I have just completed work as Colourist and VFX artist on the powerful Feature Length film ‘Lapwing’ written by Laura Turner and directed by Philip Stevens, the film has an extremely talented cast including: Hannah Douglas, Emmett J Scanlan, Sarah Whitehouse, Sebastian De Souza, Javed Khan, Sophie Kamal and Lewis Gemmill
“It’s got a really kind of effective atmosphere. It’s shot by Stewart McGregor and makes fantastic use of the landscapes. There’s this kind of feeling that this could be happening anywhere at almost any time. There is very good music by Lee Gretton..."
“It’s [the film] bleak, and at times it’s kind of almost intolerably bleak, but there’s something in there. Since I saw it I have thought about individual images from it…the film has a power and an atmosphere that I hadn’t expected.”
Mark Kermode, BBC 5 Live Film Review
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VFX Artist and Supervisor
Much of my VFX work was Roto and Paint work to help reinforce the Period, Tudor-based setting; removing any signs of the modern day, like: LED Film Lighting arrays in shot; Jet Contrails in the sky; wind turbines; ships and Ferries out at sea; actors in frame; set-extend/matte paint sets, landscapes and skies; etc.
Additionally, I also added a number of CG assets to a number of shots via complex Object Tracking and 3D matchmove, particularly to assist with health a safety on set - for example - adding a CG knife blade to props handles held by the actors, so that the actors were safe on the day.
I also helped to augment and blend 'in-camera' prosthetic effects, with additional digital blood, scars and gore. If you are interested, please support the film by going to this link and watching online: https://tickets.bulldog-film.com/watch-at-home
Reviews
“Haunting and heartbreaking! I was blown away by
Lapwing”
“A work of decisively provoking menace”
“confident, distinctive work”
“Stevens’s very confident and assured debut”
“Philip Stevens directs an intriguing reflection on recent social attitudes”
“An atmospheric tale of toxic masculinity”
“Lapwing is a bleak, beautiful study of race, sex and sense community”
“Having a clear, distinct style that evoked memories of watching films of Terrence Malick and Robert Eggers”
“Director Philip Stevens, has done an excellent job with tone and atmosphere”
“Blown away by its beautiful cinematography”
“natural landscape beautifully photographed”
“excellent atmospheric cinematography by Stewart MacGregor”
“the film [Lapwing] is visually stunning…MacGregor’s cinematography helps give the landscape a timeless, atmospheric and earthy look”
“cinematographer Stewart MacGregor captures the idyllic, rural Lincolnshire shoreline perfectly against the backdrop of violence and fear”
“the images we see in Lapwing speak a thousand words expertly”
