Miller Tripods have just announced the winners of their Sharpshooter Competition 2011 and I was surprised and delighted to be ‘Highly Commended’ for my use of their DS20 Carbon Fibre system in Antarctica. I can’t wait to try out their new monopod on my next shoot which I won. Thank you Miller!
The short film, ‘The Stranger’, written and directed by Ed McGown that I recently DP’d in collaboration with the Prison Service has won the IVCA Bronze Award for Best Drama at the 2011 IVCA Awards.
Since many ex-offenders have never had a bank account, have no credit or employment history and still less any friends or family who they can fall back on, trying to build a normal life after a period inside can be almost impossible. This film uses a darkly comic style to demonstrate some of the key pitfalls faced by ex-offenders in their first few weeks after release. I wrote the script following a research period spent visting inmates at Wandsworth Prison, where I learnt first hand of some of the major problems facing prisoners on their release.
‘The scanner’ is an enlightening film that tells us how innovative information technology is being used to diagnose and treat a rare genetic condition and illustrates the power of IT to improve our health and well-being.
The film I shot with director Ed McGown featuring Dr Alastair Garfield and Kate McAllister about PWS just won at Sheffield. A fabulous night was had by all up here celebrating. I’m over the moon!!
The judges were as follows:
Kevin Macdonald, Oscar winning Director of One Day in September
David Bond, Director of award winning documentary, Erasing David
Elizabeth Sparrow, President BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT,
Frank Boyd, Creative Director, Crossover
Heather Croall, Director of Sheffield Doc/Fest
The film shows how the latest computing technology influences the lives of patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome – a rare genetic condition that causes near permanent hunger, leading in turn to chronic obesity. Dr Alastair Garfield and Kate McAllister MA explain how technology is helping scientists change the lives of sufferers for the better.
Shot on the Sony Ex1 with Letus 35mm adapter, Miller DS20 and Glidetrack HD1.5m
