Corin's Journal
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Edward Bond: A Critical study
Fantastic news today, as I find myself a published photographer in a newly released book by Peter Billingham on playwright Edward Bond. You can grab a copy of it here should you fancy.
In 2012 I was involved in photography for Peter Billingham’s production of Edward Bond’s ‘The Children’. A couple of these were snapped up by the publisher for this book and I lent a hand elsewhere with some photo correction. If you’d like to see a few of these then pop over to here.
I'll put up a snap of the book when I get a physical copy in my hands.
C
Friday 9 August 2013
Bullet Time Rig
...shh. We're still hush hush about the secret project.
However I can reveal that I built a bullet time rig for it. I don't think I'm going to use it for this particular project after all but I'm sure it will come in useful in the future.
If anyone is interested in how I made this I might put up a how to guide.
However I can reveal that I built a bullet time rig for it. I don't think I'm going to use it for this particular project after all but I'm sure it will come in useful in the future.
If anyone is interested in how I made this I might put up a how to guide.
Monday 5 August 2013
Secret Project
Well, I've got a new project on the way, TBA just after the turn of 2014. I'm not going to say too much just give two mini teasers for you to enjoy.
Teaser 1:
Teaser 2:
Teaser 1:
Teaser 2:
Thursday 1 August 2013
Blissfields 2013
Congratulations to the
whole blissfield’s team who pulled of yet another fantastic year of fun and
frivolities.
This year's lineup had
some stonkers in it but none moreso than public service broadcasting. This
fantastic outfit perform live soundtracking (which I already love) to CC
licensed visuals provided by footage from the internet archive (which is very
clever). You should give them a listen and watch here.
This was particularly
interesting to me as I’d accidentally ended up installing and running live
visuals at the Elysium Lounge at Blissfields. Though the team has run the fire area and chillout system
in the past this was the first year we had attempted projections. As such there
was a massive amount of material that we needed for the VJs but not a lot of
time to produce it. So the idea of creative commons licensed material became
very important.
Much like public
service announcement I started with historical footage found on the internet
archive. This is a wonderful resource for visuals featuring old broadcast films
that have fallen out of copyright and some slightly bigger names such as night
of the living dead that simply messed up their licence ages ago. Check out the
archive here.
This was all very well
and good, but it does take an age to cut into something meaningful and useable.
Also vintage B&W film stock has certain connotations in itself setting
aside the content of films like duck and cover. We really wanted something a
bit more geometric and colourful. Thank god for Beeple.
Beeple or Mike
Winkleman is a video artist whose previous work includes videos for the like of
flying lotus produced for Warp. Very generously he’s put a lot of his visuals available for free
online along with the cinema 4d files used to create them. I thoroughly recommend that you check them out as they are amazing.
Inspired by Beeple I’m
doing the same in return. I produced 2 original ten minute ambient loops for
the overnight chillout show state. These are now available and CC licenced for
people to do what they like with.
Shattered glass:
Visualisation - Shattered Glass from Corin Evans-Pritchard on Vimeo.
Share and share alike
people,
Enjoy.
Wednesday 15 May 2013
The Collector (Trailer)
I've just completed my first ever full 3D animation called the collector.
"The collector is a dark and lonely figure who hates light and music. So great is his hatred that he has stolen the stars from the night sky so that the world is without the light of music of the heavens.
As yet another helpless star is captured and imprisoned in the collector’s larder we join the stars as they are suspended in jars from the ceiling. Even through the dull glass each glows with a soft incandenscene and hums a sad lonely note.
The newest addition to this gallery or lights discovers through longing motion that he can strike his glass prison against his neighbour to free him. In doing so this becomes the story of the stars and their escape."
I did this project in Maya which was a mighty step learning curve. As such the project is a trailer more than a completed piece. If there is enough interest in the long run I hope to get around to telling the full story one day.
Thursday 8 November 2012
An Ordinary Life
I’ve designed the
sound for a short film called An Ordinary Life directed by Lorne Guy of GoodGuys Productions. This isn’t the first piece we’ve done together, in the past I
designed the sound for a short entered into the parallel lines competition
called Arklight:
This film however is
very different in nature and deals with real human issues. Serco approached
Lorne to commission a film that explored themes of care and the realities of
the life of carers. The film tells three interwoven stories of those affected.
It’s very interesting
the difference in working on these two shorts. Obviously with arklight as a
fantasy we could go a little more outlandish, creating the sound of the
spaceship from jet planes and seismographs. In an ordinary life we were a lot
more subtle reinforcing the location recordings with subtle Foley or little sonic
character points to steer attention and stress vulnerability.
Lorne was good enough
to contribute his voice for some slightly heavier breathing for Bill’s
character while I provided the wheezing. Being unhealthy does have it’s uses.
I really enjoyed
working with Lorne on this project and hope to carry on this dynamic on other
projects.
Thursday 20 September 2012
PD150 Training Series
I’ve produced a short
training series on the Sony PD150 camera for Winchester university over summer.
Don’t know your shutter speed from your frame rate? Wondering why camera
operators are obsessed with zebras? Perhaps this could be just the thing.
Regardless of whether
you own a PD150, something better or something worse the videos are designed to
painlessly introduce you to the concepts inside all cameras and are broken into
bitesize chunks.
Video 1:
Unless you’re a student at Winchester University an introduction to how to book kit is probably worth skipping this one.
Unless you’re a student at Winchester University an introduction to how to book kit is probably worth skipping this one.
Video 2:
Any cameraman worth his salt should know how to efficiently set up a tripod. This is demonstrated here with a libec TH650DV.
Any cameraman worth his salt should know how to efficiently set up a tripod. This is demonstrated here with a libec TH650DV.
Video 3:
An introduction to the basic functions of the DV cameras such as powering the camera, different camera modes and where camera video outputs are.
An introduction to the basic functions of the DV cameras such as powering the camera, different camera modes and where camera video outputs are.
Video 4:
The simplest functions camera framing are discussed… Zooming and Focusing
The simplest functions camera framing are discussed… Zooming and Focusing
Video 5:An operator must know how to adjust the light
levels of their camera and the reference changes to set them correctly. Key
controls for doing so (iris, gain, shutter speed, ND filters and zebra) are all
explained.
Video 6:
Good images mean nothing without good sound. Here I explain how to go about basic mic recording on the Sony range
Good images mean nothing without good sound. Here I explain how to go about basic mic recording on the Sony range
Video 7:
A little bit of information about timecode, tape and recording formats
A little bit of information about timecode, tape and recording formats
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