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LAURA MARLING VIDEO SHOOT
Pulse Films shoot the new Laura Marling video for her single "I Speak Because I Can" at The Underwater Studio.
The video was produced for Virgin Records by Jamie Clark & Campbell Beaton with Director Dave Ma.
The video was shot at High Speed on the Phantom Camera.
Web Sites www.lauramarling.com
BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE PENDULUM VIDEO SHOOT
The second half of this video showing behind the scenes at The Underwater Studio
BUSY TIME FOR THE UNDERWATER STUDIO AS BLINK FILMS RETURN
Blink Films who last year shot the highly acclaimed Sperm Race at The Underwater Studio returned to shoot scenes for its new series True Stories 3 "The Titanic".
The shots directed by award winning director Andy Webb involved artists jumping in the water and scenes in a 20ft wooden life boat.
The surface shots were filmed on F900 but the most interesting part was that some surface and underwater shots were filmed on a small GO Pro HD camera, which cost around $260. It will be interesting to see these shots cut together in the final sequence.
The Underwater Lighting was provide by Pip keeling.
Blink Films; .http://www.blinkfilmsuk.com/home.html
LOCAL
INTERNATIONAL FILM MAKER TURNS TO THE UNDERWATER STUDIO.
Local International film production company Caranaby Films turned to The Underwater Studio for helping in shooting scenes for its latest production "A Lonely Place to Die" The film shoot in Scotland needed some underwater scenes and Carnaby chose to shoot these in a safe and controlled environment at The Underwater Studio. The action was directed by Julian Gilbey, with stunts coordinated by Jamie Edgell.
The studio had to construct a Scottish river bed, and the action was shot by Hugh Fairs on the Red Cam with Hugh's own REDSEE underwater housing for the RED. The housing has been specially developed by Hugh and unlike some other housings it does not leak or suffer from overheat problems.
For more Info on the REDSEE Housing go to http://www.underwater-camera.com
CORAL SEA BED LOCATED IN BASILDON
The stage at The Underwater Studio was turned into an underwater coral seabed for Generator Films latest commercial for the Concentric Agency. The underwater set was designed by Production Designer Jan Walker and built by the Underwater Studios in house diving team who also provided safety cover for the filming. The commercial was produced by Carlos Downie and directed by Neil Scholes.
The Commercial was shot my leading
underwater cameraman Mark Silk, with Underwater Assistant
Dan
Travers and Underwater Lighting Gaffer Bernie Prentice.
The Starring Role of commercial went to Lesley Ward, A High Board Diver who has competed in three Olympic Games and is represented by Leading Agency Aquabatix.
The commercial was for New-look Deep Relief pain-relieving gel, which is set to be the focus of a £1 million promotional campaign this autumn, Mentholatum has announced. Television advertising will run in September and will be supported by print advertising in trade and consumer titles.
The
Underwater Studio is in discussions with one of Americas leading studios to
build Europe's largest water filming facility. More details on the Atlantis
Project will be announced later.
WITCHCRAFT VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE ON
Drum & Bass Rock Group Pendulum shoots Underwater Effects for their song Witchcraft from the new album Immersion at The Underwater Studio. Sean Stuart from The Found Collective having shot a music video at the Underwater Studio last year decided that he was able to once again use The Underwater Studio for this shoot.
The sequences were shot by leading underwater cameraman Mark Silk using the RED Cam with Hugh Fairs REDSEE underwater housing.
As usual underwater & surface lighting was provided by specialist underwater lighting Gaffer Bernie Prentice.
The shoot was directed by founders of The Found Collective Mike Sharpe & Barney Steel
The Found Collective Web Site www.thefoundcollective.com
Video To Follow
DENMARK'S NEXT TOP MODEL COMES TO THE UK
Danish production company STV who produce Denmark's Next Top Model shoot their Underwater Episode at The Underwater Studio and Award winning underwater photographer Zena Holloway photographed the girls underwater. The studio has been host to Britain's Next Top model on 2 series but this is the first time we have hosted an over sea's production of this reality TV show.
www.kanal4.dk/topmodel/index.php
Denmark's Next Top Model Official Web Site
STV Production web site www.stv.dk/
The English National Opera Shoots at The Underwater Studio.
Fifty Nine Productions shoot at the Underwater Studio for The English National Opera and its production of the Pearl Fishers to be performed in June 2010. The Filming stared Alfie Boe and was directed by British Writer and Director Penny Woolcock. Penny is no stranger to the underwater studio as she also directed Margate Exodus and the Death of Klinghoffer which was also filmed at The Underwater Studio.
www.fiftynineproductions.co.uk
For more Information please go to the ENO web Site www.eno.org
STUDENT FILMS 2010
The underwater studio has been working with Films students, media colleges, and film schools to enable students to shooting underwater sequences as [art of their degree projects. the studio has been able to offer packages to make this type of shoot more affordable to the students with their limited budgets.
Below are some stills and video from a recent shoot by Film Student Duncan Rice
Mermaid. from Duncan Rice on Vimeo.
ZENA HOLLOWAY & THE WESTFIELD SHOOT
Award winning Photographer Zena Holloway is at the forefront of underwater photography and film in the UK and abroad. When The shoot for Westfield came along Zena had no hesitation in Shooting at the Underwater Studio, where she has worked many times.
View the Behind the Scenes Video of the Westfield Shoot