ian dart

as a professional gaffa i have a working conditions agreement which producers must agree to before i will work on their project. clause 9 states...... i reserve the right to refuse to work in conditions i feel are unsafe or dangerous. i have invoked this clause on several occasions. if i have to argue about it, i switch off the lights, pack the truck and drive away ian

hi richard, email me on iandart@optusnet.com.au my partial cv is on imdb cheers ian

hi not sure if having actors sit around a roaring fire is a good idea those things put out some serious heat. and keeping it consistant for 8 hours would be hard work. i found that the light put out by the fire was overshadowed by the ambient at the stop the dop wanted. two flicker boxes running out of sequence looked better than the real flames. and once it was set up you dont have to reset for the close ups the complete set up was run off one small genny. cheers ian

hi, for fire effects check out www.magicgadgets.com i used 2 of their 2k flicker dimmers for the camp fire scenes on "van diemans land". you can select flicker speed and intensity, lowest light level to highest level and it randomly flickers between the two. with one running to two 200 watt globes covered with full cto, and one running to another two 200 watt globes...hidden around the campfire and cut from camera by blackwrap i also had a readhead with full cto thru a 4 x 4 half white dif as an ambient it gives a very realistic fire light effect. i also had a 1.2 hmi punched thru the background for a moonlight effect. hope this makes sense.... most gaffers will have these flicker dimmers so you could possibly hire a couple. hope this helps. cheers, ian

sorry something happened to my photo

hi here is a rig i used on a film i just finished i made a spider from speed rail and 150 mm bowl rig is adjustable in height and legs are movable to fit in the space cheers ian