Simon Batchelar

What have I been up to in the last few months? Well firstly I got married and went on honeymoon so that was brilliant! It has understandably been a quieter June/July than normal on the sound front.

I have been busy though! I have been working on a variety of projects with some fantastic people, I have done some more web virals for Maris and worked on some very funny sketches with David Armand. Here are some previews of a selection of those projects:

Keen City Productions – Harper Collins Web Virals

Jack Morton – Ben Howard Live Nokia N8 project

From The Basement TV – Radiohead Live from BBC Maida Vale

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘North London Book of The Dead’ written by Simon Block Directed by Jacob Lushington.

The film was shot on locations in North London. We shot on RED..

The Director was Jacob Lushington, the Producer was Kath Mattock, the DOP was Jake Polonsky, the 1st AD was Alex Holt.

I was boom operator on the shoot and was working with Sound recordist Rupert Ivey and Dudley Houlden

Here are some pictures I took on set.

Two films I worked on are premiering at Columbia’s film festival at the IFC Center in New York City. The 2 films that were successful in being chosen for entry to the festival were Lucky Duck and Mums Not In. I worked on Lucky Duck last year in Ohio USA and Mums Not In earlier this year in Mold North Wales.

You can find more information about the festival on their website. You can also book tickets if you are in New York.

Lucky Duck

Written and Directed by Colin Elliott

Produced by Andrew J.D. Hauser

Co-Producers Rafael Lessa, Olivia Newman

Director of Photography Ben Salley

Editor Colin Elliott, Nicole Brending

Composer Alex Sigman

Sound Design Lidia Tamplenizza

Production Design Shira Puncekar

Cast Caitlin Stemple, Jessica Dickey

Total Running 16 min

Capture Format HD

Mums Not In

Written and Directed by Claire Fowler

Produced by Andrew J.D. Hauser

Co-Producer Pippa Lewis

Director of Photography Tim Sidell-Rodriguez

Editor Claire Fowler

Sound Design James Ginzburg

Production Design Becs Andrews

Cast Sasha Jones, Manon Wilkinson, Rhys Ap Trefor

Total Running 6 min

Capture Format Super 16mm

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Sons of Atom’ written and Directed by Adam Butcher.

The film was shot on location in London and Epping . We shot on RED and 5D.

The Director was Adam Butcher, the Producers were Ruth Sewell and Craig Heathcote,  the DOP was Bob Williams, the 1st AD was Sekani Doram.

It was a great shoot and we pulled off some challenging shots outside with running dolly!

Here are some pictures I took on set.

A short film that I recorded location sound for Ten Glorious Seconds has made it to the big screen. You can watch it on the website www.tengloriousseconds.com

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Mum’s Not In’ written and Directed by Claire Fowler.

The film was shot on location in Mold North Wales. We shot on Super 16mm.

The Director was Claire Flowler, the Producer was Andrew Hauser the DOP was Tim Sidell, the 1st AD was Pippa Lewis

It was a great shoot and we all had a lot of fun, even socks the kitten was enjoying it.

Here are some pictures I took on set.

At the end of last year I did a shoot for a feature film called ‘Love Tomorrow’ written and directed by Christopher Payne.

The film was shot at various locations around London. We shot on RED.

The producer was Stephanie Moon, the line producer Roopesh Parekh, the DOP was Paul Teverini, the full crew list can be found in IMDB.

The cast included: Cindy Jourdain, Arionel Vargas, Max Brown, a full cast list can be found on IMDB.

It was a very enjoyable shoot and we all had a lot of fun, even though a few nights it was very cold and snowed!

Here are some pictures I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Caravans’ by William Andrews.

The film was shot on location on The Elms Caravan & Camping park. We shot on Cannon 5D.

The Director and Producer was William Andrews, the DOP was Ben Liddell, the Executive Producers were Henry Normal and Steve Coogan.

The cast was: Tom Golding, William Andrews, Cariad Lloyd, Charlotte Hanbury, Gareth Tunley and Tony Way.

It was a very enjoyable shoot and we all had a lot of fun, even though it was very cold and windy!

Here are some pictures I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Heaven On Earth’ written and directed by Matthew Clyde.

The film was shot on location on Hampstead Heath and Brent reservoir. We shot on Super 16mm.

The Director was Matthew Clyde, the DOP was Graeme Dunn, the 1st AD was Dom Asbridge.

The cast was Jeremy Clyde as Douglas and Nicola Harrison as Samantha.

Here are some pictures I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for Maris Interiors, the adverts were written by Adam Kay and directed by Matthew Carrozo

We shot on location at Waterloo and Taverstock Square.

You can see the adverts on their YouTube channel. Here is one of my favourites.

Here are some pictures I took on location. The pictures of the sets will be posted after the adverts have been released. No spoilers here!