Topography and Tapas
Just back from a delicious three day shoot in the mountains of the Sierra de Tejeda in southern Spain. It was my first visit to the area and I’m sure it won’t be the last. What a privilege to be …
Author: clithers
Productive downtime
The electricity went off a couple of hours ago. Nothing terribly exciting in the greater scheme of things, just a clunk as the lights went out and the UPS cut in to safely save the open files and shut down …
Oscar win for Mat
Congratulations are due to Suffolk-based director/writer Mat Kirkby and his partner James Lucas for their film The Phone Call which last night won an Oscar for best Live-Action Short Film.
The lull and the storm
This time of year is traditionally very quiet for productions that entail outdoor shooting. Not only is the weather generally pretty hostile to filming and (particularly) to shivering filmmakers but we all know that many locations really start coming into …
Light sensitive
Perhaps it is a cross that all film-makers have to bear. I’m hypersensitive to light. Not in the sense that it causes pain or I can’t see in bright light. It’s more that I’m very conscious that half way through …