You know, making films involves more than just pointing a camcorder and editing the results ... and I'm not thinking about microphones, tripods, lighting, optical filters, music licenses and the such like ... I'm thinking of the journey to and from the event that is the subject of the film.
In recent months I have filmed in a great number of varied and, in the main, beautiful places. They may not be that far from home to visit and enjoy but when it's on business with filming starting at around 9.30am and finishing at, say, 10.00pm, locations as near or as far away as Leicestershire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Surrey, West Sussex and the like are simply too far to travel to on the day.
It's all very well getting stuck in a traffic jam on the M25 when I'm on the way home ... that's just "flipping" annoying but, to be stuck en-route to a client and to be late, that's a no-no in my book. To that end I have become a great fan of the Lenny Henry endorsed Premier Inn chain of hotels.
I know that even the best that Premier Inn has to offer won't, as likely as not, pamper me like the Oakley Court in Windsor, The Randolph in Oxford or even the Roxborough in Edinburgh but then I'm not paying their prices ... neither are my clients via their bill! That said, I still wake up refreshed and then well fed ... the Premier breakfast is great, just be careful not to 'eat as much as you like' which is their offer. It is possible to indulge in too much bacon you know?
I must congratulate the Premier Inn at Banbury, what a welcome. The one at Ashby De La Zouch was poorly signed but sat nav got me almost to the door. Inside the bar was open and the atmosphere was just right.
In High Wycombe all was well and so to in Sevenoaks and in Ashford, both of these in Kent and again both a good place to stay when traffic chaos was to be avoided at all cost ... well at reasonable cost anyway!
Keep safe on the road,
Derek Halls, DHP Digital Video
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Hectic is good ... it keeps you fit.
Hello,
Busy as ever ... DHP Digital Video is a busy place to be and was made even more demanding after I was involved in a car crash in January. A drunk, un-licensed and un-insured driver drove on the wrong side of the road and head-on into the front of my Vauxhall at over 50 MPH, my shoulder was whiplashed to bits! The London Hospital A&E dept at Whitechapel were brilliant ( as were the London Ambulance Service and the Met Police). I was doped up on Diazepam, Codeine, Ibuprofen and Paracetomol for weeks. All is well now and back on course.
Filming has been going well. Lots more weddings "in the can" so to speak. I've filmed couples in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire as well as locally in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Two of the weddings that I have filmed have been in the church above the Hell Fire Caves in West Wycombe, Bucks. I went to the caves as a child and could actually recall the cave entrance portal from my childhood memories, even though that was a good while ago!
The edit suite is looking great now. The damp patch and redecorating is complete and the desks have been refreshed in a Cianti red Formica finish with red leatherette arm rests and pine rounded edging to the desk sides. I am not mean but much prefer to spend money on technical toys for filming and editing than on office furniture. That said, I am concious not to aquire RSI and am currently seeking a new chair so as to look after my back ... that's also been with me since childhood and is no longer in perfect working order!
Right, I'm off now. I have an appointment to call another lady who will be filmed at her wedding in Kent this weekend by DHP Digital Video, edited and ready for her and her new husband to watch a little after their honeymoon.
Bye for now, I'll update you again soon.
Derek Halls, DHP Digital Video
Busy as ever ... DHP Digital Video is a busy place to be and was made even more demanding after I was involved in a car crash in January. A drunk, un-licensed and un-insured driver drove on the wrong side of the road and head-on into the front of my Vauxhall at over 50 MPH, my shoulder was whiplashed to bits! The London Hospital A&E dept at Whitechapel were brilliant ( as were the London Ambulance Service and the Met Police). I was doped up on Diazepam, Codeine, Ibuprofen and Paracetomol for weeks. All is well now and back on course.
Filming has been going well. Lots more weddings "in the can" so to speak. I've filmed couples in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire as well as locally in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Two of the weddings that I have filmed have been in the church above the Hell Fire Caves in West Wycombe, Bucks. I went to the caves as a child and could actually recall the cave entrance portal from my childhood memories, even though that was a good while ago!
The edit suite is looking great now. The damp patch and redecorating is complete and the desks have been refreshed in a Cianti red Formica finish with red leatherette arm rests and pine rounded edging to the desk sides. I am not mean but much prefer to spend money on technical toys for filming and editing than on office furniture. That said, I am concious not to aquire RSI and am currently seeking a new chair so as to look after my back ... that's also been with me since childhood and is no longer in perfect working order!
Right, I'm off now. I have an appointment to call another lady who will be filmed at her wedding in Kent this weekend by DHP Digital Video, edited and ready for her and her new husband to watch a little after their honeymoon.
Bye for now, I'll update you again soon.
Derek Halls, DHP Digital Video
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