Ambleton Delight
JVC cameras and monitors take budget film to next level
Located at Brighton Marina, Parkes Dan Parkes, founder of Parkes Productions Set in a fictional town in Sussex, Ambleton
Productions Ltd. films high quality
and director of Ambleton Delight, explains Delight follows the ups and downs of a
corporate productions and live
how JVC’s GY-HD201 contributed to the village rocked by a government proposal
events as well as short and feature
success of the film. for a nearby motorway, resonating
films. Their first feature film,
with themes of discrimination, youth
“We spent several years researching HD
Ambleton Delight, premiered at
unemployment and small town politics.
cameras available before settling on the
The End of the Pier International
GY-HD201. The primary reason for our “Ambleton Delight was an ambitious
Film Festival earlier this year, decision was that it shot progressive rather opportunity to shoot a professional
and was shot entirely on JVC’s than interlaced – it was one of the few looking feature film on an extremely
GY-HD201 ProHD camcorder.
cameras that offered this at the time. It also low bud get of only £6000,” Dan
films at 50/60p for slow motion, and was Parkes reveals. “However,
shoulder-mounted with proper Fujinon glass. our previous work gave
us confidence that
“We also have the JVC DT-V17L
the GY-HD201
17-inch field/studio HD monitor, which
camcorder could live up to this
has proven very useful with our 35mm
challenge. Before this film, we released
adapter and also shooting green screen
a documentary based on Brighton’s now
work,” Parkes explains. “One of the
derelict West Pier, Peerless (2006), which
benefits is that it is laid out similar to a
was filmed on 16mm. We also shot a
broadcast camera and so it is easy to adapt
short film on 35mm about World War II,
to. Being shoulder mounted, it is excellent
A.R.P. (2006), which has been used for
for ENG work when you are on the run.
educational projects throughout Sussex.
Not to mention that it looks good, which
is an important consideration when “We started filming using our JVC
working for corporate clients.” GYHD201 with the SGPro 35mm adapter
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