Dub Pistols....

In recent weeks I have been filming live music with a small crew from my course at University. We covered some great acoustic sessions with Ruarri Joseph's and Ryan keen at Gylly cafe as part of their CafeLive sessions but I was very happy when we heard we had the gig at the Princess Pavilions covering the Dub Pistols.

It was an amazing gig and we were granted fantastic access by Barry Ashworth and the rest of the band. We filmed on stage and had the opportunity to get some truly great footage.

To get this sort of footage you defiantly need the right equipment so we used a Canon 5D Mk11 and Canon 1D mk1V. these DSLR's really come into there own in this environment.
shot at ISO 3200 and 1/50th of a second at around F4 the image quality is fantastic but follow focus for two hours is stressful!

Unit 150 Begins

After the Easter break we are back and starting the research stage of our final major projects.

Briefs are for a 10 minute documentary following the formats of BBC Three's Extraordinary Me or Channel 4 First Cut.


We are only at the ideas stage at the moment but I'm developing an Idea with the team from the Strip Doc about cycling and BMX riding and its inclusion within the Olympics. The cameraman has a great contact Robert Reed who has links to UCI BMX World Championships, events such as Rollapaluza and many many more.
We are looking to focus on the grass routes story of BMX riding and how it has been transported to a new level by it inclusion in the Olympics.

We are also hoping to use the other contacts within competition bike events to make a promotional film for his work with schools and for his sponsors.


Currently I am contacting the Great British cycling team and event coordinators at the UCI to gain access to film at the upcoming World Championship so watch this space!