David Hockney: What makes and artist? | RCA
A short documentary about artist David Hockney’s formative years
Drop everything - we're off to see Hockney!
We got a call on a Thursday to say there might be an opportunity to film David Hockney at his home in LA. The following day, it was confirmed that the shoot would happen on Monday. We got three people out to LA – director, camera operator and sound – plus arranged visas, hotels and hiring kit. Oh, and it was Thanksgiving weekend in America when (almost) everything shuts down.
Filmed at the artist's home
The film is aimed at inspiring the next generation of artists. Hockney tells about his time at the Royal College of Art and the role it played in his career. The crew flew out with a representative from the RCA who organised the questions. Together they had an amazing day at Hockney‘s house, including lunch. The film has had 250,000 views on Youtube and we continue to work with the client.
Filming artists at work
At Chocolate Films have worked with many artists to capture creative processes, exhibitions, reminiscences and more. From designer Yinka Ilori, installation artist Alexandra De Cunha to goldsmith Giovanni Corvaja, our work has taken us to magical places. Check out more about our work in arts and culture.
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I work for the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and we commissioned Chocolate films to make 3 films to support the training of mental health workers.The Chocolate films team have been highly professional, skilled and excellent to work alongside. Right from the beginning where we met to share our plans and discuss the potential project, the team have offered creative thinking, ideas and helped us to build a clear vision for the films. The script process felt easy and collaborative. The team have also provided a very clear structure and reliability around time scales.As the film making process began we worked closely around the development of scripts and casting of actors. Chocolate films have been very responsive and active in supporting us (at the Anna Freud centre) to work to the deadlines whilst showing a really high level of knowledge around the process and steps needed.The actual filming days were a pleasure to be involved with and the team has been very impressive to see in action, particularly in their ability to work together, to include me in their process whilst also attending very carefully to the details needed for the films to be high quality.I would highly recommend Chocolate films and would certainly commission them again
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Make Listening Safe Campaign UK is an initiative of The World Health Organisation aimed at increasing the awareness of avoidable risks to hearing in those between 10 and 40 years of age, launched at an in person event in London on 1st November 2023.We needed the launch to be filmed and were lucky enough to be introduced to Chocolate Films who provided the crew and the equipment required.Our events team have informed me that the crew were a delight to work with and were very helpful.We were very impressed with the quality of the footage and were very surprised when we received it so quickly after the event, so we could edit it and get it out on to social media in a timely fashion.We have no hesitation in recommending Chocolate Films.Thank you for making the filming such a pain free experience.Stephen Wheatley | Chair – MLSC UK |
I was lucky enough to work with Nikita and Chocolate Films on a photo shoot. They were extremely professional, accommodating, organized and generally lovely. We definitely plan on working with them in the future! Thank you for everything, Nikita!
Great provider – always happy to help and deliver what’s needed quickly and cost effectively
I worked with Chocolate films to produce a voice over for a film translated into Welsh. Nikki and Lucia were professional, friendly and understood the brief. They ensured all deadlines were met and the work was produced to a really high quality.
A friendly group of professional, talented film-makers who created some brilliant videos for us. Anna and Han were a pleasure to work with and were available to discuss the project whenever we needed it. The entire process was slick and efficient from start to finish – I would definitely recommend Chocolate Films for any film project.
