The Production Depot supplied equipment on the new Meteor Phone Christmas Commercial “Carol Off”. Speers Film produced the four day Commercial and the DoP was Simon Walsh with Declan king assisting. Simon used a package of RED Cameras, COOKE S4 Primes and Grip package.
All the best to the Crew on ‘The Silence’ which starts shooting on Monday ! Directed by Dearbhla Walsh and lensed by DoP Owen Mc Polin (‘Dr Who’, ,’The Take’) with Dave Grennan on Focus, Conor Rotherham assisting, John Dunne Gripping, Chris Rooney as DIT and Sean Leonard as Trainee. Shooting on RED 4K with COOKE S4 Lenses and CANON EOS 7D.
From the BBC Website:-
A deaf girl witnesses a murder in The Silence, a new four-part drama for BBC One.
Eighteen-year-old Amelia Edwards (introducing Genevieve Barr) has recently been fitted with a cochlear implant, enabling her to hear, but she struggles to accept that she has a place in the hearing world.
Breaking free from her over-protective parents (Gina McKee and Hugh Bonneville, she goes to stay with her party-loving cousins, homicide detective uncle Jim (Douglas Henshall) and warm-hearted aunt Maggie (Dervla Kirwan). Amelia witnesses the audacious murder of a policewoman, and is reluctantly propelled further into a loud and frightening world.
Jim is assigned the case, and when she identifies a police officer on the drugs squad as one of the killers, he urgently needs to protect his niece. If his colleagues find out what she has witnessed, she will be in extreme danger from the very people he works with. But by keeping her a secret, he will jeopardise his own position in the force and put his whole family at risk…
The Silence is about an ordinary family where something extraordinary happens. The teenagers’ partying lifestyles and casual drug-taking collide with Jim’s investigation, and all their lives are hurled into a cacophony of police corruption, betrayal, drugs, and murder.
This is the first major role for severely deaf actress Genevieve Barr, who won the coveted role of Amelia while she was on the Teach First scheme, teaching in a challenging inner London secondary school. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Genevieve has filmed the sitcom pilot Comedy Showcase: The Amazing Dermot.
The Silence is the first UK project for the Australian writer Fiona Seres (who has already had acclaimed dramas on Australian television including Tangle, Dangerous, Love My Way, The Surgeon).
‘The Guard’, which is shooting in Galway and Wicklow over the next 7 weeks. written / Directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. The DoP is Larry Smith (Eyes Wide Shut) and Focus Puller is John Gamble with Owen Farrell Loading. Larry is using a package inclu…ding 2 X ARRICAM LT’s, 1 X ARRI 435, Zeiss Master Primes and Optimo Zooms.
Currently testing new Canon EOS 7D’s……..18mp…HD Video 24p….25p…30p…sweet !
Supplying the RTE Drama ‘Love-Hate’, which is a four by one hour drama directed by David Caffrey. DoP is Donal Gilligan and they are shooting on RED Cameras.
The Production Depot has just recieved the first 2 sets of it’s new Red Pro
Primes.
These lesnes from the makers of the RED ONE Cameras consist of 5 lenses per
set @ 25mm, 35mm,50mm,85mm & 100 and the spec’s of the Lenses are as follows
1. RPPs are “RED-centric”, which means that the light path is optimized for
maximum resolution and consistent illumination, with minimum breathing for
the Mysterium sensor family. Patent Pending.
2. T-stop range is 1.8-22.
3. Image diagonal- > 32mm.
4. Extra low dispersion (ELD), Super Low Dispersion (SLD) and anomalous
dispersion glass for maximum chromatic aberration correction.
5. Center resolution is greater than 100 (lines pairs/mm). Edge (5K) is
greater than 63 (lines pairs/mm). (You will see Wed. how much greater)
6. Close focus from lens front (from sensor) is:
25mm- 4″ (12″)
35mm- 4″ (12″)
50mm- 6″ (12″)
85mm- 18″ (24″)
100mm- 24″ (30″)
7. High relative illumination from center to edge of field (5K).
8. Uniform Spectral correction to accommodate any light source.
9. Internal Focus and Unit Focus designs.
10. Consistent 110mm front diameter.
11. RPPs will work with film cameras.
Youtube clip of U2 Blackberry Commercial. Equipment supplied by Production Depot
‘The Take’ screens on Sky1 this week. This TV series based around the London criminal underworld and was shot in Dublin and was produced by Company Pictures and Element Pictures. Owen McPolin was Director Of Photography and shot in 4K using RED ONE Camera Packages from The Production Depot. Camera Crew included Angus Mitchell,Conor Rotheram,Chris Rooney, Ritchie Egan & John Dunne
The Production Depot – supplier of digital and film camera formats celebrates five years in business this week with the purchase of a range of new equipment.
Founded in 2004 the ‘Depot’ has collaborated with some of the best Productions and Crews to come to Ireland and has built up a long list of credits including ‘Ondine’, ‘Happy Ever Afters’, ‘The Take’, ‘Father & Son’, ‘Wakewood’, ‘Wide Open Spaces’, ‘Five Minutes Of Heaven’, ’50 Dead Men Walking’, ‘Breakfast On Pluto’, ‘The Clinic’, ‘Whistleblower’ (HDCAM), ‘Becoming Jane’, ‘Showbands’, ‘Pure Mule’, ‘Oxygen’, ‘New Boy’ and ‘Aislings Diary’.
In celebrating its 5th ‘Birthday’, the ‘Depot’ has just purchased a range of new Equipment to add to its stock which are available for immediate rental. This new range of includes:
2 X RED Cameras
3 X RED Pro Prime Lens Sets
1 X Sony PMW EX-1’s
18 X 16G RED Compact Flash Cards
3 X RED ‘Mantis’ Hand Held Rig’s
6 X RED Handle Riser’s
3 X RED Viewfinder Control Button ‘Cover’s
2 X STEADICAM FLYER LE rigs
2 X Sony HXR-MC1P Mini (Lipstick) HD 1080i Camera Kits
2 X EASYRIG’ Camera support Units.
The Production Depot’s Managing Director, John Leahy, says “I am delighted to celebrate our 5th year supplying the Irish Film and Television Industry! I would like to thank our Clients for all their support over the years. A lot has changed in the world of Digital and Film Camera Technologies over the past 5 years with huge advancements in both but we at the ‘Depot’ pride ourselves in keeping up to date with all new and emerging Formats. This enables our Clients access a wide range of ‘cutting edge’ Film and Digital technologies, expertise on workflows, and an ability to test and view tests on site using the Depots facilities. “
To mark the birthday, the company is running a competition inviting Productions & Crews to mail in any camera-related set photos from productions that have used Production Depot equipment in the past. The Depot will review them all, select the best (or most interesting) photo and will award a prize of €1,500 worth of Equipment Rental to the winner. Photos are to be sent along with Production title and contact details to photos@production-depot.com.
Closing date for this competition is 31st May 2009. For more information visit www.production-depot.com.
The Production Depot is Irelands premier supplier of Equipment and Services to the Film, Television and Media industry.
The ‘Depot’ has a policy of constantly researching and developing it’s range of Equipment and services to provide Clients with the latest formats and workflows available worldwide. As a result of this process The Production Depot has become Irelands largest leading supplier of RED ONE Digital Cameras , accessories and related services.
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