Camera
RED KOMODO-X support beside Levi Price's RED KOMODO.
The camera package helped the team move through practical interiors while keeping the finished look consistent.
The film
A 2026 Snakebite short film by Northern Monkey Productions, built through a compressed local crew process and recognized by the Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge before screening at the Okanagan Screen Awards.
The approach
James supported cinematographer Levi Price as B camera operator and assistant DP while bringing lighting, camera, wireless audio and grip resources into the production. The finished film leans into saturated practical colour and controlled interior setups made under a short-contest schedule.
Project details
- Release
- 2026
- Category
- Narrative
- Tags
Additional credits
- Director
- Matt Che'z Forster
- Production
- Northern Monkey Productions
- Cinematography
- Levi Price
- B Camera Operator / Assistant DP
- James Alton
- Production support
- Kelowna Film Studios
- Awards source
- OSIF Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge
- Festival source
- Okanagan Screen Awards
Camera support
B camera and assistant-DP support under contest pressure.
A fast local short where James helped shape the camera and lighting package around Levi Price's cinematography.
Midlife Shuffle was built inside a short-contest schedule, which meant the visual plan had to move quickly from lighting setup into performance coverage.
James supported the camera department as B camera operator and assistant DP, while also bringing RED KOMODO-X, lighting, wireless audio and grip resources into the production footprint.
The result is a compact, saturated short whose festival recognition gives the support credit a clear public outcome.
Lighting
Colour-forward setups in tight interiors.
James helped shape saturated room and stairwell looks that could survive the compressed production schedule.
Proof
Snakebite wins and OSA screening.
The film placed second at Snakebite 2026 and screened in the 2026 Okanagan Screen Awards program.
Production proof
Finished frames and camera-department proof.
Selected final frames and BTS from the 2026 Snakebite production.
Recognition
- 2nd Place — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Story — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Editing — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Acting — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Acting Ensemble — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Use of Secret Prop — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Official Selection — Okanagan Screen Awards, 2026
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