Sky Live

Pinch me. DoP. SkyTV.

Occasionally something lands on my table and I know it's going to be special. There’s meetings, we chat over the creative & pick apart the story board shot by shot. I put decks together for the gaffer & the camera team to lock down how the directors vision is going to be realised through light, lenses, composition and framing. There's technical challenges to work through as well as creative decisions to be made.

Then I arrive on set for the prelight. Now it's real. the result of all those meetings and decisions is playing out in real time. Lights are flown, sets are being built and the camera is assembled and tested. The sets are lit, the camera height & frame is set. The shoot days pass in a flash, they are fast paced, energetic & fun. The set changes go smoothly, the lighting changes too. The cast are wonderful. We wrap on time so the producers are happy, we get everything we need so the CD and the Director are happy. Now it's over to the post house to put it all together.

Time passes, other jobs happen and the viscerality fades. Until one random day (probably a Tuesday, it's always a Tuesday) it comes out and the collaboration between so many people has paid off. Seeing the storyboard turn into reality, frame by frame. There must have been over 50 people directly involved, it takes a village.

Client: Sky

Agency: Sky Creative

Director: Dahlan Lassalle

Creative Director: Dan Heaver

DoP: David Wilman

Executive Producer: Ella Littlewood

Producer: Patrick Greene

Production Manager: Brendan Barry

1St AD: Paul Mccann

Set Designer: Jaina Minton

Focus Puller: Chris Orr

Clapper Loader: Rebecca Doctor

Grip: Jamie Monks

Video Playback Op: Alex Bates

DIT: Matt Cole

Gaffer: Marco Di Giulio

Wardrobe Stylist: Jenny Svantesson

H+MU: Katrin Rees

Casting: Hannah Simons Casting

Post / VFX: Mmmultiply