4 music refresh 2011

I designed and built 4 sets for the new look '4 music' Idents... Couldn't have done it without an army of helpers, thanks everyone!!!

Petrol station scene: Why find a petrol station when you can build your own?

Swimming pool scene: We built a 4ft deep pool and a poolside on raised decks.

Nightclub scene: We re-configured the street scene as fast as we could to shoot this at the end of the day.

4 music Video Honours award 2011

I designed and built this award for 4 music... It really was carved from wood, very hard work!

Smoke & Mirrors 48 hr film competition entry (We came runner up)

We received the brief ('Lost') Friday night at 7pm, brainstormed and then the next day we shot it... On Sunday it was edited, all ready for 7pm deadline!

http://vimeo.com/31336362

Click link to See the film, it's only a few minutes long.

Space (really) - Atlanta USA November 2011

We did a zero gravity test shoot for a '4 music' promo... I built some props, sourced some bits and bobs and then puked up whilst I attempted to dress them into shot, meanwhile a spacemen did spaceman stuff. crazy experience!!

Atlanta from the Hotel room / Workshop

Pretending to float, before takeoff

Top Boy - C4

We built a fake brick wall, then smashed a car into it for this stills shoot

Building a Library for C4

Helping Designer Simon Davis

Working with dummies - Various C4 shoots in Autumn 2011

Glasto 2011

We designed 3 bar tents for Glastonbury this year, it was an exciting ride.... Thanks to everyone that helped out!

Glasto 2011 - Park bar

We designed something for the park area that encapsulated its energy. Based on some south American reference we dressed and themed the bar itself making posters, distressing props to create a believable and authentic place to hang out and have fun... we built a rooftop scene above the bar which housed full size and perspectively smaller buildings, lots of details were included.... It went down a storm!

Here's Sean's Initial visual of design

Glasto 2011 - Park bar

Glasto 2011 - West Holts bar

A visual Sean made of the design:

Glasto 2011 - West Holts bar

We tried to keep this area clean and simple in it's execution. We designed stickers for the tables...
West holts feels global so we imagined that Every band was a destination, all the acts that played over the weekend in the west holts area were featured.

We also used twigs to create animal horns on plaques for behind the bar.

Glasto 2011 - The Glade bar

The Glade bar is in an area near the G stage which has an electronic dance emphasis, we looked at 90's style rave posters which inspired this design.

Here's Sean's visual of the design:

Glasto 2011 - The Glade bar

A model of the pose we decided upon for the amazing carmel to work from

Glasto 2011 - The glade bar

Making 'the cubes':

Glasto 2011 - The glade bar

Grid graphics for people who like grids:

Glasto 2011 - The glade bar

The bar before it got covered in mud and surrounded by hippies:

Award winning Promo, congrats all round.

Jajazzle machine we designed and made for the ITV 'The only way is Essex' promo

Making Pianos fly

A Piano we made from foam for ITV

Michelin Impossible

I worked on a job for C4 re-making the famous scene in Mission impossible where Cruise hangs horizontally from the ceiling... In this case it was Heston Blumenthal! We built the whole set in a studio and that was that.

T4 bots - AWARD WINNER

Blood (mainly Jims), sweat and tears went into these... See my website for more bots!

Tinkering bots

They're on air now!

New BBC HD AD

I designed Six sets which in the AD will all appear to be in the same room as the camera rotates through 360 degrees. I had some wallpaper made, which is no laughing matter.