Not only has Andy Serkis played one of the cinema’s most iconic characters ‘Gollum’ in the Lord of the Rings but he has also played King Kong and Caesar in Planet of the Apes amongst many other accolades. In short his motion capture work is second to none on the planet. In shorter, he is a living legend! With lockdown restrictions starting to ease I headed into a studio in Queens Park to find out more and to film Andy in interview and reading through some truly memorable scenes in ‘The Hobbit’, a book that he recently narrated over 12 hours for charity and for obvious reasons is very close to his heart.
Lockdown Editing
Because we had already done over 30 shoots in 2020 we have been finishing up on the editing over the lockdown period. Highlights have included videos for Ross Edgley, David Badulcci, Anna Jones, Piers Morgan, James Holland, Grace Dent, Andrea Corr and many others.
Also we have found the time to put together a new showreel to show off a few highlights over the past 9 years.
Check it out here.
Vinnie
Not long before lockdown, I drove very fast (but not too fast) to London as I didn’t want to keep Vinnie Jones waiting. He asked me if I’d come on a motorbike (my hair’s getting a bit out of control) . The shoot went well and I think I escaped with a relatively small amount of teasing from Vinnie.
(A)ndrea Corr to Ha(z)el Gaynor in 2 Days
One of the best shoots I’ve ever been involved with and I’ve done quite a few in Dublin over the years. This year we managed to shoot Andrea Corr, Eoin Colfer, Ciara Geraghty, Cecilia Ahern, Hazel Gaynor, Jane Powers and Carmel Harrington over 2 days as well as cut behind the scenes footage at the beach at Clontarf, Vernon Woods and around Clontarf Castle Hotel. The weather was amazing for February. Lucky us!
Thankyou Dublin.
Kate Mosse, The Last Shoot Before Lockdown
On Friday March the 13th I took the very early train to London. I wondered up and down it as I had agreed to meet a friend (I found out a bit later he’d been told by work to use Zoom / Web-Ex instead of making un-necessary trips) and saw only 5 people on there. We were now in the Lockdown Zone. It was a great shoot at the wonderful Sessions House in Clerkenwell Green but we didn’t hang about!
