Oh What a week in Blogsville!

Hi Guys,

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

This week saw our biggest production EVER. So many gaffers, riggers, Set designers, technicians, actors. The poor cleaner/night time Studio technician/ parking attendant/ Studio Manager.

Using the whole facility the production team were all really great although quite demanding on our energy bill! What more do they want a moon on a stick???

Well yes, they got a moon on a stick. In the form of a 100,000 Watt bank of lights that illuminated our roof from a 100ft crane. The scene showed a huge fight sequence breaking out!

We take our collective hats off to all of you as this was a great piece of work and we look forward to the results of Rise of Kane. (details to follow!)

We also reached out to the film-making community this week. We always keep on top of productions and check up on films and shows in-development, pre-production, and those being currently produced. 

 One of which is a Studio made feature Starring Hollywood’s Ed Harris (Abyss, Truman Show) As an aging tightrope walked in Paris moving in for his Final tightrope walk, the feature will be set across the beautiful landscape of 1930’s Paris. We had a very similar themed shoot. (see below) and we hope that the production team see the possibilities and Mr Harris turns our humble facility into a Parisian vista soon!

NEWSFLASH. News just in. Tony Robinson AKA Baldric from Blackadder . The ‘Time Team’s’ long suffering (in the cold, bony filled mud!) presenter graced our Studios this week!

Tony Robinson loses it after one more 'cunning plan' joke!!

Mr Robinson was shooting a promo for a range of new history based children's books. Shot in our Studio 2 using our Production package 2.

More news on our Staff this week too. Myself and our studio assistant Anna went on a 1 day emergency 1^st aid training course with Carlton Training in Kings Cross. We learned how to keep casualties alive until Paramedics arrive. We learned CPR , the recovery position and lots of other vital 1^st aid training. Studio production can be hazardous and although Camberwell Studios go to great lengths to avoid any issues you can never be too prepared and it has given the staff and clients here great confidence that help could be on hand should we ever need it (touches wood!)

In the words of Mr Atkinson to his Blackadder co-star. 

"Baldric, you have the intellectual capacity of a dirty potato."

Untill next week. Take care

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Sam Parkinson - Studio Manager

Hi to all South London readers (and others who have been reading worldwide too)

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Welcome. The blog continues and is picking up pace and followers. I never thought people would want to read my thoughts and musings about our productions but considering the variation of films and people that grace our facility we are truly lucky to come into a different setting and atmosphere everyday.

  

Readers of the previous blog may notice an animal theme emerging in my writing. These great apes went absolutely totally bananas, positively ape s**t, as they had to work for peanuts etc etc!!! This ad, shot in our studio 1 was for an online car parts  commercial and we wish them luck.

Continuing the animal theme the BBC were shooting stills for their 'Deadly Art' series. Studio 1's rigging managed to support a scorpion made from rubber tyres, a wooden bear, 2 wooden dolphins, skunks, badgers and all manner of artwork. See the results here.

Jane, our lovely accountant is in today. She makes sure we are paying our bills, our garden plants are watered, the white and green paint is bought for our Studio painting. She also keeps tends to keep me and my receipts in order too. Jane is a great member of the team and she really keeps the place and the finances running smoothly. Jane, as a glamorous 'child of the 70's' has been posing for Milan Fashion week for the mature set of models. She is a regular jet-setter and has been to many of the top fashion shows.

 Jane and her partner work with set building and studio building too. Including our newly to be updated infinity cove and flooring planned for Studio 1 soon.

On a final note we have a few builders bums around the studio as the prop building team are making a corridors with weird angles for a Feature teaser and fight scene. 

The teaser will use every bit of the Studio including the upstairs section for a fight scene (used in EPIK videos Mr Phillpotts Music Video) seen here. 

Our roof terrace, storage bay, Studio 1 and 2 will be used to create many sections of the teaser. Once shot it will edited over the weekend and then flown to LA to meet and show to the financiers. All the best of luck with the shoot and the pitch.


Please continue to join our mailing list, ‘like’ us on Facebook and tweet with us on Twitter.
www.camberwellstudios.co.uk
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Until next time...

Sam Parkinson - Studio Manager