Programming and operating the intelligent lighting for The Xtra Factor Live 2016. I was filling in on a few dates for Alex Mildenhall, using his MA2. The LD for the show was Nick Collier. Read more →
Naked Attraction – Channel 4
Simply described as ‘A daring new dating series that starts where some good dates might end – naked’. I was asked by Tom Sutherland, the lighting designer, if I could operate the intelligent fixtures for this show. Will Charles was the lighting director for the series, with Marc Nicholson operating the generics desk. This consisted of operating the LED pars… Read more →
The Code – BBC 1
Quiz show hosted by Matt Allwright, with help from expert Lesley-Anne Brewis. Locked in a safe a jackpot prize is building, waiting for a team to crack a three-digit code and take home the cash. I filled in a couple of dates for Oli Lifely / Alex Mildenhall operating the Vector which controlled both the generics and the intelligent lighting… Read more →
Filming With Natural Light – The Revenant
The Revenant, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and with cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, has made headlines for being a cinema release feature length film that does not rely on the use of artificial lighting. This style of filmmaking has been seen before, when Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg came together to create the Dogma 95 manifesto. The Dogma 95 manifesto uses an avant-garde filmmaking style, where… Read more →