Water Shoot at Pinewood

Hot from the humid pinewood studios underwater tank comes our latest blog and its all happening very quickly now with the goal of getting everything shot before December.
Under the watchful eye of our new producer Amy Gardner our first day back on set brings us to Pinewood studios where Natalie and Colin have the [...]

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The Sea Change is back!

Apologies in the appalling lateness of our blogging…. Due to a variety of things including delayed insurance claims, ongoing editing, a variety of online projects as well as Clare’s wedding it has all been put off somewhat…. Eeeek – but as we proceed into the prep for our second Mull shoot we will en devour [...]

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Jet-setting “Sea Change style”

Jet-setting “Sea Change style” has been the defining characteristic of May 2009. Beautiful scenery (Lake District, Cote D’Azur), hiding dark secrets (VOSA fines and Cannes Film Festival)! The legacy of the production continues to haunt us just as the edit pulls us forward.
We spent 7 hours on trains up and down from Penrith in a [...]

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Whistlestop trip to Mull

Just back from a whistlestop trip to Mull. I flew up and back in 36
hours in order to get the main house location in order. In the last
five months, a lot of our beloved props (including Calum’s ‘treasure’
and the false walls of Nikki’s room) have been languishing in the
barn and needed sorting out. It [...]

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Planning the next filming

It’s now the end of March and plans are still afoot to go up to Mull to finish off our shoot in mid April. Sam is busily putting together a rough assemble which will determine how much extra footage we actually need! Emily is busy prepping the logistics and Geraldine is trying to ensure we [...]

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Touch wood!

You have another guest blogger this time! I am Emily Bray and have been working on The Sea Change on and off since June 2008 as Production Assistant. I have been working closely with Brek, Liz and Clare since their return from Mull, together with our super-efficient new line manager, Geraldine Hawkins. [...]

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Moving offices

As our personal fortunes dip and wain, our work environment keeps getting more and more flash. We are moving offices for the third and hopefully final time to Marketplace off Oxford Street thanks to a close friend who wants to support the arts.
The colour scheme and minimalist design of the space will be ruined by [...]

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Whirring back!

So the latest chapter comes to close as we’ve managed to find the money to pay our crew back.
For a time there it was incredibly difficult to think straight with the chasing phonecalls, trying to financially strategize the rest of the film and make creative decisions on where to go next and all whilst worrying [...]

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Existencial questions

New year, new plans for The Sea Change as we tackle an extraordinary sequence of events!
Recently we’ve been asking ourselves some rather existential questions such as “is this it?” and “can we be any more stressed?” or “is that production knight in shining armour, armed with an up-to-date cost report and full paperwork really [...]

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The Sea Change – Episode 16

Brek Taylor and Elizabeth Mitchell introduce us to some of the heads of department joining them in their Sea Change journey.

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