Martin Hawkes was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 1969. Growing up in 1970s and 1980s in Cabbagetown afforded him the luxury of being exposed to and surrounded by art and artists of many disciplines. His mother worked at a contemporary art gallery and his father was a journalist so he was no stranger to […]
The Saft style is guiding the project with an eye on making the most out of the budget. We have thrived in making 16mm film look like 35mm film, Beta-SP to look like Digi-Beta, HD to look like Film – not by being technical geniuses but using the format, composition and lighting that are appropriate […]
Saft’s experience in cost effective film production can best be utilised by bringing us early into a projects development. “Plan for the worst and hope for the best” is a classic low-budget film making mantra but we prefer to live by Louis Pasteur’s “Luck favours the prepared mind”. Please do not hesitate to contact us […]
Finn Skoglund directing. Indian officers are all natural born thespians. Great shoot!
MHRead MoreAfter several discussions with Jesse Shamata about what the show was and what it wasn’t it was great to finally start filming. It was nice to be able to leave cables, cameras and lights in the frame because the kids filming their “show” justified the gear – which also acted as production design elements. “In […]
MHRead MoreThe journey continues. In NYC for another week of interviews and B-roll. Crazy winter storms and the “arctic vortex” kept us from shooting much on the streets but we did shoot the Queens bridge and projects. Got to hang with Ice and Coco at their place in Jersey too. I was last to leave and […]
MHRead MoreFilmed a technical test for a pilot that I will be doing later this month with Banger Films for DisneyXD. Mixing lots of cameras and formats to help distinguish between which cameras are “theirs” and which are “ours”. Kids that are playing, critiquing, and developing their own computer game in their parent’s garage. Each week […]
MHRead MoreJust finished the first leg of the Hip Hop Evolution show. Now I am told that it is not a TV series but 2 feature length documentaries. The first feature taking us up to Hip Hop having spread across the entire US – which really means tons of NYC! Met a lot of stars and […]
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