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TAKE DOWN

Here’s the trailer for Take Down, and Anglo-American production I had the pleasure to do some additional photography for (the shots of the lead running up and down the stairs to the lighthouse with a rope on his shoulders were shot by me). Unfortunately uncredited in the final release, I was in Wales with the guys for a short while. I still remember those steps!

Produced by Radiant Film International

Directed by Jim Gillespie

Cinematography Denis Crossan

RITA ORA x TEZENIS

tezeniscroppedMy first foray into professional gimbal operating came as a surprise, when fellow cinematographer the brilliant Ed Rutherford asked me if I could operate my freshly bought Ronin for him. Although I almost always like to operate myself on my on shows I don’t usually do operating for other people (it happened recently for Andrew Dunn on the latest Bridget Jones movie “Bridget Jones Baby”, but that came after I had dome some additional photography for VFX and it was too good an opportunity to pass), but I was eager to test the gimbal on the field and have something high end to show that I had shot with it. I welcomed the opportunity and here’s the result, Ed’s lighting is brilliant and I am pretty satisfied with what I brought to the table.

Produced by Sarah Mantovanelli for Managment Artists

Directed by Michelangelo Di Battista e Lorenzo Cisi

Photographed by Ed Rutherford

Camera by Luca Ciuti

Shot on Sony F55 with Zeiss Super Speed Primes

New gimbal in da house!

Just bought myself some nifty new kit: A DJI Ronin full of all sorts of accessories and extras as well as a Easyrig with a lovely Flowcine Serene on top. Will give amazing hire price on those jobs I’m on should the director need it. Check the equipment page for a detailed list of my kit.

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The Run goes towards the next stage

Mario Sainz, after having had a lot of success with the The Run web series promo/pilot we did back in September has now flashed out an awesome storyline for the whole series and strong to our finalist place at the Raindance Web Series Film Festival (we lost the win by ONE vote!), has now decided to ask the world at large for a hand, please help him as his story deserves to be told.

Vote THE RUN, web series pilot competition.

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Here’s The Run, a pilot for a web series created and directed by the brilliant Mario Sainz, produced by Kate Marsden, photography by me.

The pilot is now in competition for The Raindance Web Series Pilot competition (to see click on title).

Please share and vote for us!

Shot on Red Epic with Zeiss Super Speed prime lenses (once again Panavision & Panalux have taken care of me in the best possible way, thank you).

Also a big thank you to all the people involved who helped me shoot this, you’ve been great and your effort have been invaluable!!

CoM CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

Please share the love and support!

CURSE OF MESOPOTAMIA MAKING OF

Here’s a funny making of video of the first half of CoM.

CURSE OF MESOPOTAMIA SECOND TEASER

Some time have passed now from when we had to flee Erbil in Kurdistan Iraq for fear of being caught in between Isis advance and the US air strikes, meanwhile our director, Lauand Omar, has been busy tweaking the script in Istanbul first and then editing complete scenes as well as a second teaser of the film to show potential investors and fans alike. Here’s a link to the teaser, I hope you enjoy. Peace!

Shot on Arri Alexa with Zeiss Superspeed Primes.

SAVAGES – FUCKERS

Shot in December 2013 in Kentish Town with Sony PMW-5 with a set of Lomo Vintage Anamorphic lenses and some Canon 5D and 7D with Canon EF Prime and Zoom Lenses.

Directed by Giorgio Testi, photography by Leon Henry and myself (uncredited).

The first shot it’s me. ‘Nuff Said. 😉

Gaslight Anthem New Video

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A new music video I shot a while ago for the Gaslight Anthem will be out soon. It’s going to be a dynamic one, great song and performance. If they happen to play near you go see them, they’re great live.

http://www.thegaslightanthem.com/

 

I shot their video with a combination of cameras from ARRI Alexa with Zeiss Ultraprimes to Canon C300 and 5D MKIII with Canon Zoom and Prime EF Lenses, mostly hand held. It was shot during the span of a two-day gig in London the guys played last April. I supervised the lighting on stage and made it right for our different formats, which wasn’t as easy at it sounds, but I managed quite well, adding a few pivotal lights on stage to give it a bit more of an edge, mostly 2K Fresnels and 4-light blinders. We also had the chance to shoot for a time during sound check the second day and that made for a big difference in terms of shots, allowing us to intercut with close-ups and details that otherwise would have been impossible to capture during the actual performance.

We finished the video in crisp black and white and it now has an old school RnR still photography feel to it, pretty much like the photography of Jim Marshall, an all time great, as well as Mick Rock, Charles Peterson, Janette Beckerman, Kevin Cummins among others and obviously Anton Corbijn, probably my favourite one. If you like music photography you should check them out.

http://www.jimmarshallphotographyllc.com/

http://www.mickrock.com/

http://www.charlespeterson.net/

http://www.janettebeckman.com/

http://www.kevincummins.co.uk/

http://www.corbijn.co.uk/

I loved working with the band. The promo was directed by the always talented Giorgio Testi (who also directed “45” for the GA).

Brian performing on stage at the Troxy

Brian performing on stage at the Troxy

Giorgio (with hat) having a chat in the backstage
Giorgio (with hat) having a chat in the backstage