Chaser, my second short film as a production designer, is attracting more and more media attention. Luckily Sal and Max know how to handle it. Here’s their highest profile interview so far – and for those who don’t live in the US, Huffington Post is a big deal! Continue reading Chaser’s rise to notoriety
My autumn highlight for 2013 was creating a room of lost items for Gabriel Foster Prior‘s A Short Film About Hats We had a mountain of pens, a drawer full of coins – multi-currency of course, as it’s me – a haphazard wrack full of begged, borrowed and found clothes including almost everything I own, odd socks, old keys, puzzle pieces, cell phones, toy soldiers… No sleep … Continue reading What have you lost?
Congratulations to the cast & crew of Solitary, a feature film by Katharine McEwan that wrapped yesterday in Portsmouth! It was a fascinating, fun & exhausting 3 weeks away. We shot in a real prison (not functioning), which has put me right off crime. You do not want to go to prison! Everything’s hard, cold and cream. Also very creepy. I almost gave myself a … Continue reading Solitary
I art directed Lucy Spraggan’s music video for “Last Night”, the original song made popular by her X Factor audition. One mad day (and night) of balloons, beer bottles, water and a lot of jelly, and here’s the result: It’s not easy to source enough non-gelatine jelly to fill a paddling pool on a public holiday. When I eventually found it the shopkeeper … Continue reading “Last Night” by Lucy Spraggan and the joys of jelly
I art directed this treasure of a film earlier this year, when it was known as Martha Mauden & Co. Enjoy the trailer! The link to the film website is in my blogroll. Continue reading More Cake trailer
The result of my first London shoot, back in January. I was production manager on this video for the nuclear disarmament charity ICAN: It also features on the charity’s website, http://www.icanw.org/resources/videos/ The highlight was filming from the rooftop of the Trafalgar Hotel for shots of the crowd scene in Trafalgar Square. Getting the gear up there was challenging, but what a view! Continue reading Yes I Can
Three whirlwind days of shooting, preceded by two mad weeks of pre-production, and an exhausting but happy shoot has wrapped on Martha Mauden & Co. I’m relieved to find that art directing in the UK is exactly the same as the US: Just as demanding, just as rewarding, and just as much running up and down stairs with bizarre props and standing on chairs wishing my … Continue reading Martha Mauden & Co
The most controversial of the films I’ve worked on has found its way to my home-hemisphere. Probably not the ideal way to introduce my parents to my work (you’ll see why if you watch the trailer), but I’m very proud of it. Chaser is screening as part of the Sex Drives & Videotape short film program at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival on March 15th and 23rd. … Continue reading Chaser does Melbourne
Aaaah, what luxury! I’m experiencing indie film-making as it should be with quirky comedy Geoffrey’s Belt. I’m behind the scenes doing art department research and prop-sourcing for talented Art Director Emma Kathleen Painter, who also happens to be a dear friend from film school in NZ. It’s a damn good script from very switched on producers. I think we’re onto a winner! http://www.indiegogo.com/Geoffreysbelt Continue reading Geoffrey’s Belt…true love unbuckled
The first day of my first shoot in London. Can’t complain about the view! And on the third day: I’ve died and gone to prop master heaven: Continue reading Welcome to London
G. Isla Borrell : digital creation, film & theatre 