Assignments 2006

 

Dramatic scenes being filmed in a large crevasse on the Svea  glacier.
All the rigging and safety had to be carefully coordinated.

TRUE NORTH

Feature film - a dark story of Inuit persecution and love in the frozen northern lands.

Starring Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean and Michelle Krusiec
Made by Freeze Frame Films / Bureau Film Company, London
Shot in 35mm anamorphic
Filmed in Svalbard (Spitzbergen) - Svea and Tuna glaciers during September / October 2006
Director Asif Kapadia
Producer Bertrand Faivre
DOP Roman Osin
1 st Jack Ravenscroft
Line Producer Gina Marsh
Svalbard Location - Jason Roberts

Film & Mountain provided - Glacier Climbing and safety logistics
Crevasse action - fall sequences
Cast & Crew safety on glaciers and around crevasses.
Action / Script advice
Actor and crew training
Risk Assessment, Location finding
Glacier action and mountaineering stunt coordination
Clothing and props advice and sourcing
Hire of Equipment

A True North Slate

B Sean Bean, Michelle Yeoh and Michelle Krusiec filming in the impressive sea ice by the snout of the Tuna glacier.

C Sean Bean and Michelle Krusiec being filmed in the sea ice on Svalbard for "True North"

 

 

ESCAPE FROM AVALANCHE ALLEY

Drama / Doc – 1 hour on Digi Beta

For Survivors Series for Ch 4 & Discovery

Production Company - Darlow Smithson
Series Producer – Alex Merango
Director Renny Bartlett
D.O.P. David Scott
Climbing Camera Keith Partridge
Location - Mont Blanc Region – French and Italian Alps based in Chamonix.
December 05 & January 06

Mountaineering story of a horrific climbing accident in Alaska.
Location finding.
Climbing safety and logistics.
Actor & crew training.
Script advice.
Risk assessment.
Climbing action & mountaineering stunts coordination.
Organising climbing guides & transport of equipment in the mountains. Clothing and equipment advice. Hire of equipment.
Still photographer.

A Actors Ryan McCluskey and David Nicolle deep in a crevasse near Point Helbronner on the French / Italian border. The crevassed was prepared so actors, director and D.O.P. could film safely inside the crevasse.

B Climbing and abseiling action shots were filmed using experience climbing doubles in the Mont Blanc region of the European Alps where access can be gained by telepheriques.

C The accident involved a fall and then a lowering sequence. This was filmed in a number of different locations with actors and doubles. Here actor David Nicolle hangs down a cliff plastered in snow and ice in the Chamonix valley.

 

 

 

FROZEN AT 20,000FT

Three British mountaineers fight for survival near the freezing summit of McKinley, North Americas highest peak. For "ALIVE" Series 2 for Ch 4 & Discovery "I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE"

Drama doc - 1 hour on Digi Beta.
Director Crispin Reece
DOP Michael Timney
Exec Producer Paul Wooding
Series Producer Kate Botting
Location - Swiss Alps above Grindelwald June /July 2006
Providing - Location finding
Climbing and safety logistics, Script advice, Actor and crew training, Risk Assessment, Climbing action and mountaineering stunt coordination, Clothing and props advice & sourcing, Hire of Equipment, Organising climbing guides & transport of equipment in the mountains.

A Moving wind machines and all the film equipment by skidoo on the glacier near the Monchjoch Hut whilst filming "Frozen at 20,000ft"

B Filming p.o.v. shots on steep snow slopes in the Swiss Alps.

C Camera safety above a 800 m near vertical drop high in the Swiss Alps filming "Frozen at 20,000ft"

 

 

ST KILDA - A GAELIC ARTS AGENCY/ PAN EUROPEAN ARTS PROJECT

Filming vertical dance performed by the Parisian "Compagnie Retouramont" on the spectacular Scottish sea cliffs. Part of a large pan European arts project on the life of the remote Scottish Island of St Kilda.

Producers Proiseact nan Ealan
(Gaelic Arts Agency - Stornoway , Scotland )
Climbing Cameraman - Keith Partridge
Location - Screaming Geo, Isles of Lewis , Scotland . August 2006
Filmed on Digi Beta

Providing - Climbing and safety logistics.
Rigging for camera positions and camera safety.
Risk Assessments, Climbing fall coordination.
Climbing equipment and ropes
Rigging camera platforms on vertical cliff walls.


 

A Cameraman Keith Partridge on a filming rig high above the sea on the Gaelic Arts project

B One of the Parisian vertical dancers performing on a "tyrolean" rope 100m above the sea for the Gaelic Arts project.

C The "Love Dance" performed high above the sea for the Gaelic Arts project.

 

 

 

DOC MARTIN

Autumn Special - of the TV popular series staring Martin Clunes screened on Christmas day 06.

Made by Buffalo Pictures for ITV 1
Director Ben Bolt
Producer Philippa Braithwaite
DOP - Dick Dodd
Associate Producer Sandy Poustie
Location Pentire Head, Cornwall , UK - September 2006

Providing - Climbing and safety logistics.
Rigging for camera positions and camera & crew safety on the sea cliffs.
Risk Assessments
Climbing, hoisting and lowering coordination on the cliff
Climbing equipment and ropes
Rigging camera platforms on cliff walls.
Working with stunt coordinator Tom Delmar on climbing action with stunt men.


A The Doc Martin Slate.

B Safety on  "Doc Martin" was important during the action sequences  near the edges of the sea cliffs. We worked closely with the stunt  coordinator and the pyrotechnic experts.

C Martin Clunes learning how to climb on the North Cornwall sea cliffs  for "Doc Martin"