Michael Brennan HD Filmography 2002 - current
	"The acrobatic whale" unique footage of rare whale behavior in Iceland that was front page news. Footage available through ClipHD. "Motorstorm" Innovative HD aerials in Monument Valley for Sony Playstation 3 game. "Boomerang" Epic all aerial HD movie by Yann Arthus Bertrand. "This is HD" short film for Polish TV made entirely from my stock footage "Earth From Above" French made environmental series. "Hamster" HD viral for Shell with CGI from Smoke and Mirrors "Taming Nature Thames Barrier" HD aerials Discovery Channel Wall to Wall Media "Hickeys" single shot commercial for Irish retail chain. "Taming Nature Wind Turbines" Wall to Wall Media Ground and aerial shoot, "Australian Princess" HD aerials of Leeds Castle and other sites. "Rolls Royce" HD aerials of Rolls Royce Bentley and factory for Hamma Glamma "London Unlimited" HD aerials of London screened on 70ft screen in Tianaman Square "Spitfire" HD aerials for BBC special on Spitfire  "Picture Quality" exacting HD quality for Philips TV HD point of sale, using Viper camera recording 4:4:4 in Mexico. "Herod the Great" Atlantic Films for History Channel, shooting on location in Israel. "High Speed " DP full length HD feature starring Sienna Miller. "She's Candy" HD pop promo "Guiness Pulls" Corporate for Guiness Brewery Ireland "Royal Command Variety Performance" HD title sequence "Italy from the Air" HD consultant and aerial coordinator. "Great Britain from the Air" Technical coordinator. 30 day shoot around UK using cineflex V14 "Cork Harbour" HD aerial coordinator "Colour " exacting quality for Philips TV point of sale DVD, using Viper camera 4:4:4 in Miami. Picture quality described as fantastic by Phillips executives. "Supa Sexxy" Pop promo directed by Rory Hindes "USS constellation" 2nd unit HD reenactment of slave ship being run down by USS Constellation. "NEWI" comedy commercial for Granada TV "Sprite Urban Games" comparison shoot of HD formats for Avid Technologies "Guitar for Mac" multicamera HD shoot for Apple demonstrating new Apple software. "Ghosts" bafta funded short. "Hickeys" HD Commercial for Irish retail chain. "Hawk" equipment supplier and technical consultant for period short film. "Exeter Friendly" insurance commercial, directed by Nigel Levy "The Light" commercial for RNLI, shot in force Nine Gale from an inflatable rib. "Belasco" Pop promo. Most requested pop promo on MTV2 June 2005  "Boudica" A&E channel Doc. In production. Described by production team as the best lit interviews they have ever seen.  "Walking" & "Cruising" HD info commercials for Irish Tourist board "Quatar Airlines" Four TV commercials cut from 3 day shoot for The Lab. "No surprises" 3 x TV commercials for African Bank, directed by Paul Kenward. "The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off" Emmy award winning C4 Doc. Aerial sequence over England using HD gyro. "Bright" toothpaste commercial. "Turkish Airlines" 2 x HD Commercial. "Rabbit on the Moon" UK Mexican co production, thriller. UK 2nd Unit and HD equipment supplier. Most successful indi movie ever in Mexico. "Murderer Either Ways" HD short directed by Alex AJ Festinese. Screening at Cannes 2004 and Sweet HD Edinburgh festival. "Fanta" high speed (2000fps) digital cinematography for Coca Cola, shots were emailed to European agency from my studio over the course of 3 day shoot. "Stopping Power" Short produced by Blue Star Movies, shot on Italian Riviera, forerunner to a series of feature films starring 6 teenagers cast from around Europe. "The Ride" DP of full length feature and the first Hollywood action feature shot on HD. Directed by Jeff Jensen, produced by Classic Films. Starring Sienna Miller. "Frozen Assets" Scottish Screen's first HD production for BBC. Black Comedy with an Operatic theme. "Night People" feature film. HD consultant and equipment supplier (in production) "B17 The Mission" 3D HD made for specialised 180 degree 3D cinema in the USA. "Bow Wow" aerial title sequence shot with HD gyro system over Ireland. First use of the Cineflex HD system in Europe. "W.O.M.B" pop promos for this progressive UK group. "Schneider Optics". 1 x 60 and 1 x 30 second commercial and Academy award ceremony footage. "HRH Prince of Wales" for The Princes Trust and ITV. "Anarchy in the UK" HD short. "In the Moment" a short that features multilayer bluescreen. "The Play" HD short "Barretts Feltham" Corporate shoot, using HD aerials and cgi. "Parvest" Bloomberg TV promo. "Weddings from Hell" stylized effects for ITV "Liz Hurley" title sequence LWT. "Gagging for it" first TV comedy shot on HD in UK. "Hurley" Biography of Shakelton's photographer, for Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Mixing Super16mm with HD. "Sightsavers" commercial shot in Ireland (HD camera operator) "Team One" HD feature. 2nd Unit "Awake" HD commercial for cinema release. "Suave Bastard" 15 minute short film for theatrical release. Posted on Avid DS HD. The first HDcam project finished in the UK. Short listed at the Raindance Film Festival Various Aerial shoots using f900 Aerial Background plates for numerous graphic and architechural companies Wide range of stock footage is available currently being used on US Prime Time eposodic, Discovery channel documentaries, feature films as well as for manufacturers point of sale DVDs.   Note that Michael Brennans work prior to the advent of the HD format includes acting as DP or lighting cameraman for 120 hours of prime time programming, documentaries, light entertainment and drama. Listed here   Health and Safety Experience List of shooting experiences relevant to assist in assesing health and safety experience Other Experience Editor of bimonthly "High Definition Magazine" Design and conduct CInematography for Digital Artists A two day course aimed at computer games artists. Member of the European Digital Cinema Forum's Editorial Board of EDCF Digital Film Production Handbook. Contributor to EDCF Digital Film Production Handbook. Lecture at Danish Cinematographers Union Designed and managed HD for DP's a week long course at Prague Film School including HD to film transfers in 2005. HD Master classes to 150 Producer Directors at BBC HD Day at Television Center and HD for DPs at BBC research and development in 2003. HD consultant for DK Danish state broadcaster for drama/feature Asta Keynote Speaker at Meet the Cinematographer IBC Lecture at the Danish National Film school Keynote Speaker Broadcast HD conference 2003 Invited to speak at The Production Show 2003, 2004, 2006. Invited to lecture and master class at Edinburgh festival 2004. Supply and setting up of Cinealta camera for a major HD documentary "Herge" with theatrical release made by a coproduction between European state broadcasters. HD Consultant for Sony Playstation HD computer games and for numerous games studios. HD Consultant for Wall to Wall Atlas France for Discovery channel. HD Consultant Americas Cup HD Consultant/DP for full length theatrical release docu drama of a motor racing team. HD Consultant BBC "Life" HD Consultant "Running the Sahara" Gained CAA UK approval for use of High Definition Gimbal on certain types of helicopters. Co design and production of specialised helicopter bracket for Cineflex High Definition Gimbal, with CAA and EASA approval. Camera equipment supplied to feature films Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Night People. Exclusive aerial footage of London Bomb suspects and Europe's Largest fire since WW2, followup TV appearance on BBC TV breakfast show with first hand account.     Memberships BKSTS British Kinematograph Sound Television Society GBTC Guild of British Television Cameramen BECTU Trade Union SOC Society of Operating Cameramen Life before HD   Degree Illustrative Photography at RMIT DP of over 120 hours of broadcast television production, originating mostly on digital/video including 50 drama and reconstruction's for BBC and ITV 60 hours of high budget documentary programs for music, arts and science for BBC, Discovery, TLC ITV and Channel 4 Director training courses for BBC, LWT and Granada Media.  Documentary Subject list here Awards "High Speed" HD Trailer best audio visual presentation,Euro media. "Faking it" 2001 Bafta nomination "Summer on the Estate" BAFTA award Best newcomer. "Blues and Twos"; Royal Television Society Award Best Factual Programme. "To Kill and Kill Again"; Cable Ace Award, C4 Emmy nomination, best documentary. "Histories Turning Points"; Gold Award Boston Film Awards. "Matters of Taste"; Glenfiddich Award; Best Food programme. "Strings Bows and Bellows" Golden Globe; best arts programme    My Favorites Getting to know the Cineflex HD aerial system at Heletranz in Auckland and shooting sequence for "The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off" Using Digital slo motion for Fanta commercial see www.ultramo.com Creating perfect HD images for Phillips TV , using Viper, filmstream 4:4:4 For the Rory Bremner Show starring a British impersonator, I designed a 1 minute 50 second motion control move. Using a specially built tripod from Ronford Baker, made for Imax cameras, together with a special setup card for the camera and carefully chosen prime lenses, we managed to keep the registration of the camera pixel perfect for the entire day. We employed a composting artist with computer on location to help visualise the four characters that Rory was playing. At the end of the day we had a virtually broadcast quality composite of the shot. It was a unqualified success on a tight budget. see Moco 4 pass frame grab Demolition I tracked a 500fps high speed film camera at 35mph from the very base of a 17 story building,as it was being imploded. The camera was 12 feet from the base of the building. The track began after the building was detonated. Demolition track frame grabs. Another film camera inside the building was extracted one second after the blast. A video camera on the roof gave a third perspective, 9 other film and video cameras rolled on the event. We used my Hawkhead Motion Control Pan and Tilt Head from Hong Kong to Texas, with a few stops on the way, to create a stunning series of time lapse shots for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. A month of enduring temperatures of up to 800 degrees Centigrade for Fire, Nature of the Beast wasn't easy but the results are worth it! I built state of the art camera housings that enabled us to put cameras inside fires where they were totally engulfed. I further developed this into a 3rd generation fireproof camera housing for digibeta and another for DV cameras to be used on the Wall To Wall Television series Into The Flames. See fire frame grabs Building Sights; Casamalaparte in Capri. This ten minute architectural programme consisted of crane shots from seemingly impossible angles. Rough Guide to San Francisco and Seattle- described by Rachel Purnell, series producer, as the best ever Rough Guide. The Estate Revisited. We constructed a bomb proof box to achieve a unique shot from the roof of a 20 story Tower Block. The camera was overhanging the roof parapet by 8 feet, shooting vertically down. It then crashed 240 feet to the ground as the building was demolished by explosives. I used the same camera again on Demolition for ITV. It is still working! Strings Bows and Bellows the critics described this series of 5 minute contemporary music pieces as a "visual feast."   The Technical Firsts Assembled (possibly!) the first progressive scanning digital camcorder in 1992 by adapting NAC high speed camera with viewfinder, battery and eng lens. Freelance DP in Europe to own a Cinealta f900 To complete project using HDCAM SRW1 for "Italy from the Air" Use of Cineflex stabilised aerial camera system gyro in Europe. Full length action feature shot on HD. 2000 frames per second 1k digital slo motion footage transferred to HD format. HDCAM project completed on Avid DS/HD in Europe by Pepper Post graded by Vince Narduzzo. Use of f900 and Wescam in UK (Wescam supplied by Aerial Camera Systems) Use of 500 frames per second digital slow motion camera for The Granada Tour. To export Stanton Crane (Jimmy Jib) from the USA. To import to UK the Wildfire Ultraviolet light and fluorescent materials. Use of video minicam for documentary in UK for True or False In the UK to broadcast material using Canon's High Definition lenses on digibeta To shoot with a Gyrostabilised Ultramedia camera, sailing across an open Sea (North Sea, from Denmark to the Shetlands) for The Creators, BBC To use the worlds longest reach access platform (126ft reach) for The Creators, BBC Programme shot on Beta SP in UK for Friday Report, BBC. (building of the channel tunnel) Live minicam for Network Seven (Sunday morning youth show), for Channel 4, taped to a broom stick, and held like a pole cam.     Location Experience Australia, Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Holland, Iceland, India, Iraq, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA.
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