstructions of  their experiences. Therefore most of the work was based in bedroom situations but it was still great experience to work on a project with only myself as Art Department.

PICTURES TO COME ONCE ITS BEEN AIRED

Wild eyes and Promax Ident

 Spent a day creating a mini jungle for some electronic animal toys to advertise a new box set of Animal Planet, and then went onto recreate the classic paint falling on BBC2 logo Ident but with the Promax logo

Holyoaks Stills Shoot

Not quite as excitiing as it may sound. We spent a few hours down in Park Royal Studios making a small section of flats shaped into a wall and ceiling and then the pyrotech guys fired fire balls onto them while 4 photographers snapped away. This was for them to be able to blend the fire pattern and create the Holyoaks billboard posters where the characters are shown to be evolving out of the fire.
Oh and we also made a small cloud for a separate project

 

 

Misfits Series 2 Advert

Working for Skyhook, I helped make the features for the last 20 seconds of the 'Misfits Series 2' advert, we were making flats that would be used as cut aways of ground section to allow the filming to go underground to a character that has been buried alive. (Advert video Below)

FOR HIGH QUALITY VIDEO OF THE ADVERT PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMgVUmA0u0&feature=related 

The Pond, a JJB creation

I was told by Guy and Nicky that they were interested in having a pond for their garden and was asked if I would be happy to build it for them. Here are some pictures of the process into the pond build, its still standing and now is home to 6 small fish and a bunch of plants.

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Sonisphere Shack for Bizzarre Magazine

 A group of seven of us were brought in to build and paint a shack made of entirely scrap materials to house an allaborate photo boothe for Bizzare Magazine to shoot in.