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Rushes grade new feature: The Hide

24th Oct 2008: Rushes have completed post on Director Marek Losey’s first feature film, "The Hide”, produced by Poisson Rouge Pictures and Solution Films.

Together with Big Buoy Post Production, we've recently completed post on Director Marek Losey’s first feature film, “The Hide”, produced by Poisson Rouge Pictures and Solution Films.

In this dark thriller, set in the windswept Suffolk mudflats, Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive bird watcher, receives an unexpected visit to his bird-hide from a wild-looking stranger. Dave John is seeking refuge from the storm and the two men soon discover that they have a good deal in common but after news of a police manhunt their fragile relationship is driven to a tragic conclusion.

The engrossing film was shot at two main locations using the Arri D-20 camera by cinematographer George Richmond, who has recently worked as Camera Operator on the forthcoming James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” and The Coen Brothers’ “Burn After Reading”. “The Hide” was edited and onlined at Big Buoy and graded by Rushes’ Colourist and Director of Telecine, Adrian Seery.

Seery, who recently won the award for “Best Telecine in a Music Video” at the UK Music Video Awards 2008 for his work on KT Tunstall’s “If Only”, comments, “The film was shot on uncompressed HD on an Arri D-20 which worked perfectly as this gives you the latitude to really push the grade further as opposed to any HD format.”

The interior of the hide was constructed in the studio and George Richmond lit the set to recreate the natural light. Adrian continues, “In post, we sought to maintain this light, keeping it consistent so as not to distract from the drama. Once we got the right look we just worked to maintain it as we didn’t want the grading to intrude on the story, rather complement and support the foreboding mood of the piece.”

“The exterior shots we had a lot more freedom with. They were really quite spectacular shots of the Suffolk landscapes. It was important for the grading to reflect the mood of the film and never compete with it.”

The film premiered to critical acclaim at the Dinard British Film Festival 2008.

What the press said about "The Hide" …

"My pick of the festival" – EMPIRE

"Compelling" - BBC FILM NETWORK

"Marek Losey's Pinteresque debut" - Philip French, THE OBSERVER

Title: "The Hide"

Produced by: Poisson Rouge Pictures Ltd., Solution Films Ltd.

Running Time: 84 Minutes

Director: Marek Losey

Producer: Christopher Granier-Deferre and John Schwab

Executive/Co-Producers: Bernadette Thomas

Writer: Tim Whitnall

Cinematographer: George Richmond

Editing and Online: Big Buoy Post Production

Colourist: Adrian Seery @ Rushes

Starring: Alex McQueen, Philip Campbell

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