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Immediate Release
Contact: Jennifer Stairs
905-540-8917
Groundbreaking Movie 3 days: Last Phase Of Production
The Renown Keith Murphy signs on as Director of Photography
Hamilton - Monday, September 9, 2002 - Hamilton based MOE-TION Picture Productions signs the successful cinematographer Keith Murphy as Director of Photography for it's first feature film 3 Days. Most recently, Murphy was employed as the A-Camera Operator/Steadicam of Touchstone Television's Music Man mini-series set to air on ABC next spring. Prior to that, Murphy's worked with Academy Award Winner Peter Pau (Director of Photography for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) on Miramax's Dracula 2000 and Universal Pictures The Bride of Chucky
Murphy is from St.Anns in the Niagara Peninsula whose business experience has included 28 years in the television and film industry, with the last 17 years as one of Canada's elite Steadicam operators. "Keith has years of experience, his techniques and the craftsmanship he brings to the last stage of our production guarantees 3 Days success," said MOE, President, MOE-TION Picture Productions. The filming schedule is broken down into the following three phases of production:
- Still/Action Photography - wrapped up in July, 2002
- Super 8mm Photography - wrapped up in early September, 2002
- 35mm Photography - scheduled for September 14 - 21
It is this last warm format of production that Murphy will be shooting. "3 Days is a great opportunity! I've been searching for the right vehicle and team to establish myself as Director of Photography … 3 Days looks like it has a mainstream budget, when in reality, it has almost no budget. Murphy explains this aberration resulting from all of the hard work by the team.
Once again, 3 Days will be filming in Hamilton. Murphy is particularly excited about the scenes being shot at the Staircase Café on Dundurn Street … "it's the perfect setting to shoot the New York loft scene". In order to ensure the authenticity of the scenes Murphy will only be using high-end professional equipment that is state of the art. "What we're using is the stuff used in Academy Award winning films", says Murphy. Murphy, who has a long association with Panavision Canada, approached the company in May about the equipment needed in the final Phase. In August, Zoe Iltsopoulos, Marketing Executive from Panavision Toronto informed MOE-TION that "Panavision believes in MOE's vision and supports 3 Days."
For more information, visuals, artwork on 3 Days - Keith Murphy, team bio's, community support and general inquiries - please do not hesitate to contact me.
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