Posts tagged Phil Hawkins

I’ve just finished the pre-viz storyboards for “A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Mirror”, a comedy short film I’m directing in Manchester this weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve done a short as I’ve been concentrating on the features front but I came across this great script and fell in love with it. It’s going to be a highly visual piece shot on a specially designed set to pull off some clever little optical tricks I’m planning. A normal bathroom is such a small space to work with so a set is necessary in order to allow the camera to be unrestricted in it’s movement. That’s why I love a good pre-viz (pre-visualisation) which allows me to find the shots before I even get to set. With one day to shoot and an ambitious amount of shots that’s valuable shooting time saved already…
Once the short is complete, we’ll release a side by side comparison with my original boards and see how close we get!

I’ve just finished the pre-viz storyboards for “A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Mirror”, a comedy short film I’m directing in Manchester this weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve done a short as I’ve been concentrating on the features front but I came across this great script and fell in love with it. It’s going to be a highly visual piece shot on a specially designed set to pull off some clever little optical tricks I’m planning. A normal bathroom is such a small space to work with so a set is necessary in order to allow the camera to be unrestricted in it’s movement. That’s why I love a good pre-viz (pre-visualisation) which allows me to find the shots before I even get to set. With one day to shoot and an ambitious amount of shots that’s valuable shooting time saved already…

Once the short is complete, we’ll release a side by side comparison with my original boards and see how close we get!

Philm Company’s official announcement of the slate in Screen Daily. Thanks to Sarah Cooper for the article. Exciting times! Read the full article here.

Philm Company’s official announcement of the slate in Screen Daily. Thanks to Sarah Cooper for the article. Exciting times! Read the full article here.

Baveria Idents: A 15” ident for Baveria Beer airing for their sponsorship of THAT SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW on ITV. This is one of a series of cuts shot on the high speed Phantom camera at between 100fps and 800fps.

Here’s the first of three new Sony PSP commercials airing in the UK and Europe. Shot in multiple locations around Manchester on RED in one day. This commercial features the new PSP-E1000 console which actually wasn’t available when we shot on location. We originally shot with the older console. I also shot background plates of the action during the location shoot and then shot the newer console on green screen in a studio later. DoP: Michael Costelloe. Post production: 422. Agency: Love. Production: Mercedes Crescenti TV.

Here’s a recent ad I directed for Groupon.co.uk. It’s their first television commercial in the UK. No doubt you’ll see this multiple times on television over the coming months! Shot on the Sony F3 with compact primes. A departure from my usual RED cameras but the F3 allowed us to have a filmic quality and allow lighter and easier operation for the style of the ad in small locations. Shot in London.

How did we make a feature film in two days? Find out in the one-hour documentary which is now available to watch for free! It features specially shot interviews with the producers, director of photography, cast, writer and I. We go into enormous detail in this doc so it’s recommended for all filmmakers! Enjoy.

My lovely composer Richard Bodgers of Theme Music (composer of The Butterfly Tattoo, Being Sold and many of my commercials) and I at a talk a little while ago at the Exposures Film festival.

My lovely composer Richard Bodgers of Theme Music (composer of The Butterfly Tattoo, Being Sold and many of my commercials) and I at a talk a little while ago at the Exposures Film festival.

Watch me talk/ramble on about Being Sold and filmmaking when I was interviewed by Joe James Barrett for the Screen Stockport website.

Watch me talk/ramble on about Being Sold and filmmaking when I was interviewed by Joe James Barrett for the Screen Stockport website.

How to Shoot a Film in 48 Hours
An article I wrote for MovieMaker, “the world’s most widely read independent movie magazine”.

How to Shoot a Film in 48 Hours

An article I wrote for MovieMaker, “the world’s most widely read independent movie magazine”.

A Q&A between Directors UK and I about BEING SOLD...

The lovely folks at Directors UK have featured an article about Being Sold on their front page. Read the full article from the link above…

The publicity for Being Sold begins with this article in the Manchester Evening News. Read the full article online here.

The publicity for Being Sold begins with this article in the Manchester Evening News. Read the full article online here.

Here’s the 2nd trailer for BEING SOLD. The whole film and the one hour documentary “How did they shoot a feature film in two days?” will be available to watch online, on demand from June 19th.

Sneak previews of Being Sold have been released. See cast members Christopher Dane, Lee Boardman, Jessica Blake, Eva Pope, Lesley Joseph, Dan Morgan, Roy Walker, Terry Christian and John Thomson talk about their experiences shooting a film in two days. Visit the YouTube page to see ‘em all! The whole film will be available to watch here from June 19th.