LIFT
HAVING COLOUR GRADING SKILLS TO COMPLIMENT MY CINEMATOGRAPHY IS A POWERFUL TOO. DA VINCI RESOLVE IS FANTASTIC COLOUR GRADING SOFTWARE AND IT REALLY HELPS TAKE MY WORK UP TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. WORKING ALONGSIDE DAN MCKENZIE-COSSOU (DOP) AND TOM WATKINS (DIRECTOR) I GRADED THIS SHORT FILM FOR THE FITNESS BRAND ‘LIFT‘ - HTTPS://LIFTTHEMOVEMENT.COM/
SHOT IN CANON LOG 2, THE BRIEF WAS TO TAKE THE FLAT LOG PROFILE AND GIVE THE FINAL VIDEO A WARM GOLDEN HOUR VIBE DESPITE HAVING BEEN FILMED OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
THIS COLLABORATION HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK ON, HERE IS THE FINAL RESULT.
Genre: Sport, Fitness, Commercial
Company: TOM WATKINS PHOTO
Status: Complete
Director - Tom Watkins, DP & Edit - Dan McKenzie-Cossou, Gaffer - Tristan Hutchinson, Colourist - Greg Michael
Boxer - @amyandrewboxing - Director - @tomwatkinsphoto - DP & Edit - @danmckc - Camera Operator - @stuartensor - Focus Puller - @peterswinford_ac - Lighting - @gregcmichael Production Assistant - @anishapanchasara - Colourist - @connorsean_colour - Composer - @threekeyaudio - Location - @sevenoaks_box_fit
BOX FIT
WITH THE CINEMATIC VISION OF DAN MCKENZIE-COSSOU AND DIRECTION BY TOM WATKINS THIS COMMERCIAL MOOD PIECE PROMOTES BOXING GYM 'SEVENOAKS BOX FIT' AND UPCOMING BOXING STAR AMY ANDREW. CHECK OUT THE SEVENOAKS BOXFIT WEBSITE FOR THE GYM'S DETAILS.
I HAD A DAY OFF CAMERA AND FOCUSED ON LIGHTING THE SETS IN THIS COLLABORATION WITH A GREAT CREW. THE CHALLENGING SETUPS INCLUDED RIGGING MY FALCONEYES ROLL FLEX PANELS ABOVE THE RING, MULTIPLE DEDOS BACKLIGHTING THE PUNCH BAGS, BLOCKING OUT DAY LIGHT ON CAMERA RIGHT OF THE RING AND RIGGING AN ENCAPSULITE ABOVE THE TALENT IN MULTIPLE SETUPS.
A MOODY HIGH CONTRAST LOOK IS WHAT WAS BRIEFED AND I ACHIEVED THIS BY BLOCKING OUT THE DAYLIGHT TO CREATE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. FOLLOWING THIS MY PLAN WAS TO HOT SPOT AND/OR BACKLIGHT THE AREAS OF INTEREST IN THE SETUPS AT ALL TIMES. THIS WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE AUDIENCE FOCUS REMAINS ALWAYS ON THE RING AND THE BOXER THROUGHOUT.
Genre: Sport, Fitness, Commercial
Company: A Dan McKenzie Cossou & Tom Watkins Production
Status: Complete
THE DRY CLEANER
WE MEET MICK (AKA ANGELOS) IN HIS LAST FEW DAYS AS A DRY CLEANER AFTER 40 YEARS OF PRESSING SHIRTS. WE LEARN THAT MICK INHERITED HIS WORK ETHIC FROM HIS FATHER, CHARALAMBOS, WHO ARRIVED IN LONDON FROM CYPRUS IN 1950. WITH THAT WORK ETHIC HAS COME SOME LESS POSITIVE TRAITS AND REGRET THAT WEARS HEAVILY ON MICK.
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Directors-producers: Matthew Stuart Smith
Company: Collaboration with The Wolf Pack Collective
Status: Post Production
HOW?
INSPIRED BY THE PASSIONATE AND GENUINE SPEECHES GIVEN AT BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD. “HOW” THE DOCU-MINI SERIES ADVOCATES FOR A FAIRER, BETTER SOCIETY. THE DOCU-MINI SERIES ADVOCATES FOR A FAIRER, BETER SOCIETY BY GIVING A VOICE TO THE UNHEARD.
Genre: Society, documentary
Language: English
Status: Pitching for investment
Creators: Eleanor Andrea Mons, Dan Mckenzie-Cossou, Greg Michael
WHEN THE WORLD STOPS (WORKING TITLE)
WHEN THE WORLD STOPS LOOKS AT SOCIETY UNDERGOING THE MOST LIFE-ALTERING CRISIS IT HAS SEEN IN A CENTURY WITH THE OUTBREAK OF DEADLY VIRUS COVID-19.
WHO ARE WE, COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE?
Genre: Society, observational documentary
Language: English
Directors-producers: Will Bloomfield, Eleanor Andrea Mons, Daphne Schmon
Status: In Production
