Kinematographer

Oops.. It’s been a while

Okay, so that was pretty much a fail in keeping this thing up-to-date. Here’s a quick recap of the previous episode of my life trying to work in ze film industry.

Last time, we joined our hero on his 22nd birthday in the middle of a disused army airfield in the depths of Suffolk. He was battling through a night shoot on a feature. The bitter cold and the grip ravaged at him, but he managed to survive. His good friends the cinematographer and the focus puller helped him through it.

But then, the brave and gallant focus puller fell… for a better paying gig, and so it was left to Julian, the lowly clapper loader to step up, and take his friend’s place.

Anyway, the basic gist of the narrative is that I ended up focus pulling the rest of that feature. Was I ready? Well, I didn’t really have a choice. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did I learn from it? Most definitely.

And since then, I’ve been keeping rather busy. I’ve been working a lot. Some of it big, and some small. Some paid, and some not. And for that, I have to thank all the people and my good friends who brought me along with them on this grand journey.

I will update this tumblr with all that I have done throughout the year so far, but for the time being, I am on a train to Suffolk, and then making my way to Yorkshire, where I will be focus pulling on a short film with the cinematographer from the aforementioned feature. I have a feeling it’s going to be a cold one.