Recently I attended Sheffield DocFest, which I shall be publishing a piece about soon. In the meantime, what you need to know is that my favourite film of the festival, ‘Basically Johnny Moped’, has its London premiere at KOKO, on Thursday 19th September. It will be an extra special event as the subject of the film, proto punks, The Johnny Moped band, whose various lineups included Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Captain Sensible of The Damned, will be reforming and playing a gig straight after the film…and Captain Sensible will be joining them on stage! If you want to attend I’d recommend booking now, via this link, as the event is guaranteed to be a sell out. If you can’t make it, you can pre-order the DVD and buy other Johnny Moped goodies from the Basically Johnny Moped web site.
Category: Documentary
B.E.F. Featuring Kim Wilde – ‘Every Time I See You I Go Wild’
My latest music video is now live on Vimeo.
British Electric Foundation featuring Kim Wilde – ‘Every Time I See You I Go Wild’, Directed, Produced, Written and Edited by myself. I will be posting a BTS (behind the scenes) feature within the next few days. In the meantime, enjoy!
Sony PMW-200
When the Sony EX1 was released, five years ago, it was an incredibly important camera, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it was the only handheld full HD camera on the block. Secondly, it had three half inch sensors, making it great in low light. Thirdly, it had a real lens which allowed focus, aperture and zoom to be set manually. Last, but not least, it was the first Sony’s handheld camera to record to solid state cards. All of this should have made it the ideal ‘small’ camera for long form documentaries. However, it had one fatal flaw, namely it could only record internally at 35Mb/s 4:2:0, meaning it was not ‘broadcast quality’ (as defined by the EBU or BBC). Continue reading “Sony PMW-200”
Paul D’s Filmmaking Daily
Today I am officially launching Paul D’s Filmmaking Daily.
Published daily at 4PM GMT / 11AM EST / 8AM PST, the magazine scours the web for all the latest news, reviews and features for filmmakers, so that you don’t have to. Do check it out!
Happy Birthday to Me!
The Paul D TV blog is one year old today! To celebrate, here’s the top 20 posts from the past year: Continue reading “Happy Birthday to Me!”