abi.hurcomb

@abi.hurcomb wrapped up for the week. 🎁 Get it! Christmas... wrapped... filming.... .....Lucky, I'm not here for comedy Follow me to see more of my work, my cat, or my bad jokes, and thanks for having me ✨️ Next weeks host will be the very talented @ninaoyens, so stay tuned!! And I shall leave you with some stills from a short called MISSY, a simple story of a girl who wants to eat a doughnut. 🍩 #cinematography #cinematographersuk #abihurcomb #doplife #directorofphotography #cooke

@abi.hurcomb hosting! MR ALAN ON SATURDAY Lovely short, written and directed by the wonderful @floratennant Flora and I, wanted the camerawork of this piece to exemplify Alan's awkward but charming Britishness, so we decided to push the boundaries of conventional framing, allowing body parts and whole people to be cut by the frame to achieve this quirky feel. This short has had a big impact on how I approach framing of which I am super grateful for. Cast: Christopher Sherwood, Rose Wardle @ryandwilfred @davidemvalsecchi @bantoine #cinematography #cinematographersuk #dop #directorofphotography #abihurcomb #womeninfilm

REJOYCE cont. Few more stills from Rejoyce and BTS pics. One reference David gave me was the painting Last Portrait of Mother by Daphnee Todd. The fragility in the painting is something we wanted to incorporate into a scene where Winifred is sleeping. A side by side comparison can be seen on images 4 and 5. I love using references that aren't solely film frames. I'm sure many would agree that there's so much the art world can offer to cinematography. Thanks so much to all the crew that made this film happen. I've attached some juicy BTS of our amazing cast and crew in this post and the stories/highlights. ❤️ @_david_ledger @alexandra.bierman @danielwardgarber @pcioffi_ @viewsfromtheviewfinder @juri_ferri @ginovitolo @yggiggy @benjamin_meads @selinawelsh @alfiecastang @corkerbrown @jacoposcutti @jacobsevans.sound @katyhustwick @beestonfilmfestival @irisprize @queerfilmfest Colour: @lulucolour_ Big thanks to @arri_rental and @panaluxworld for the kit! Cast: Amanda Walker, @reeves.sian and Jodie Tyack . . . #cinematography #cinematographersuk #dop #directorofphotography #abihurcomb #womeninfilm #whyamidoingthis #nooneuseshashtagsanymore

@abi.hurcomb take over! REJOYCE After the death of her vicar husband, an elderly lady, Winifred, unearths a book of erotic fiction she wrote in her youth. Directed by the gorgeous human, @_david_ledger. Rejoyce is available to stream on the Channel 4 app through it's nomination at Iris Prize Film Festival, so go give our little film a watch!! David and I discussed at length how we wanted the film to feel, really trying to lean into the quintessential British quality that it has, but also taking inspiration from Limbo (2020) and Afterlove (2020), two great movies I highly recommend if you haven't seen them. I think maybe the biggest challenge on this was time. We were often really up against it, which meant both me and David had to really know exactly what was needed and important and when to let go, something I think we all struggle with. This one for sure made me a much much better filmmaker, so extremely grateful to have been a part of this project. This film not only explores sexuality in our elderly generation, something woefully underrepresented, but also queerness, acceptance, and family dynamics. 🌈 We had a wonderful main cast with Amanda Walker at the helm as Winifred, @reeves.sian as her daughter, Jo, and jodietyack as her granddaughter, Laura. ❤️ We had a great festival run, selected for Best of Fest at BFI Flare, winner of Best script at Beeston Film Fest, Nomination in Best of British with Iris Prize Film Fest and official selection at Vancouver Queer Film Fest to name a few. @alexandra.bierman @danielwardgarber @pcioffi_ @viewsfromtheviewfinder @juri_ferri @ginovitolo @yggiggy @benjamin_meads @selinawelsh @alfiecastang @corkerbrown @jacoposcutti @jacobsevans.sound @katyhustwick @beestonfilmfestival @irisprize @queerfilmfest Colour: @lulucolour_ Big thanks to @arri_rental and @panaluxworld for the kit! #Cinematography #cinematographersuk #dop #directorofphotography #abihurcomb #womeninfilm #whyamidoingthis #nooneuseshashtagsanymore

@abi.hurcomb hosting COLD WATER Can't go wrong with a giant vat of metallic shiny liquid! Cold Water was directed by @adrobtv and co-produced by Marijn Maas for the incredible artist Chinchilla. This was a really interesting music video to shoot, particularly from a lighting stand point. I took a really less-is-more approach and even incorporated a giant red heater into the lighting after loving the colour and quality it produced. The shininess of the liquid really reflected a lot of light back so there was no need for any kind of fill. This was shot on probably one of my favourite lens sets, the spherical lomos okcs on the Alexa mini. I also rigged some bevelled glass onto the camera to get that double image effect, which was super fun to play with. @lidhughes @xeniaxpatricia @rishikabhiwaniwala @fernandarudmer #cinematography #cinematographersuk #womeninfilm #dop #directorofphotography #abihurcomb

@abi.hurcomb hosting! ODD SOCKS Just about to hit the festival circuit!! 🧦 Pastiche detective comedy short with puppets and a boat load of VFX plates. Odd Socks is probably the zaniest films I've ever been a part of. Written by incredible @ttokstew and directed by the wonderful @_david_ledger, Odd Socks is the story of Chief Detective man person, McGuin, played by Paterson Joseph, and his endeavour to solve the murder mystery of sock puppet Vicky Tim to rather varying degrees of success. Super lucky to have amazing talent on this, Paterson Joseph and Sandi Toksvig. I could watch their back and forth for days. Cast: Paterson Joseph, Sandi Toksvig, Ewen Bremner, Louisa Harland, Sam Otto, Lily Knight, Freddie Greaves. Super hero camera team: @jinstrummer @yggiggy @alfiecastang Produced by @yellowhatprod @madeleinegray @ttokstew Colour: @lulucolour_ @alexandra.bierman @danielwardgarber @pcioffi_ @klaudia.borbely

@abi.hurcomb hosting 👋 COLD WATER A really fun short, written and directed by Leanne O'Neil. For this film we really wanted to get a slight sense of claustrophobia felt by the main character and portrayed through the framing, so decided to develop a visual language where we always kept quite spatially close to her with the climax/release moment finally allowing our lead room to breath with some luscious wides. The hero lens for this very quickly became the 32mm, and we were lucky to shoot on gorgeous Cooke Speed Panchros, which really helped to bring out the natural colour of the environment. Cast: Jo McInnes, Michael Higgs and Scarlett Rayner Kit from @panavisionofficial and lighting from @panaluxworld @anastasia.savinova.film @jaina_liu @pawel_achtelik @alexjgtan @pcioffi_ @chelseamaryanne #cinematography #dop #cinematographersuk #abihurcomb #directorofcinematography #womeninfilm #cookespeedpanchro #alexamini

@abi.hurcomb takeover! BO & MEI Why not start at the beginning! Bo & Mei was one of the first projects I shot, a piece written and directed by the incredible Camille Nock. (@camilleliunock) a film about a lovely human called Bo who explores their gender by stealing a customer's negligee from their father's laundromat with the support of their sister Mei. As a queer filmmaker, this project is very close to my heart. We were very lucky to have been able to build a set on this one. Big shout out to our production designer @veevilynn, who really went all out on textured dark wall papers for the rooms despite the classic short film shoe string budget. Our studio was, however, very small, so my gaffer @krabbenorbert and I devised a plan to use mirrors to gain distance for some of the lamps. We used a lot of old school heads on this, like the ol' reliable kino 44 plus a healthy dose of tungsten heads. Really happy with the result. ❤️ Bo & Mei had a great festival run, including a nomination in Best Cinematography at the Shanghai Pride Film Fest and Best Film at New Renaissance Film Fest, Toronto LGBTQ+ festival and had it's UK premiere at Edinburgh Film Fest. @camilleliunock @alexjgtan @veevilyn @krabbenorbert #abihurcomb #cinematographer #directorofphotography #cinematographersuk #dop #womeninfilm #shotonalexa

@abi.hurcomb hosting this week Super excited to be part of @illuminatrix_rising_dops and to share some of my work. As an intro to me, I went to Film School but my real journey was from the bottom up through the Lighting Department, from Trainee to Floor Best Girl in long form, to Gaffer on commercials and now to DOP. Not always an easy route, but I was very lucky to meet some amazing people on the way who really helped me hone my craft and made me the filmmaker I am today. I predominantly work in short form narrative, with a sprinkling of music videos and more recently commercials. 🌟 I also like long walks on the beach and showing pictures of my cat to strangers. . . . #abihurcomb #cinematographer #illuminatrixrising #dop #directorofphotography #cinematographersuk

'Odd Socks' coming soon... Special thanks to my team, absolute heroes!! 🥰 Cast: McGuin- Paterson Joseph @patersondjoseph McKarmy- Sandi Toksvig Beng -Ewen Brember McBride- Louisa Harland @louisadodgeharland McStein - Sam 0tto @_samotto Sue-Lily Knight @lilyknightofficial McLevy - Freddie Greaves @freddiegreaves Director - @_david_ledger Writer- @ttokstew Producers - @amylotherington @ttokstew @madeleinegray @_david_ledger @yellowhatprod Associate Producers - @alexandra.bierman @danielwardgarber DOP - Me 🧦 Editor - Catriona Delbridge 1 st AC - @jinstrummer 2ns AC - @yggiggy Steadicam Op - @giuliopiccirillo Gaffer - @pcioffi_ Spark - @viewsfromtheviewfinder Spark - @klaudia.borbely Production Designer - @chelseamaryanne Costume Designer - @helena_doughty Puppet Designer - Jess Kay Hair and MU - Leah Fletcher Sound Recordist - Jacob Evans Script Supervisor - @selinawelsh Production Asst - Matthew Chapple Production Asst - Max Castang Production Asst - John Gray Camera Trainee/DIT - @alfiecastang Sound Designer/Foley Artist - Owen Shirley, Owen Peters Composer - @jesper_a_filmcomposer Colourist - @lulucolour_ Poster Designer - @robynivydesign Storyboard Artist - Sophie Cull-Candy VFX Supervisor - @samual.dawes VFX Supervisor - Klaudia Cermak VFX Artists - Escape Studios less

Rejoyce! has been nominated for Best British Short 2024 at @irisprize supported by @film4 and @pinewoodstudios 🎉 The film will be competing in the prize in October and then be shown on Film4 and then available to watch online on @channel4 Such an honour ♥️

BFI Flare 2024 Best of Fest with Rejoyce @_david_ledger ❤️ . . . 📸 @millieturnercreative