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STEADICAM PORTFOLIO
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DRAMA
LET EACH ONE GO WHERE HE MAY (16mm 134 mins)
Five weeks shooting on location in Amazon Rainforest. Film consists of a series of ten-minute Steadicam takes crossing piraña-infested creeks, delving illegal goldmines, and navigating thronged streets.
Director: Ben Russell
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Dimeshow
Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Pamplona Punto de Vista Film Festival
International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award for Best Film of the 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2010 VPRO Tiger Award Nominee
DIVA (DV 8 mins)
Short film about a young transvestite escaping small-town mentality on a day trip to Paris. Shot entirely on location on the streets of Montmartre.
Director: Josephine Mackerras
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Onearth Productions
Official Selection in over 60 Film Festivals
Winner Best Short, Accolade Film Awards 2007
DAGLICHT (16 mm 25 min)
Short film film about waking up beside someone you don’t remember meeting the night before.
Director: Michiel Rummens
DP: Roel van 't Hoff
Production: Nederlands Film Academie
HANDSFREE SEGWAY TEST SHOT (DV 1.30 mins)
Exploring the possibilities of the Steadiseg.
Steadivision
MAYFLY (DV 16 mins)
Short film of a young woman running from an unseen pursuer.
Shot entirely on the Steadiseg
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilms
VOICES OF THE CITY 3: TEENAGERS DREAM (HD 16 mins)
Third in the VOTC series about stories from the city of Amsterdam, dealing with the aspirations of teenagers.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Artfreaks
HOLY ROLLER at OEROL (DV 4 mins)
An incredible artwork rolls across a deserted beach, stamping out religious symbols in the sand.
Director: Sietske Tjallingii
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Eric Staller
GoDDoG (HD 12 mins)
Short dance film dealing with madness, shot on location in a Dutch mental institution.
Director: Susanne Ohmann
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Het Vijfde Seizoen
LUCAS CAN'T FLY (HD 17 mins)
A pregnant woman faces up to the fact that her unborn baby curtails her peregrinations.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilms
CIRC/US (DV 6 mins)
Short Film about a blind woman’s ambition to walk the tightrope.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilmsRon Bunzl
VOICES OF THE CITY 2: SPEED (HD 17 mins)
Short Film by Ron Bunzl for
Second in the VOTC series about traversing the city at speed.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilms
IMPAIR (DV 35 mins)
Short dance film about alienation in the urban environment.
Director: Tabea Martin
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Rotterdamse Dansacademie
SURABAYA JOHNNY (DV 7 mins)
Short Film about a puppeteer stripping off her on-stage persona,
Director: Ron Bunzl
Production: Bewegingsalarm
VOICES OF THE CITY: JUST MY IMAGINATION (HD 17 mins)
First in the VOTC series about dealing with city life.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilms
THREE SOLOS: CONSTR/CTION (DV 15 mins)
Short film of 3 women dancing in domestic situations. Shot on location in a bathroom, a kitchen, and a living room.
Director: Sarah Manya
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Frascati
DOCUMENTARY
KINDEREN VAN STALIN / CHILDREN OF STALIN (HD 60 mins)
Shot over 3 weeks living on location in a residential mental hospital in the ex-Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Director: Harrie Timmermans
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Egmond Film & Television
STRANDBEEST (HD 90 mins)
Following the inventions of artist Theo Jansen—giant wind sculptures that walk the wild beaches of North Holland.
Traveling shots on the Steadiseg.
Director: Alexander Schlichter
DP: Alexander Schlichter
Production: Alexander Schlichter
IS IT POSSIBLE? (HD15 mins)
Short Documentary featuring Strandbeest.
Traveling shots on the Steadiseg.
Director: Alexander Schlichter
DP: Alexander Schlichter
Production: Discovery Channel
ONVERWACHT / UNEXPECTED (HD 50 mins)
A woman foces a difficult choice in her life: Whether or not keep her unplanned pregnancy.
Director: Maria Ramos
DP: Nicole Batteké
Production: Selfmade Films
SYMPHONY ARABICA in the TROPENMUSEUM (HD 90 mins)
Documentary by Saskia Habermann featuring Featuring Shadia, Merlijn Twaalfhoven, and Wissam Murad preparing for and performing a tribute to Palestine.
Director: Saskia Habermann
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: La Vie sur Terre
YDU in the VAN GOGH MUSEUM (DV 20 mins)
Young fashion designers stage a fashion show in the iconic museum.
Director: Connie Fluhme
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Tutch Communication
GLISSSSSSSSSENDO (DV 20 mins)
Orchestra Fanfare Le Snob perform at the Carnevale di Venezia in the Piazza San Marco, Venice.
Director: Ulik Kahlert
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Ulik Productions
DOUBLE SKIN/DOUBLE MIND
Emio Greco teaches his world-famous dance technique at the AHK.
Director: Emio Greco/PC
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Emio Greco/PC
THE KAIN PROJECT (DV 90 mins)
Following Kain, the first rapper, in exile from NCY.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: split2ndfilms
SYMFONIE VOOR IEDEREEN / SYMPHONY FOR EVERYONE (HD 46 mins)
Merlijn Twaalfhoven performs his ambitious musical adventure joining enthusiastic schoolchildren with experienced orchestral musicians.
Director: Saskia Habermann
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: La Vie sur Terre
OPENING (DV 20 mins)
Night theatre, the Sugar Factory opens its doors for the first time.
Director: Peter de Goede
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Sugar Factory
MONCADA 5 (DV 6 mins)
Artist Frank Plant surprises the public with his interactive sculptures.
Director: Frank Plant
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Rotterdam Art Museum
COMMERCIAL
ARMENIA (35mm)
Commercial for Armenian wine.
Shot mostly on the Steadiseg.
Director: Aram Karapetian
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Final Entertainment
BELFAST VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU (HD)
Tourist Board commercial featuring Belfast attractions.
Shot partially on the Steadiseg.
Director: Larry McGarry
DP: Jamie Flint
Production: Street Monkey / Ardmore Advertising
GALGORM RESORT & SPA (HD)
Commercial for rural hotel.
Shot mostly on the Steadiseg.
Director: Larry McGarry
DP: Jamie Flint
Production: Street Monkey / Ardmore Advertising
CANCO / ELEMENT (HD)
Real-estate commercial for luxurious New York apartments.
Director: Michel Mein
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: The 7th Art
ADIDAS ORIGINALS (HD)
The Making of Adi Dassler.
Director: Eric Tu
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: 180 Amsterdam
AMSTEL FILTERED (HD)
Global Marketing Film.
Director: Eric Tu
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: 180 Amsterdam
TRAINING PROFESSIONALS (DV)
Commercial for training institute.
Director: Assi Weitz
DP: Assi Weitz
Production: SAE Institute
LIVE PERFORMANCE
ROSIE WOOFF at SCHOK 2010 (Live Projection)
Video–dance improvisation.
Director: Rosie Wooff
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Rosie Wooff
SHEDERVISH (DV 8 mins)
Short performance by Dervish dancer Valentina Lacmanovic.
DP: Chris Fawcett (not Steadicam)
Production: Steadivision
GUTSMAN DE VOORSTELLING / GUTSMAN THE PLAY (HD 60 mins)
Dance performance bringing cartoons to life on stage.
Director: Job Cornelissen
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Danstheater Link
BATTLE OF AMSTERDAM (Live Projection)
Four hours continuous shooting of the Krump Kings performing on stage in Amsterdam.
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Melkweg
23 / 73 (DV 45 mins)
Interactive Dance Project.
Director: Nicola Balhuizen Hepp
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Dance Unlimited
ME TOO (DV 18 mins)
Puppeteer Ulrike Quade explores her alter ego.
Director: Ron Bunzl
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Bewegingsalarm
GLI SCAMPI DELLA LUNA (DV 6 mins)
Two dancers perform in a half-demolished theatre.
Directors: Simon Rowe & Dorit Weintal
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: The Dam Company
MAAK EEN KUNSTWERK VAN JE LEVEN (DV 55 mins)
Thirteen very different women find they have a lot in common in this stage drama.
Director: Nelys Velazquez
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Art to Grow
ENTRE TU Y YO / BETWEEN YOU AND ME (DV 25 mins)
Fashion design meets dance in a ‘flash’ performance.
Director: Cristina Peralta
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Stamppot Studio
CLOSE (DV 60 mins)
The audience members become performers when dancers ‘cross the line.’
Director: Nicola Balhuizen Hepp
DP: Chris Fawcett
Production: Dance Unlimited
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