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3D Production

2011-12-01T20:45:00.000Z

Sweet 3D has been busy with a 4 week long 3D shoot on our new Panasonic 3D camera.

With the details of the shoot still under wraps we can't publish any production information but here are some photos of the team on location.

UEFA Aerials

2011-12-01T20:33:00.000Z

With the 2012 Euros on their way, UEFA sent Don out to Eastern Europe to produce aerial footage of the host cities and their stadiums.

The aerials were filmed on a cineflex owned and operated by ACS (Aerial Camera Systems).

The production coordinator on location was Sylviane and the pilot was Louis, both from Heliandco in Belgium. The 3 week shoot went without any major problems and UEFA were satisfied with the result.

'once again, we're really happy with what has been filmed'. Alex Ingham, Producer, UEFA

Warsaw Stadium.

Man vs Mito

2011-08-18T19:50:00.000+01:00

Don was recently employed to film this exciting race between and Alfa Romeo and Iwan Thomas.

Check it out!

Sweet New Video for 'I Am Giant'

2011-06-28T18:21:00.002+01:00

Sweet Pictures has been busy directing and producing the latest music video for rock band I Am Giant.

The video was shot on 2 Canon 5D's with Jon Hill as the director of photography and Max Friswell was the director of photography on 2nd unit.

Their rushes were cleverly cut together by Kieran Humphries, who has put in some long hours on the edit.

Alongside I Am Giant, the video starred Lucy Drive and was shot in an old church in Paddington, London.

Make Up - Nikki Springall and Leila
Lighting Assist - Leon Menzies
Camera Assist - Andy Smith
Production Assist - Kieran Hall

I Am Giant performing.

Lucy Drive

Production assistant Kieran Hall helping out by doubling as an extra.

Director Don Rutherford working the clapper board.

Moto GP

2011-06-21T08:21:00.001+01:00

Last week Don worked for Century TV providing the BBC with a live broadcast at the Silverstone Moto GP.

Working on a Sony PDW F800 XDCAM, Don shot features in the days leading up to race day and went live on BBC2 from the starting grid before qualifying and racing. The program had a record number of viewers - 2.2 million people watched the race on Sunday, twice as many as in 2010.

Windsor Express

2011-05-20T11:12:00.000+01:00

The Windsor Express has picked up on our recent success with The Last Duel and have written a great article here.

Sweet Pictures wins Best Short Film at B.I.F.F.

2011-05-12T18:18:00.000+01:00

Sweet Pictures is delighted to announce that we are the winners of Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Festival. Our film 'The Last Duel' was produced by Anna and written and directed by Don here at Sweet Pictures. Many of our friends and colleagues put long hours into the making of this short film so it is fantastic that we can be recognised for all our hard work.

You can read more about our film on the official website - www.thelastduel.com

And here is and article by Surrey Life magazine about our recent success. News reports can also be found in the Wairarapa Times Age and the Staines Informer this week.

A Busy Start to 2011

2011-02-09T23:28:00.001Z

Sweet Pictures have been super busy so far this year. As well as working hard on a few exciting projects which are in development, we have also been out on location. The highlights so far are; producing a behind the scenes film for Loop TV featuring England footballer Peter Crouch in a Mars advert.

And working for Wing Productions to film behind the scenes footage for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team.

Volvo Ocean Race, Camper Promo Video

2010-12-22T14:08:00.001Z

Last week Don was in Palma, Majorca shooting a promotional film for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was great to work with some of the sailors and also to visit Camper's flagship store.

Here is the video - enjoy!

Toy Soldiers TX

2010-12-15T07:12:00.000Z

Check out the latest documentary by John Walsh on BBC 1 tomorrow...

Don shot the majority of this compelling documentary about what children go through while there parents are abroad with the Armed Services.

Karate Kids - a Bafta Nomination!

2010-11-25T22:55:00.006Z

Good luck to John Walsh (Walsh Bros) the Bafta's this weekend with his BBC documentary: Karate Kids. Producer/Director of this documentary; John has been nominated for a Bafta in the Childrens Factual category and Sweet Pictures will be crossing fingers and toes for the win. Don from Sweet Pictures was the director of photography on this documentary and it was edited by our good friend Si at Green Rock.

Karate Kids, narrated by David Tennant, follows the lives of two mates who have cerebral palsy.
One young man has more ability to communicate than the other, so between them they help each other out and have a good laugh along the way. It's a really touching insight into the world of young people and their tough attitudes to life. Good luck John!

Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride Video

2010-10-18T16:01:00.000+01:00

Sweet Pictures was commissioned to produce a short promotional video for The Prostate Cancer Charity. The video was to help promote the Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride and you can view the video on their video page (click me!). The video is the second video from the top and is called Training ride with Rapha Condor Sharp.

The video was very well received and The Prostate Cancer Charity were stoked with the results -

"Thanks for sending video through - we all think it is great!!"

The Last Duel Private Screening

2010-08-24T12:43:00.000+01:00

The week Sweet Pictures held a private screening of our short film, The Last Duel, for the Englefield Green community.

About 40 people came to watch the film and it was very well received. Local historian Chris Rowley requested a copy of the film for the Egham Museum and also offered to put us in touch with the Great Great Granddaughter of Cournet (one of the main characters in the film).

Anna catching up with Michael Dacre, who played Cournet in the film.

Don chatting to Chris Rowley. Local historian and author of the book "The Last Duel".

Thanks to the Village Centre for having us in their newly renovated hall.

"The Tell"

2010-08-22T14:13:00.000+01:00

Several months ago Sweet Pictures helped produce a short film called "The Tell" for a competition called Straight 8.

Directed by Kieran Humphries, the film made it through to the official selection for the Straight 8 festival. The film was shot on one roll of super8 film and could not be edited in any way. The sound track was added 5 days after the film was shot and both the film and sound track were delivered to be judged alongside 250 other films.

We now have a copy of the film and you can see it HERE!

The Great Tour

2010-08-15T20:40:00.000+01:00

Sweet Pictures has been working for The Great Tour to produce daily content for their blog... It was a tough job but involved cycling some of the most spectacular coastline the UK has to offer.

Check out one of the videos Sweet Pictures produced - HERE

The Last Duel is Finished!

2010-07-06T23:33:00.001+01:00

Sweet Pictures has been working on a short film called The Last Duel for the past year.
We are happy to announce that it is now finished. We put together a big push to get the film finished to meet the submission deadline for the The London Film Festival. While we are waiting to see if we have been selected, we have decided to hold a private screening.

If you are interested in joining us please don't hesitate to get in touch - info@sweetpictures.tv

Working with the new PM

2010-07-06T23:13:00.005+01:00

Don was recently employed by Loop TV to film and edit content for The Times CEO Summit.

Overseeing the production, Don worked with a camera operator to capture the summit. He then edited the content together for the client and delivered a rough cut of the footage immediately after the event.

The guests Don captured included Sir Terry Leahy; Chief Executive Tesco plc, Sir John Rose; Chief Executive Rolls-Royce plc, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and the Rt Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister.

The end client was extremely happy with the content we delivered and Don's direct client; Oran at Loop TV had this to say - "Thanks again for all your help, ... (the client) thought you were great."

More motorbike filming

2010-07-06T22:42:00.001+01:00

Don has continued to provide motorbike camera work for several top events - the Windsor and Blenheim triathlons as well as working for Century TV as lead moto on road cycling's National Road Race.

The National Road Race was broadcast live on Eurosport for the last 3 hours of the race.

Winner Geraint Thomas sprinting for the line.

Don has also been out to Rotterdam for a shoot with the SKY team to create some promo material before the Tour de France got underway. Don was working for Awfully Nice Video.

Endura Clothing Sponsorship

2010-06-07T17:31:00.001+01:00

Don is currently shooting for Century Television on the Halfords Tour Series for ITV4. As he is the only moto cameraman on the series and is often in the way of the other cameras, Endura recognised a marketing opportunity and have offered to provide Don with Endura clothing for the series.

Thanks Endura!!

Straight 8 Festival Selection

2010-06-07T17:09:00.002+01:00

Today the official selection for the Straight8 film festival was announced and our film made the cut! The film festival will be held in central London in late July and we will keep you posted on the dates and the venue.

The film we made is called 'The Tell' and was written and directed by Keiran Humphries (pictured in this production shot as the dealer) and produced and shot by Don Rutherford. Thanks to everyone involved for helping us make such a great wee film.

WRC and ET

2010-05-11T20:53:00.000+01:00

Don has been shooting in Turkey for the World Rally Championship for a motor sport show called The Grid. Despite being stuck in Istanbul for an extra 5 days due to the volcanic ash cloud, the shoot was a success.

This weekend Don was working for Fantail Films, shooting on the red carpet for Amercan TV show Entertainment Tonight.

The Soldiers.

2010-04-06T09:52:00.002+01:00

Sweet Pictures has been commissioned by Warner Music to produce a film for a band called 'The Soldiers'. You can see the video here.

The client had this to say -

Hi Don,
Thanks for Sunday
The video is fantastic
Look forward to working together again in the future.

Straight 8 Short Film

2010-04-05T21:43:00.003+01:00

This Easter weekend Don has been shoting a film for a competition called Straight 8. The film was written and directed by a good friend of Sweet Pictures - Kieran Humphries. Don shot and produced the film which under the competition rules had to be shot on one roll of Super8 film.

The shoot was a great success and hopefully we have done enough to pick up a prize.
(better quality production stills arriving soon)

Abu Dhabi

2010-03-20T18:22:00.000Z

Don has been shooting out in Abu Dhabi for Dreamteam TV. He was shooting the inuagural Abu Dhabi Triathlon.

Part of the job involved traveling through the desert in large 4x4's to film camels.

The triathletes cycled around the Abu Dhabi Formula One circuit (Yas Island) as part of the race.

Karate Kids

2010-03-16T10:47:00.000Z

A doco Don has been shooting for John Walsh from Walsh Bros was broadcast on BBC2 recently.

You can watch the half hour documentary on BBC Iplayer here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rl860/My_Life_Karate_Kids/

Merry Christmas

2009-12-28T13:51:00.005Z

Merry Christmas from Sweet Pictures.

Recently we have been getting some more editing done on our short film - The Last Duel. I am happy to be able to say that it is nearly finished. Expect it see it on the Sweet Pictures web site in February or March 2010.

Here are some production stills from the past few months....

Don has been shooting the red carpet for Oran O'Reilly who supplies footage to Xpose, an Irish Entertainment show. Here is Zac Efron talking about his latest film Me and Orson Welles.

Don working on the RC44 regatta in Dubai for APP Broadcast.

Don also worked on a viral video for new SKY 1 series, 'Got to Dance' with dance group Diversity.

Tour of Britain

2009-09-21T17:04:00.003+01:00

Last week Don worked on the lead camera moto of the Tour of Britain as it completed 7 stages around the UK. The production company - Century TV produced and hour long highlights show every evening, broadcast on ITV4.

The Tour of Britain finished with a race around the streets of Central London where the pictures from Don's camera were broadcast live to a big screen on Embankment.

The Archipeligo Raid

2009-09-07T15:27:00.005+01:00

Don and Anna have been working in the Swedish Archipelago for Wing Productions. The job was to film a yacht race called the Archipelago Raid. It was an intense 6 days having to work around the clock to cover what was a stunning and exciting event.

We visited remote islands to meet and film the locals and suffered some extremely early starts which were rewarded by cracking Scandinavian sunrises.

Little Princess Trust

2009-07-19T19:51:00.003+01:00

Recently Don has been working with director Julia Runagall and presenter Gail Porter shooting video for The Little Princess Trust. It was very inspiring to film young people who have lost their hair to alopecia or cancer, having their hair replaced by real hair wigs.

Wet Carpet

2009-07-19T19:33:00.004+01:00

Last week Don worked on the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in Leicester Square. Working with journalist Nickie Omer, Don filmed interviews with all the film's big stars and got absolutely drenched in the process!

Back to work

2009-06-08T20:40:00.006+01:00

Last week Don and Anna returned from 4 weeks holiday in New Zealand. We hit the ground running and have enjoyed getting back to work.

Don has been busy filming the Tour Series in Woking and Peterborough as well as flying over to Lake Geneva for the day to film part of a CNN Mainsail episode with APP's Richard Simmonds and presenter Shirley Robinson.

The Last Duel

2009-06-07T18:54:00.004+01:00

During the English winter we at Sweet Pictures decided to produce a short film. On the rafters of our local pub in Englefield Green is the story of the last fatal duel in England. After a few pints and much deliberation we set out to script, cast, and shoot this unique and compelling story.

Thanks very much to the many people who volunteered their time and talents to assist us in a very successful shoot.

Don directed the film while Anna produced it. We shot the film on a RED and the film is now in post production. We hope to have it finished in late July.

Commercial on RED

2009-04-09T13:35:00.004+01:00

This week Don has been working as camera assistant on a sports drink commercial. The commercial was shot on a RED camera which Don has recently been training to operate.

The commercial was shot by DOP Justus De Jager and directed by Wyvern Wilkins.

Ngati Ranana

2009-04-09T00:42:00.003+01:00

Sweet Pictures have recently been working Ngati Ranana, the London Maori Club to shoot some archive footage and some material for a promotional DVD. We shot on Digibeta, used a wally dolly and made the most of the roof terrace on the top of New Zealand House.

2009-03-29T12:52:00.005+01:00

Over the past few months Don has been busy filming rugby stars for Toa TV - a NZ based production company.

Don has also been involved in filming interviews with the New Zealand Maori Rugby Legends 15.
Working with Mereana Hond we traveled to Northern Ireland to interview Hiki Read as well as catching up with Zinzan Brooke in Windsor.

Last week Don was a filming yacht arriving in Oman from a beautiful old Huey helicopter, courtesy of the Omani Airforce.