Here's our latest fashion video in collaboration with the fine folks over at Nariman Fadakar of London. As usual we've leveraged the best of modern filmmaking technology with the RED Epic-M to deliver high speed 96 frames per second 5K stills and motion in one complete hybrid publishing package.
This time however we've utilised some fantastic vintage Russian Anamorphic lenses to give everything a lovely, soft look complete with the widely emulated but never matched signature flares.
As we're more than mindful of future proofing and presenting our client's image in the best light possible, this video was mastered at 4K digital cinema resolution and will be available in that format soon on Youtube.
Stay tuned for stills and more.
KINO out.
]]>"Better late than never" as they say...
Film4 screened the UK terestrial TV premiere of "F", director Johannes Roberts' hoodie horror film last Saturday.
We make films here, we're not critics so we'll leave it to them to describe the movie to you:
"effortlessly converts Noughties anxieties about the generation gap into genre thrills, while bringing an unusual psychological resonance to all the breathless cat-and-mouse..."
-Anton Bitel, Little White Lies.
"Pulsing, paranoid and downright eerie, this is a hoodie thriller with proper scares John Carpenter would be proud of..."
-Kim Newman, Empire Magazine (4/5 stars)
We're proud of the movie and our work on it as the sole VFX vendor. Although it's come and gone on the silver screen and had it's TV premiere you can still grab it on bluray at AMAZON.
We just wanted to highlight some of the attention that Wealth TV's upcoming 3D channel is garnering from the press.
We shot a Stereo 3D mini series for Wealth TV in the second half of 2011 with the multi-talented Victoria Robertson. We're told the series will be premiere around mid 2012 (schedule pending).
Stay tuned to find out more. In the mean time you can watch excerpts from the shows in 3D HERE.
Press Links:
The Wall Street Journal Market Watch
KINO out.
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It features Bill Hutchens (Human Centipede II) as Ingram. Is he on the side of good or evil? What's that behind him? Stay tuned to find out...
KINO OUT.
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Our friends and clients at Justin Hustlin tell us that Asos have restocked some of the sold out items from their latest collection. Get 'em while they're still available!
Every photo shoot we've done with them has always been memorable. They're one of the few companies we've worked with that are as talented and hard working as they are good honest people. Watch this space for more.
KINO OUT.
]]>Whilst doing pickups for our feature film "Run Away With Me" Jay Wich, a friend and client of ours rang up asking if we were available to do a photo shoot for his clothing line "J.J Threads".
Since we had the Epic at hand for the weekend and managed to get all the shots we needed in a day it would be foolish not to use what I'd call without hyperbole a damn near dream camera.
So we grabbed Kye who plays Abraham, the protagonist in our film and cast Anna as his love interest. Mark Evans, our fantastic producer also brought our makeup artist Galatia Savva and A.C James Leckey from "Run Away With Me" onboard.
Based on a loose treatment about a brief love affair in the city we set off to do a day of guerilla shooting across London.
Enjoy :)
Now as a treat for those of you who would love to get your hands on the camera we have the next best thing for you...original R3D files from the camera!
In order to view and play around with the footage you need to download RedcineX which is available freely from www.red.com/support
One of the many great things about the Epic (which we'll go into later) is that it shoots at 5K resolution at up to 96 frames per second (as of 17/05/11, free firmware updates from RED means that the camera has added features over time)
This meant that we could extract stills from the shoot and use them as well with no compromise in terms of image quality. Here are a few examples. Note that the grain and softness was introduced in post production. Even at ISO1600 this camera produces super clean images.
At KINOTRIGGER we're about ot embark on a Stereo 3D shoot over the coming weeks so stay tuned for more news on that, our in depth impressions about the RED Epic-M and our latest feature film "Run Away With Me"
Also a special thanks goes out to Johnny Johnson at The Post Factory for the Epic-M rental. If you need to rent an Epic-M, Red One MX or Alexa package in the UK give them a call or VISIT THEIR WEBSITE
KINO out.
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During production James Leckey our ace A.C/DIT collected a pool from the cast and crew. The pot would go to the person who guessed the final slate number at the end of production.
The winner was our lovely 1st AD Taliesyn Brown seen here on set:
The wrap party is on tomorrow. Will report on a lot more details in the coming days, weeks and months.
KINO out.
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Long time no update. What's the saying? No news is good news? I'll be better at posting, I promise.
Just came back from The Gear Factory who've provided us with a VERY generous RED 1 MX package to shoot the movie with. Couldn't be happier with those guys right now.
Meet Johnny and Markus:
Looks like they're one of the first people in the country to get an Epic M as well, the lucky bastards...if only we were shooting a few weeks later...
But anywhoo, check their website out...or better yet, give them a shout the next time you need an R1 MX, Epic, Alexa or *shudder* a DSLR package (hey, horses for courses ;) ).
A few lessons were learnt today. One is that an entire R1 MX shooting package with a magliner fits inside an Addison Lee cab, no trouble!
A LOT of posts coming your way. KINO out.
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