Simon Batchelar

I recently did a test shoot for a feature called ‘Tested’ by Ben Cookson.

The film was shot at locations in London and in Chatham. It was an exciting shoot that involved a shooting day on a dry toboggan run, which we had to have a go on. I recorded a very unique wild track while riding down. We shot on RED.

The Director was Ben Cookson, the Producer was Lionel Hicks, the DOP was Sarah Bartles-Smith, the 1st AD was David Mahmoudieh.

The cast was Phil McGinley as Kyle and Ed Hancock as Jarvis.

Here are some pictures I took at the toboggan run.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Look’ by Deirdre Lennon.

The film was shot on location on Gotham Farm in a caravan. We shot on Cannon 5D.

The Director and Producer was Deirdre Lennon, the DOP was Elliot Taylor, the 1st AD was Alex Kendall.

Here are some pictures I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Jung’ by Munir Mali.

The film was shot on location in Old Street. We shot on Super 16mm.

The Director was Munir Malik, the Producer was Sarah Matthews, the DOP was Annika Summerson, the 1st AD was Alex Kendall.

Here are some pictures I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called ‘Ten Glorious Seconds’ by Carol Younghusband. The film is raising awareness for  people with Alzheimer’s and how it affects their lives.

The film was shot on location in at several exterior locations in Hampshire and the final scenes were shot on location in a care home in Malvern. We shot the exteriors on 5D and the interiors on RED.

The Director was Simon Pitts, the Producer was Carol Younghusband, the DOP was Graeme Dunne, the 1st AD was Henry Sheldon the Gaffer was Mat Hale.

The cast was Paul Collard as Alfred and Gabrielle Hamilton as Josie.

Here are some pictures I took on set and a video of some behind the scenes footage.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called Two people In A Room by Steve Coe.

The film was shot on location in a flat in Holborn, London. We shot on super 16 film and shot the first scene of the film as one continuos shot using Steadiam.

The Director was Rocky Pallidino, the Producer was Rodolfo Coloma, the DOP was ALex Ryle, the Steadicam operator was Thomas English.

The cast was Steve Coe as Dan and Tova Leigh as Jane.

Here are some pictures that I took on set.

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I recently did a shoot for a short film called Lucky Duck. It was written and Directed by Colin Elliott a masters degree student at Columbia University New York.

The film was shot on location in Stow, Ohio. It was an amazing experience to work with a dedicated cast and crew on a unique project. It was great to work with the duckings as well, all 22 of them!

The Director and writer was Colin Elliott , the Producer was Andrew Hauser , 1st AD was Mike Toscano, the DOP was Ben Salley, the Co-Producers were Oliver Newman & Rafael Lessa,

Here are some pictures which I took on set.

After the success of Isolation over the past year and the well recieved live sound track performance at the Roundhouse earlier in the year Director Luke Seomore, and musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens have decided to take the film on tour. The UK tour starts on the 14th in Greenwich and I am doing the live mix in the cinema for each night. So if we’re coming to a town near you then do come down and see what Little White Lies said was “One of the best documentaries I have seen in a long while.”

JULY 14th : GREENWICH PICTURE HOUSE

JULY 15th : ISLINGTON SCREEN ON THE GREEN

JULY 17th : FACT LIVERPOOL

JULY 18th : TYNESIDE CINEMA NEWCASTLE

JULY 19th : HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE LEEDS

JULY 20th : CITYSCREEN PICTURE HOUSE YORK

JULY 21st : ARTS PICTURE HOUSE CAMBRIDGE

JULY 22nd : PHOENIX PICTURE HOUSE OXFORD

JULY 27th : RITZY BRIXTON

AUGUST 1st : DUKE OF YORK’S PICTURE HOUSE BRIGHTON

The tour is featured in this weeks Guardian and Sight and Sound

UPDATE: here are some photos that I took on tour.

The series Inside Natures Giants that I tracklaid, folyed and recorded VO for various episodes won a BAFTA last night in the 2010 BAFTA awards. It won the Specialist Factual BAFTA.

There were a lot of sound effects and Foley used in the mix of this series and it was great fun working on it. One of my favourite episodes was crocodile, it took a lot of work but the end result was very impressive. It’s shown in the video below.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

I recently did a shoot for a short film called The Tyrants Cup.

The film was shot on location in Hampstead Norreys. We shot outside on the playing field and in the woods and an obstacle course was constructed especially for the shot. We shot on 5D cameras and used a jib arm to give a sports coverage feel to the filming.

The Directors and Producers were James Hammond & Nick Goulden, 1st AD was Ben Hopwood, the DOP was Paul Mackay.

Here are some pictures that I took on set.

I recently did a shoot for a short film called Siberia by Director Ross McElwain.

The film was shot on location in Peckham, South London in a car park. It was a great location and presented some chalenges for sound recording because of the passing trains!

The Director was Ross McElwain, the Producer was Steph Seabrook, 1st AD was Alex Kendall, the DOP was Annika Summerson.

Here are some pictures that I took on set.