Borderland

Sorry again for the lack of posts, I’ve been fairly busy working on various exciting new projects, which you will find out about over then next couple of months. I’ve recently purchased a Canon 7D which is a DSLR that also shoots 25/24 frames per second, meaning it can be used as a movie camera with some great SLR lenses on it.

I shot my first film on it last week and it was a great camera to use, especially with the 35mm look. The film is a supernatural horror called Borderland, directed by James Norton and starring Alastair Cook. I produced it and was Director of Photography on the project, read the synopsis below:

Mr. James M Rhodes is photographing the site of an ancient conflict when he becomes lost. Panicking he stumbles across an unusual artefact unleashing a terrifying apparition that begins to haunt him and transform the landscape around him. He must return the artefact before he becomes engulfed in the darkness of another world.

It was a great shoot with a small tight knit crew shooting in a studio in Cambridge, and locations at Waltham Abbey and the River Lea in Canning Town and Chingford. The film is part of the Tri-Borough Film fund, funded by Film London and the boroughs of Newham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. It’ll be screened at Mile End’s Genesis Cinema on the 24th April as part of the East End Film Festival, hopefully I’ll see you there. In the meantime enjoy some screen grabs from the ungraded rushes.