Searching for inspiration

After creating this blog and constantly checking to see if there were any followers, I decided to knuckle down and try and search for some inspiration for the upcoming project. I began thinking of films, photos and artwork that had inspired me, when I remembered someone I had previously studied at College.

His name is Dean Rogers, and is a photographer/cinematographer/director of photography. Unfortunately, his official website is 'down for maintenance', and has been for some time, but luckily there is a large collection of his work on bluntlondon.com. Some of his work includes the 2007 film 'Control' (Dir, Anton Corbijn), 'This is England' (Dir, Shane Meadows, 2006) as well as one of the most recent mockumentary style films 'Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee' (Dir, Shane Meadows, 2009).

Control, 2007, Dir Anton Corbijn (bluntlondon.com)


This is England, 2006, Dir Shane Meadows (bluntlondon.com)


Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee, 2009, Dir Shane Meadows (bluntlondon.com)

Just from these images you can see there is a big difference in visual styles, ranging from high contrast, black and white grainy footage, to bright, warm toned/coloured scenery. Within these films Dean worked as DOP/Cinematographer, and he creates a kind of social-realistic theme/mood from the stylistic choices he makes on how each shot is composited.

I'll finish this post with a short, black and white Super8 film in which Dean Rogers was the cinematographer. Click here to view the video.

Dean Rogers Bluntlondon.com