‘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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Steph Green’s short film ‘New Boy’ has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) Read the rest of this entry »
The Production Depot is running a range of Camera workshops during. These workshops aim to allow participants to improve their skills base and ensure that the Crew working within the Irish Industry is kept up to date with all the latest Formats, Cameras, Accessories, workflows and practices. Read the rest of this entry »
Principal photography was completed on Wednesday, January 28th on the Samson Films short film “Sunshower”, funded by the Filmbase/RTE short film scheme.
The Production Depot would like to congratulate the IFTA nominated Cinematographers who were selected last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Parallel Films along with No. 9 Films have just wrapped on thier latest feature film starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent. PERRIERS BOUNTY in London after a 6 week shoot covering the UK and Ireland.
‘The Production Depot’, leading Equipment supplier, in association with the Irish business initiative, ‘Connect Ethiopia’, are looking to the Irish Film and Television Industry for help to assist them source equipment to use in developing training and employment in the Film and Television sector in Ethiopia. Read the rest of this entry »
Grand Pictures latest Feature film project, ‘Wide Open Spaces’, wrapped last Friday having shot for 5 weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
