RISE: The Body at Work

Dir Riya Hollings


Premiered on @girlsinfilm_gif


Shot on Alexa Mini with B-Speeds from @mcx_films


Huge thanks to the camera and lighting team who made this look the way it does. @nicolas_di_matteo on Steadicam, moving with the performers instead of around them. @louis_peppiatt_ac on 1st AC, pulling focus on people who rarely stay still. @chasing.frisson on lights, shaping every pool of light and shadow. And @mcx_films who backed us with the kit. Brilliant crew!


@riyahollings has spent five years building The Body at Work, and RISE is the first film to come out of it. I came on as DoP and was lucky enough to get involved as a producer in the early stages too, helping get it to where it needed to go.
Thank you, @riyahollings for bringing me in. Everyone gave a lot to this, and it was a great film to be part of.
Special thanks to @avenues.studio who took the film into post and made Riya and the project feel properly looked after. @pawel_achtelik cut it, @johnlaytoncolour graded it and @zeena95 produced it through post.

“It might be my film, but it’s their story.” – Riya Hollings


A film by @riyahollings
Production: @ayirstudios
Executive Producer – @riyahollings
Producer – @riyahollings @louis_brennan_dop
Featuring – @ella_ava_crux @mayaluna.del
Director of Photography – @louis_brennan_dop
Steadicam – @nicolas_di_matteo
1st AC – @louis_peppiatt_ac
Gaffer – @chasing.frisson
Movement Director – @mayaluna.del
Make Up – @bhellamakeup Makeup
Editor – @pawel_achtelik
Grade – @johnlaytoncolour
Post Production Producer – @zeena95
Post Production Studio – @avenues.studio
BTS – @violetareveilleau

Special thanks:

@avenues.studio
@mcx_films, @livingwomb.fka.alghasplantroom @lightplay_electrical
@rgbcomplex