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A Change In Visual Style: Of Colour Grading “The Pillars of Creation”
As already blogged about during my Minor Project Module that preceeded FMP, the visual style I was aiming to use for “The Pillars of...
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Practical Effects In Camera: Of Casting Fire, Water, and Air
First of all, let me start this blog entry with the disclaimer that today’s entry is going to be the exemption to my rule and my usually...
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Hold for Exposure! When Covid-19 Put Everything on Hold
I still cannot believe it. It happened at last. What I – and we collectively – hoped would not become a reality during our last week of...
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Filming During A Pandemic: Of Morale, Professional Attitude, and H&S on "The Pillars of Cre
As already blogged about in my last blog entry “Prepping “The Pillars of Creation”: Of Practical Effects and Lighting Issues”, we ran...
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Rehearsing, Prepping and Lighting "The Pillars of Creation": An Odyssey
With principal photography for “The Pillars of Creation” beginning tomorrow and this shoot being heavily reliant on its set and lighting,...
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Wrapping "The Tragic Case of Gilly O'Connor"
The past two weeks have been mostly filled with the task of filming for “The Tragic Case of Gilly O’Connor”. As such, we not only...
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Of B-RAW Tests, Some Green Screen in Outer Space, and Week 1 of Principal Photography
This week saw the beginning of Principal Photography for both FMP projects “The Tragic Case of Gilly O’Connor” and “The Pillars of...
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Of Location Recces, Pt. 2, and Going Back to the Drawing Board: Resetting Gilly
In my blog entry “A Field Day For The BMPCC4K: Location Recces for Pillars and Gilly” from last month, I was already writing about the...
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In Equilibrium: Balancing the Ronin-M and Ronin-S Gimbals
In regard to our FMP productions of "The Tragic Case of Gilly O’Connor" and "The Pillars of Creation", we have been offered the option of...
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Storyboards Galore! Creating the Cinematic World of Pillars and Gilly
One of the most important tasks that come with the profession of a Director of Photography is the successful creation of a believable...
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