When Architects first approached me about the World Tour Film project – and even through the earlier stages of production, we didn’t have a concrete plan for release or the finer details of the deliverables. …
You Me At Six USA Tour – Pt 4
We’ve just published the 9th, and final episode of ‘An American Spring’ CALIFORNIA and it’s one of my favourites. You can watch it below, followed by the previous couple of episodes 7 ~ THE MIDWEST …
You Me At Six USA Tour – Pt 3
A quick look at the last couple of weeks and some production stills. Limited on time to write extensively, so here’s a visual recap… Arrival of the bus… meant a nice little on-the-road production office …
You Me At Six USA Tour – Pt 2
After a slow couple of days starting the tour in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a little trailer release, we hit the road to Texas for 3 shows. Here’s the result of those… As I’ve not worked …
Trailer: ‘One Hundred Days’ – Architects World Tour Film
Yesterday saw the much-anticipated launch of my Architects World Tour Film Trailer ‘One Hundred Days’. In a nut-shell, I spent 2.5 months with the band over the course of September > November last year, and …
NAB 2013 – A Quick Look
[Had this half-drafted for a few days but just got chance to finish it after the first couple of days shooting] This isn’t a tech blog… first and foremost, despite my regular discussions of equipment, …
You Me At Six USA Tour – Pt 1
A quick first update from the first couple of days of The Spring Fever in the USA. I am working for You Me At Six, producing video episodes across the whole tour. This trailer should …
You Me At Six USA Tour – Kit Prep & Pack
Very excited to be leaving today for a 5 week USA tour with You Me At Six; it’s a project I’ve been looking forward to for ages and will be the longest and lengthiest single …
New Tour Gear – Video Blog #1
Spending long periods of time editing any kind of footage is always going to lead to questions of how it could be bettered – through equipment, techniques or production planning. With the You Me At …
Touring Macbook Repairs & The CD > SSD Upgrade
Reliance on Apple products & their after-sales support is often a wonderful thing. I’ve been to the genius bar numerous times with my iMac, Macbook or past iPhones, and more often than not a helpful …
February Recap ft. Architects, Deftones, Example…
I wrote 4/3/2013 on a form yesterday, and despite trying to tell myself that it was far away in the future, the reality is we’re right into March already. Not sure if I’m alone in …
Building a Budget Post-Production PC
Through the latter half of last year I was pretty conscious of the strain post-production of the Architects World Tour Film would place on my Macbook Pro. It’s a reasonable machine – a late 2011 …