I’m recovering from the wrap party of the feature film “Dimensions”. Just completed a month’s work on this HG Wells-style period sci-fi story, and had a lovely time doing it.

Lots of familiar faces on the crew, as Emily of mad&bad helped the production to crew up, so there was the pleasure of catching up with some old friends, plus the boys from Bruizer rolling up with the camera crane one day.

It’s been very nice to meet all the new cast and crew, too - from producer and director to runners from the local uni’s film course, it was a particularly nice group.

The main location was close enough to home (and the days so impeccably run by the first assistant) that I got to read bedtime stories to Alice, or play in the morning before leaving, almost every day. That’s extremely unusual, and highlights what a cushy and enjoyable job film would be, if only the locations and hours didn’t keep one away from family so often.

When I’m sound mixing on a production, there’s the problem of being sat in a moderately comfy chair at the sound cart all day, waiting for things to be set up. That’s a problem because a month in a chair with runners offering you tea and chocolate buttons is a little bit unhealthy, but it also makes one do antisocial things like reading books and generally disengaging temporarily from the film.

This time, having bought a new camera earlier in the year, I resolved to do something more constructive, and had unexpected amounts of fun taking loads of photos. I’ll have to wait until the film’s released to show them off, but I got quite into it, and my eye got some much-needed practise. As there are proper photographers to take the publicity stills, I tend to go for candid snaps of the crew working. On this film, as everyone was so easy to get along with, I got some nice memories to take away of old and new friends working and mucking about. Will upload when the film’s out.

In the mean time, I’m going to look in on the edit from time to time, as an excuse to see the guys - and the editor’s very cute baby, who was born during the shoot...