Around Christmastime, my good friend Luke Rados was entering a student competition for a Kodak commercial, where he had chosen a brief for Adidas. One afternoon, he was stressing to me about his treatment getting declined. We sat on FaceTime and talked about the concept of the video. I made some suggestion to him that he ended up changing on the treatment which was then accepted, meaning that he will be directing the advert.
He wanted me to be part of it in some way, and we both agreed that I could work as a producer on the project. This was new territory for me, as calling people and asking for location availability wasn’t something that I wanted to do. Despite it not being my forte, it meant I could be involved in the project.
After I managed to find locations for the shoot that aligned with the plan for the commercial, both Luke and I moved on to casting people for the film.
On the day, I was helping out with lots of small things behind the scenes. We had an exceptional crew that were hard-working and made sure we got everything done. We only had one day to shoot, which made it a challenge but also pushed everyone to perform to the best of their abilities . Unfortunately the last shots were supposed to be taken on an astroturf who very kindly decided to cancel on us half an hour before we were due to turn up. This pushed my Producer abilities to the maximum, as I managed to get us a new location.
The advert was filmed on Kodak 35mm film, which was cool to have a film camera to use. Unfortunately, one of the lecturers kept the camera rolling which meant that we used a lot more film than we had planned to, which cost us in the edit. But it was a film to be proud of and was a cool experience to be a part of.
Around Christmastime, my good friend Luke Rados was entering a student competition for a Kodak commercial, where he had chosen a brief for Adidas. One afternoon, he was stressing to me about his treatment getting declined. We sat on FaceTime and talked about the concept of the video. I made some suggestion to him that he ended up changing on the treatment which was then accepted, meaning that he will be directing the advert.
He wanted me to be part of it in some way, and we both agreed that I could work as a producer on the project. This was new territory for me, as calling people and asking for location availability wasn’t something that I wanted to do. Despite it not being my forte, it meant I could be involved in the project.
After I managed to find locations for the shoot that aligned with the plan for the commercial, both Luke and I moved on to casting people for the film.
On the day, I was helping out with lots of small things behind the scenes. We had an exceptional crew that were hard-working and made sure we got everything done. We only had one day to shoot, which made it a challenge but also pushed everyone to perform to the best of their abilities . Unfortunately the last shots were supposed to be taken on an astroturf who very kindly decided to cancel on us half an hour before we were due to turn up. This pushed my Producer abilities to the maximum, as I managed to get us a new location.
The advert was filmed on Kodak 35mm film, which was cool to have a film camera to use. Unfortunately, one of the lecturers kept the camera rolling which meant that we used a lot more film than we had planned to, which cost us in the edit. But it was a film to be proud of and was a cool experience to be a part of.
