sam morris

lighting cameraman

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other credits

offbeat - short animated drama

Aardman Animations for UK Film Council/SWSCreen, Dir: Will Becher

Format: Digital stills for finish on HD (and ultimately 35mm film print)

Part of this animated short had already been shot with another DOP when I was asked to help complete it.

Lighting to match shots already completed, programming motion control.

  • Director Will Becher's site
  • Aardman Animations

    • Prizes

  • a couple

    • Festivals, screenings etc:

  • Encounters Short Film Festival(Premiere), November 2006, Bristol UK
  • Cairo Children's Film Festival, Egypt
  • Mar Del Plata, Argentina
  • Cartoons on the Bay, Italy
  • Trickfilm Festival, Germany
  • Bimini, Latvia
  • Anima Mundi, Brazil
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival, Up North
  • Busho Budapest, Hungary
  • AniMotion, Romania (Shortlisted Best Animation and Audience Award)
  • Multivision, Russia
  • Super Shorts, London (Shortlisted Best Animation)
  • Odense, Denmark
  • HD Fest, New York, USA
  • Cinemagic, Belfast
  • Cinanima, Portugal
  • KROK, Ukraine

    • gravenhurst - trust

    Warp Films Producer/Director: Martin Davies

    Length: 5 min, Format: Format: DVCPro HD

    A pop promo shot on location and in the studio

    location shoot on HDVX200 at 720/50P with available light

    studio shot on Panasonic XXXX direct to hard disc, greenscreen

    watch

  • Gravenhurst's website
  • Raz Rez
  • Warp Films

    • Festivals, screenings etc:

    Few and far between.

    Crew

  • Focus Puller: Marcus Jennings

    • pop levi - '(a style called) crying chic'

    Warp Films for BBC New Music Shorts, Producer: Libby Durdy, Director: George Wu

    Length: 5 min, Format: Format: DVCPro HD

    A music video shot in a couple of days in a small studio space.

  • Watch online at BBC New Film Network
  • watch the film on Myspace
  • Featured in Jan 07 Shots magazine and included on subscribers' DVD
  • Pop Levi's site
  • Warp Films
  • George Wu's site

    • Festivals, screenings etc:

  • Encounters short film festival, Bristol
  • RESFEST 2006
  • Halloween Short Film Festival
  • Clermont Ferrand Film Festival Jan/Feb 2007

    • the ga ga’s - breaking america

    Prod/Director: Thousand Thousand

    Length: 3’ 14”, Format: DVCAM

    A music video shot in a day in a small studio space.

  • The promo received airplay on cable channels and was voted No 1 on Scuzz
  • The band talk about the shoot.

    • headjar communications ident

    Producer/Director: Gwyn Moxham

    Length: 10s, Format: 35mm

    A company ident shot on 35mm incorporating live action, CGI & bluescreen elements

    Multi format... cgi jar... available light; intelligent use of reflectors and awareness of the sun's path

  • Headjar's Myspace
  • Watch the film

    • Test Commercial

    Producer/Director: Dean Ferris and Ian Lord

    Length: 20s, Format: 35mm

    A script found on the internet and shot in a day on some short ends in Aardman’s studios