Produxion

I posted up an article yesterday which summarised some do’s and don’ts for organisers of film events. It was prompted by my experience of a local film festival I attended this weekend, and contained some examples of things which I felt could have been done better. Now, I appreciate the effort that goes into organising (…)

This is an edited version of an article I posted on Sunday. You can read the reasons for the edit over here. Since our decision to cease the CFN screenings as of the new year, we’ve been really enjoying getting out and about to attend events as patrons for a change. Although our screenings were (…)

Studio Daily have an excellent article about Pierre Michel’s process for creating the opening trailer for a French film festival, Polar dans la ville.

The whole 40 second sequence took three weeks to complete, and was created mostly in After Effects. What’s most interesting is the approach he took to dealing with high resolution images in a short timeframe.

Semiotics. I’d forgotten all about it. I remember it being part of my studies when I was at university, and no doubt I’ve been applying the theory throughout my work over the years, but I hadn’t ever given it a passing thought until recently. The subject had stayed dormant in my mind until it came up during a gathering of friends on Halloween. We’d had a trio of classic thriller movies playing silently in the background – Scream, American Werewolf in London and The Cat & The Canary – the kind of films which lend themselves well to the discussion of semiotics, since they’re loaded with clichés and visual signs.

Last weekend, my Mum took part in the first Great North Swim in Windermere. It was the first mass participation swim event of its kind in Great Britain, and it was the first time she’d trained for any kind of swimming event.

A group of us went along to support her, and we filmed a few bits throughout the day – nothing serious, but then I edited the footage together to make this little diary of our outing.

We just completed work on a new little documentary titled “Raptors”. Corio Raptor Care and Rehabilitation is a centre specialising in the care and rehabilitation of birds of prey, or raptors. The center is run by Nick and Anji Henderson, who provided us with access to the birds they look after, and to talk about (…)