CROSSING FATE: DIRECTOR'S DIARY

Wide shot... Medium, OTS and CU, Wide shot... Medium, OTS and CU......on and on and on it went. Those were the thoughts I woke up with. Then I remembered, the dialogue in that last scene still needs some work. I picked up my phone and dialled the producer who also doubled as the screenwriter for the film. Ring.....Ring...... She will have to pardon me for this one. I'd met Dami just about a month earlier but it felt like I'd known her forever. One thing I know very well is that waking her up early in the morning is not the brightest idea. But today was different...."Hello Seth, ..... Gimme a minute please. Just stepping out of the shower". Okay..... Click. 

I probably should relax myself and hop into the shower. Why was I so nervous? I'd directed and shot music videos and wedding films for years, so why is this any different. Well, lately I've been working on getting into film. I'd even worked on a couple of sets as slater and cinematographer but had never directed before now. 

Today would be my directorial debut. Also, I'd not met the cast before now and  had no idea what they were going to be like. Is Mofe going to turn out as some cocky Celeb actor or is he going to be easy to work with? I do work well under pressure but this guy had better be in the right head space today. We also have so much to do in 12 hours cutting across 3 locations. Most of the storyboard was done, but you never know still.

Just then, my ringer goes off. It's Seyi, my Assistant DP and focus puller. He was going to be a little late getting to location. Well, thanks for the heads up. 

At this rate I was going to be late myself. I said a quick prayer and hopped in the shower. I was out in minutes and dressed and in another couple of minutes was loading the car with the equipment. 

Fast forward another couple of hours, we were all set to roll on Scene 1. 

I had no reason to be so worked up it turned out. Everyone was on set and we were already trading banter like we'd been together for ages. I looked around and said a silent "thank you Lord". I knew then we were going to have a lovely experience filming Crossing Fate. This was another step in the right direction and I've been blessed with the right crop of people to take the journey with. 

"Camera...Rolling, Sound....Speed, Call it.....Scene 1, Take 1 .........Action!

Photo Credits: Seyato Aremola

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2015 has been a great year. One of the best in fact. 

There is so just so much to be thankful for.

We do hope you feel the same way about it.

We at IRIS media studios are equally as excited about 2016.

So many lovely events and projects to look forward to.

In the way we know how to express ourselves best, we are 

wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

Enjoy!

Cold December night by Dr Seth on Soundcloud

TOLA & TINUKE: JUNE 2015
Here are some of the beautiful faces we captured at the wedding ceremony of our very own Tola Oloko and his beautiful bride, Tinuke........

Photo Credits: Tomi Orunmuyi { www.cliqent.com }
                         Dr Seth.

MIKE ABDUL's MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT

Film making makes my world go round anytime, but every opportunity to shoot a music video is highly cherished. It feels just like concieving and birthing a child and the process from scripting to scouting to shooting and post just gives me a certain high no drug can match.
So I get a call a few weeks ago about shooting a music video for Nigeria's most prolific gospel artist. He was coming to the UK in a few days for a week and would love to shoot a simple yet lovely video. The machinery was immediately set in motion and with the help of an efficient team comprising Mc Rodstar as location manager/photographer, Bukky as MUA/driver and my ever reliable friend Ayo De Gee as gaffer, we pulled of another IRIS MEDIA epic.

Here is a link to the video shot on Location in Canterbury, Kent and Mill Hill studios, London.

NO OTHER NAME by MIKE ABDUL

MaMoMi MULTISENSORY WORKSHOP

We live in a world where every moment that passes we are faced with challenges and have to make choices to get through the day. However, there are those people whose challenges are not just getting through the day....they want to experience what we experience and breeze through life just like everyone else. For some, the appreciation of art which so many of us take for granted is their heart's desire, and there are even those that go a step further and create art despite their disability. MaMoMi initiative is a project dedicated to the appreciation of art from a multisensory approach. The experience totally blew my mind and a film is in the making to document this evolutionary move. But meanwhile, here is a glimpse of the workshop.

Visit Workshop

KEMI & LANRE

The weekend of April the 12th was fun. Yea, fun because there's nothing as fulfilling as engaging a couple's love story and telling it in my own way.
This is a lovely couple whose acquaintance I was opportune to make a while ago and I was nothing short of euphoric when I was asked to make their wedding film.

Follow this LINK to see the short film and please leave your comments and likes.