LONDON SESSIONS PRODUCTIONS

London Sessions Productions @ Abbey Road Studios

londonsessions — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:58:22 +0000

Hey guys

We’ve moved to a new office at Abbey Road Studios.

We’re doing major changes here at London Sessions hence our website being a splash page at the moment…

Very exciting stuff let me reassure you!

New contact details are: London Sessions Productions / Abbey Road Studios / 3 Abbey Road / London / NW8 9AY / Tel: 0207 266 7231

Feel free to swing by for a tea + biscuits.

Mr C.

On The Roadie trailer + poster

londonsessions — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:40:17 +0000

Hello Hello

Here is the trailer for our award-winning short film On The Roadie cut by Joana Vaz.

Also, we have a super cool poster by our in-house graphic designer: Miss Hodgson.

Thank you girls.

SFX Masterclass – UPDATE

londonsessions — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:41:26 +0000

It’s with great sadness that we inform that David Marti & Montse Ribe won’t be able to join us at SFX MASTERCLASS / FANTASPORTO 2010.

David’s Father was hospitalized this morning and is in a fragile condition.

We wish to express our full support to David and the whole Marti Family in this difficult time. We hope he makes a full and quick recovery.

Colin Arthur will be giving a 2 day Masterclass covering Action Effects & Special Make-Up.

Lawrence Kelaton of Smooth-On Holland will also be showing a range of Smooth-On materials, applying prosthetic and Make-Up techniques.

More soon.

SFX MASTERCLASS / FANTASPORTO 2010

londonsessions — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:08:23 +0000

We’re happy to announce SFX MASTERCLASS / FANTASPORTO 2010, a Special Effects Masterclass with David Marti and Colin Arthur at Fantasporto Film Festival 2010!

It’s the first time we organize such event and we start with a bang! Two huge references from the SFX world! David Marti, Montse Ribe and their team at DDT (Barcelona) were behind Fausto 5.0, Sea Inside, Agora, Devils Backbone, Hellboy and Pans Labyrinth for which they won Academy Award for Best Makeup in 2006!

Colin Arthur is a living-legend of the Special Effects! He started with Ray Harryhausen and his stop-motion model animation movies like Sinbad & Clash of the Titans! He did Falcor for Never Ending Story, he worked with Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey, with John Millius in Conan, The Barbarian… wow! Recently he and his team at Dream Factory (Madrid) Open Your Eyes, Sexy Beast, Talk To Her.

Filipe Melo, writer & producer of I’ll See You In My Dreams will join Colin and David for a Q&A session in the last day.

The event will take place during two days, 24th & 25th February, in Pequeno Auditório, Rivoli as part of the 30th edition of Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival.

WEDNESDAY 24/02/2010
10-11 AM – SMOOTH-ON presentation
11-13 AM – COLIN ARTHUR Masterclass pt 1
13-14 PM – Lunch break
14-17:30 PM - COLIN ARTHUR Masterclass pt 2

THURSDAY 25/02/2010
10-13 AM - DAVID MARTI Masterclass pt 1
13-14 AM - Lunch break
14-16 PM - DAVID MARTI Masterclass pt 2
16-17:30 PM – Lecture with Colin Arthur, David Marti e Filipe Melo

Tickets are available from all FNAC stores in Portugal for €35. Each ticket-holder will have to, on the day of the event, swap their ticket for an entry-pass at the Rivoli ticket office.

Press release in Portuguese here.

Any questions shoot us an email.

Promo Video for Bypass Magazine

londonsessions — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:51:40 +0000

Joana Vaz directed this promotional video for BYPASS magazine.

Click here to see it on our website.

Nice.

through the eyes of catarina

londonsessions — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Catarina Viana is a london-based illustrator, photographer, printmaker and a mother. her photography has this laid-back yet mysterious approach that really inspire us. fascinating work.

here are a few of My First Window in London series

you can check this whole sequence and more of her work on her site.

do it.

Pedro Costa Retrospective @ Tate Modern

londonsessions — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:41:16 +0000

Back in 2002 I was in a film festival having several drinks with Chris Doyle and Ed Lachman… Conversation was about European Cinema. Lachman claimed that Pedro Costa was his favourite Portuguese director. I asked him if he knew any others. He told me not to be a smart ass and to get the next round of drinks. And so I did, impressed that a Hollywood DoP knew Pedro Costa’s work….

This crap story to say that the Tate Modern is holding a Pedro Costa’s retrospective from next Friday 25th Sept. Check it.

If you can’t wait for Friday he’ll be at the Curzon Soho with his piece de resistence “Bones” next Wednesday 23rd Sept.

In the mean time read what Peter Bradshaw wrote about PC in the Guardian last week.

Enjoy.

Meu Caro Amigo Chico update 1.1

londonsessions — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:08:32 +0000

Dear friends,

The post-production of our documentary Meu Caro Amigo Chico is moving forward. Slowly but steady.

Check out the subtitled version of the trailer / teaser on Vimeo.

Also a few weeks ago the Portuguese newspaper O Público published a whole page about our project. Nice.

For those acquainted with the Portuguese language get it here. This pdf was kindly sent to us by Nuno Pacheco, the editor of O Publico. Thank you sir. Also, thanks to Jorge Marmelo for the wonderfully written article!

More news soon.

withtheband charity launch night

londonsessions — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:28:24 +0000

whitheband is a new creative design agency from our friend Emma Lawton and it’s being launched this week with a kickass party! details below. see you all there.

withtheband is a new creative design agency specifically for musicians and record labels. bands and songwriters often don’t have the time or skills to put together a website or produce attractive promotional materials. so Emma and her gang set up a company offering professional design, photography, video, and writing services at prices that won’t break the bank.

charity launch night: at The Lexington in Angel, Islington. doors open at 7:30pm and the first act is on at 8pm. Playing on the night are Liam Butler, Madisson, Toodar, Paper Horse, The October Game and Imajim. For those of you who don’t have work the next day they have djs til 4am.

a £5 charitable donation on the door gets you entry and a withtheband pass. all proceeds will be donated to Youth Music, the UK’s largest children’s music charity.

On The Roadie wins People’s Choice Award!

londonsessions — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:12:05 +0000

The audience from the Porto International Short Film Festival (Porto7) voted On The Roadie as their favourite film out of the 81 shorts shown during the 4 days of the festival! This is great news indeed! Thanks to everyone that supported On The Roadie in this festival!

First festival. First award!

More soon.

We hope.