Actor training – Take 6 actresses and director down Giants Pothole, Derbyshire. Climbing and Caving technique training and physical fitness at Westway Climbing Centre, London.

Advice on set design (with Simon Bowles), costume and action.
Rigging ropes for action, safety and stunts in Pinewood studio.
Abseiling rigging and safety on location.
Working in close collaboration with Stunt coordinators Jim Dowdall and Paul Hornsby

A Actress Nora Jane Noone deep inside Giants Pothole, Derbyshire during the training prior to filming The Descent.

B Climbing stunt double Siobhan Coughlan and Crawler stunt double Michael Byrch take a break from filming the Descent at Pinewood Studios.

C Actress MyAnna Buring after a particular gory climbing fight scene. All the actresses had to go through intensive training in climbing and caving techniques. They also had to build body strength for many of the strenuous scenes.

Spectacular Rock Climbing and Base Jumping action with Audi RS 4. Top rock climbers Leo Houlding and Tim Emmett race Jeremy Clarkson. Then Base Jump of the cliff (BASE safety and filming by Shaun Elison). Rigging and film crew safety.

A Leo Houlding speed climbing a thousand feet above the ground trying to race Jeremy Clarkeson’s Audi. He is on the difficult “Marche du Temp” grade 7a in the Verdon Gorge, South France.

B Tim and Leo are both highly skilled at the extreme sport of BASE jumping. Tim’s shoot has just opened perilously close to the cliff face and he has to skilfully work the canopy and land in a small clearing in the trees.

C After the climbers race Clarkeson to the top of the gorge they made an audacious BASE jump from the lip. Here specialist BASE jumping cameraman Shaun Elison lands on a “sixpence” at the bottom of the gorge.

D Rigging safety ropes for cameraman Keith Partridge high above the ground in the Verdon Gorge requires a high level of skill and strength.

E Climbers Tim Emmett and Leo Houlding win their bet with Clarkeson.

DOUGAL HASTON - MEMORIES OF A MOUNTAIN MAN

Pelicula Films for BBC
Producer Douglas Eadie
Director – Mike Alexander
Climbing cameraman – Keith Partridge
Location – North Face Eiger Switzerland
August

Filming an interview and action on the North Face of the Eiger for doc on one of the world's greatest mountaineers.

Safety and location advice. Filmed out of the Eigerwand "window". Climbing action doubling.

A The famous North Face of the Eiger can be one of the most dangerous places in the world. Careful planning and the right conditions are essential. In this documentary we filmed action and interviews high on the face.

Survival story of father and child in a ski resort and surrounding mountain forest area.
Ski and wilderness safety. Location hunting. Logistics and load carrying in the ski area. Equipment and clothing advice. Training and assessment of actors skiing.
Still photographer.

A Much of the action took place in snow covered locations on steep slopes. Finding locations that were both safe and easy to access yet looked remote was an important part of Film & Mountain’s role.

B D.O.P. John Christie and actor using a doggy cam in a deserted village in Katalkaya , Turkey. Access and safety in this snowy wilderness was organised by Film & Mountain during the 2 week shoot.

C Night time filming on skis using the actors rather than doubles provided a tricky safety dilemma which had to be managed very carefully.

Lost in the N American mountain wilderness survival story of a young couple and their baby.
Location advise. Managing crew and actor safety in snow covered wilderness locations. Clothing and equipment advise. Doubling. Risk Assessment.

The story of the tragic mountaineering accident of Jamie Andrew and Jamie Fisher.
Mountain location advise. Safety and rigging in the mountains. Risk Assessment. Clothing / equipment advice and hire. Mountaineering action and stunts. Actor training.

Filming quadruple amputee Jamie Andrew climbing sea cliffs for mobile phone ad.
Location advice, rigging, safety of camera crew and Jamie Andrew.
Risk Assessment.
Helicopter communications.

A Action at height provides dramatic footage in soaps. We have worked with stunt coordinators a number of times on Emmerdale. On the edge of quarry cliffs, roofs of houses and in mine shafts both in studios and on location.