{"id":170,"date":"2011-04-11T22:55:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:38:20","slug":"victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2011\/04\/11\/victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pauldofficial\/5611105979\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/5181\/5611105979_71a0e10edf_c.jpg?resize=800%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Victims (1\/3)\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I found myself with <a title=\"Chris Carr on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@chriscarrv\">Chris Carr<\/a> at a shoot on a London council estate&#8230;which\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2010\/12\/26\/the-making-of-thomas-dolby\u2019s-the-toadlickers-\u2013-part-2\/\">makes a change<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On this occasion I was there purely as a spectator. Chris is producing &#8216;Victims&#8217; a short film about domestic violence, starring Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered, Sense and Sensibility) and <a title=\"Briana Corrigan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brianacorrigan.com\/\">Briana Corrigan<\/a> (formerly of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beautiful_South\">The Beautiful South<\/a>)  and invited me down to meet the cast &amp; crew and see the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sony.co.uk\/biz\/product\/xdcamcamcorders\/pmw-f3k\/overview\">Sony F3<\/a> in action. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pauldofficial\/5611688452\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/5106\/5611688452_5ff9656e72_c.jpg?resize=800%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Victims (2\/3)\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I arrived, they were rehearsing a scene in which &#8216;Gavin&#8217; played by Rob Talbot is beaten up by a gang of yoots. As Rob lay on the ground, amidst the dumpsters, surrounded by the youths, who were practising kicking the shit out of him, a random duo whizzed by on the back of a BMX shouting &#8216;you don&#8217;t know how to do it properly&#8217;. Everyone&#8217;s a director&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly afterwards, two policemen turned up in response to a report that someone (Rob) was being assaulted. However, they did not offer any technical advice on how to do it properly.<\/p>\n<p>After they had disappeared, a passing resident informed Chris, &#8216;You need to leave by 7 coz datz when da guns come out.&#8217; Then, bang on cue,  just as the crew started filming the scene (with iPhones, interestingly) two more policemen and an ambulance driver proceeded to chase a robbery suspect across the estate, whilst a Police helicopter hovered overhead. What a perfect way to spend a sunny Sunday in London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pauldofficial\/5611688610\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/5190\/5611688610_089e91552a_c.jpg?resize=800%2C577&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Victims (3\/3)\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In between takes I couldn&#8217;t resist having a play with the Sony F3. Since the standard set of  Sony primes were not wide enough for the confined interiors in which much of the short was being shot, <a title=\"Carl Zeiss Compact Primes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zeiss.com\/compactprime\">Zeiss CP.2<\/a>s were used. These are essentially the excellent <a title=\"Carl Zeiss ZF Lenses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zeiss.com\/photo\">Zeiss ZF<\/a>s that I used on the <a href=\"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2010\/12\/15\/the-making-of-thomas-dolbys-the-toadlickers-part-1\/\">Toadlickers<\/a> shoot, rehoused in proper film casings, with gears and much longer barrel rotations, to allow ultra precise follow focussing. Not only do they look and feel the part, but they sit on the Sony F3 perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>This combination of gear was complimented by a Convergent Designs nanoFlash, connected to the Sony F3&#8217;s HD-SDI outputs, to accomplish 10 bit 4:2:2 recording at bit rates far higher than the F3&#8217;s internal 35MPS codec can deliver and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvlogicusa.com\/\">TV Logic<\/a> monitor that offered waveforms and vectorscopes. I look forward to using a similar setup on a future shoot.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about the film, you can follow <a title=\"Victims Film\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/VictimsFilm\">@VictimsFilm<\/a> on Twitter or visit the <a title=\"Victims Film Facebook Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Victims-Film-London\/119898611421446\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I found myself with Chris Carr at a shoot on a London council estate&#8230;which\u00a0makes a change. On this occasion I was there purely as a spectator. Chris is producing &#8216;Victims&#8217; a short film about domestic violence, starring Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered, Sense and Sensibility) and Briana Corrigan (formerly of The Beautiful South) and invited me &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2011\/04\/11\/victims\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,17,85,86,87,1],"tags":[94,93,88,89,95,92,636,97,96,90,91],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-filmmaking","category-making-of","category-short-films","category-shorts","category-sony-f3","category-uncategorized","tag-briana-corrigan","tag-chris-carr","tag-convergent-designs","tag-nanoflash","tag-rob-talbot","tag-short-film","tag-sony-f3","tag-the-beautiful-south","tag-the-police","tag-tv-logic","tag-victims"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1cZYU-victims","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5368,"url":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/2018\/02\/25\/london-worldwide-comedy-short-film-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":170,"position":0},"title":"London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival","author":"Paul D","date":"February 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This just in from the Director of the London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival, regarding 'The Toadlickers' music video I directed for Thomas Dolby: \u00a0\"Our judges thought your film had many admirable qualities so we have awarded it an \"Honourable Mention\".","rel":"","context":"In &quot;80s&quot;","block_context":{"text":"80s","link":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/category\/80s\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HONOURABLEMENTION-BLACK-London-WorldwideComedyShortFilmFestival-Spring20182-1.png?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3559,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/3559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-d.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}