Punk Rock Cinema : Black Magic Design “Punk-Rock really shook up our world. It was like a Year Zero Stalinist thing” – Douglas Hart, filmmaker and bass player with The Jesus and Mary Chain. I’ve been testing Blackmagic Design’s latest… Read More ›
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Night Kaleidoscope Interview with ReviewFix
Original Article here – https://reviewfix.com/2018/01/review-fix-exclusive-grant-mcphee-talks-night-kaleidoscope/ Review Fix chats with filmmaker Grant McPhee, who discusses his vampire/horror flick, “Night Kaleidoscope,” giving us an incredibly deep look at his process and how the film was made. Review Fix: How was this film born?… Read More ›
The Ever Changing World of the DIT and Digital Cinematography.
(From old blog of 2016) As the 10th anniversary of the Red One Cinema camera approaches, I thought it would be a good time for an overview of the changing roles of the DIT and Cinematographer in 2016.The purpose, other than… Read More ›
Far From the Apple Tree. Digital Filmmaker Article.
We were lucky to have an 8 page spread on the film in May 2018’s edition of Digital Filmmaker Magazine. Full transcript below: Far From the Apple Tree Why will this project be of interest to readers of Digital FilmMaker?… Read More ›
Big Gold Dream – I’s 15 Best Documentaries of the Year.
Thanks I Magazine for including Big Gold Dream in their 15 Best Documentaries of 2017. You can read what they said here https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/best-documentaries-2017/
The Visuals of ‘Far From The Apple Tree’ : Creating a Film Using Multiple Formats
Far From the Apple Tree is an ambitious Scottish independent feature film, to be released next year. In the film we follow Judith, a struggling artist who is given her ultimate wish – a residency at the home… Read More ›
Teenage Superstars at Cork International Festival
Delighted that Teenage Superstars will be screened in Ireland, at the Cork International Film Festival Here’s their blurb: The Glasgow suburbs of the 1980’s may seem an unlikely launchpad for a musical revolution, especially one which would… Read More ›
Wigilia – Making a Feature in 5 Days for not much money.
work in progress… Wigilia is a film I produced and was also the cinematographer for. It was directed by my friend, the very talented Graham Drysdale. This post is how we made it, why we made it and how… Read More ›
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Credits: Director: Grant McPhee Format: 16mm, Kodak Negative, Homde Developed Camera: Bolex H16 Date: 2006