Behind the scenes at the BFI Southbank

Snaps from the shoot to launch BFI Southbank

Exterior. Night.

It's 4am on 21st February 2007. Photographer Mitch Jenkins and a supporting cast of twenty people start work on the launch shoot for BFI Southbank.



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Exterior. Skateboard area.

Smoke and light floods into an enclosed area of graffiti strewn concrete. Four figures dressed as 'droogs' emerge brandishing sticks.

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Exterior. Riverside lamp.

Rain is streaming down from the heavens and a rain machine. A man sings and swings joyfully from a 'sturgeon' lamp.

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Exterior. Dawn.

Commuters stumble into a blazing arc of light aimed up a concrete stairwell. It's 8am and the whole production starts to pack up.

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