Here is a link to an episode of the Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today FM. The topic for this was the state of Irish Film making.
The State of Irish Film
Posted: April 3, 2011 in Film, mediaTags: Matt Cooper, The Last Word, Today FM
Scumbag Millionaire Production Ends
Posted: March 21, 2011 in Cameras, Documentary, Editing, Film, mediaTags: scumbag millionaire
Production on the short film ‘Scumbag Millionaire’ has finished in the last week. A big thank you to all who were involved in either the acting, crew, setup or striking.
Post Production has been well underway with the original score for the film being composed by the team at Sarmar Studios in Co.Limerick.
The premiere viewing of the film will be on Thursday night, the 14th April at the Millennium Theatre, as part of the LIT Film Festival 2011.
More info soon.
The Pipe Comes to LIT Film Festival
Posted: March 15, 2011 in Documentary, FilmTags: LIT FILM FESTIVAL, the pipe
The award winning film, The Pipe, will be showing on Tuesday 12th at the Millennium Theatre at the LIT Film Festival. (Time of Showing to be announced shortly)
Synopsis:
In a remote corner of the West of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is
the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of Erris Head and
the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry at the mouth of the bay against
the mighty Atlantic, as if protecting the delicate golden sands of
Glengad beach and the tiny village of Rossport, which nestles behind
the dunes. However, this peaceful tranquility belies the turmoil that
lies beneath, and the unique nature of the coastline which has
sustained generations of farmers and fishermen, has also delivered to
Shell Oil the perfect landfall for the Corrib Gas Pipeline.
In the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland, the rights
of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing
grounds, has come in direct conflict with one of the worlds most
powerful oil companies. When the citizens look to their state to
protect their rights, they find that the state has put Shell’s right
to lay a pipeline over their own.
The Pipe is a story of a community tragically divided, and how they
deal with a pipe that could bring economic prosperity or destruction
of a way of life shared for generations.
List of screenings (including Washington, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco):
http://www.thepipethefilm.com/main-sect/cinema-showings/
This Thursday 10th March, will see the I.T. Factor return to the Millennium Theatre at Limerick Institute of Technology. This Music competition will see acts from a number of the I.T.s around the country battle it out to become the winners of the national event.
The Video and Sound students of L.I.T. will be filming the event live on the night with a web stream available from the L.I.T. Website. See here
Spin Cinema and LIT FILM FESTIVAL 2011
Posted: March 1, 2011 in Cameras, Documentary, Editing, Film, media, Music VideoTags: LIT FILM FESTIVAL, spin south west
LIT Film Festival Logo
Spin Cinema Presenter Peter Murphy conducted an interview on the LIT Film Festival 2011 on Sunday 27th of Feb.
Click this link to here the interview in full.
Behind the Scenes and Avid
Posted: March 1, 2011 in Editing, Film, mediaTags: applebox media, avid, behind the scenes, David O'Byrne, media composer, Tom Crocker, tyrell
Another great Professional workshop took place on Monday night last at the Behind the Scenes forum at the Absolute hotel. Avid Specialist speaker, Tom Crocker, spoke about the latest features of Avid’s Media Composer 5.5 which was released only a couple of weeks ago.
Behind the Scenes would like to thank Tom for his time and knowledge and also thank David O’Byrne of Tyrell for also bringing down fact sheets and other knowledge material.
We hope that the future meetings of Behind the Scenes lives up to this one.
More soon.
This Monday coming, Feb 28th, will see an Avid Technologies Guest Lecture give a talk in the Millennium Theatre from 11am to 1pm.
The content of this will run on the following,
· Avid Introduction and MC5 overview (Introduction)
· Workflows and file Management AMA ( Basic)
· Workflows, File types and Timeline formats ( Advanced)
This talk is not only open to all Video and Sound Students but we have invited students from UL, Limerick College of Further Education, Mary Immaculate College and Tralee I.T.
Here is a Bio on Tom Crocker, Avid Media Composer Specialist
Tom is a very experienced Avid Demo Artist with years of industry background. Tom, who until recently, worked for Avid as a product specialist., specialising in Avid editing software. He brings experience from both using Avid Media Composer professionally and as an Certified Avid educator, giving many Avid Training courses over the years.
Tom will offer an insight to workflow and file manager within Avid Media Composer and discuss some of the new features that have arrived with the release of MC 5.5 ( Launched BE Feb 2011 ) . Tom Crocker has Specialist Knowledge of Video Codec’s and Colour grading. His overall Specialties are Film and Television editing and production, workflow and integration, post production.
Scumbag Millionaire shoot continues
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Editing, Film, mediaTags: applebox media, Francis Ryan, jason kenny, john garrett, mark griffin, scumbag millionaire, simon mcguire
On Sunday 20th Feb saw the filming of multiple fight sequences for the short film Scumbag Millionaire. The early morning shoot involved both Mark Griffin and myself as crew, with Jason Kenny organizing the fight stunts and Francis Ryan playing the lead part as ‘Danny’.
As you can see from the photos taken by John Garrett, the scene had some high energy hits.
Post Production has started on the pic with just a few scenes left to be shot. The film with get its debut showing at the LIT Film Festival in April of this year. It is also hoped that it will be entered into this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
More Soon.
BBC readies free TV training site
Posted: February 18, 2011 in Cameras, Documentary, Editing, Film, mediaTags: BBC
As per BBC Site
The BBC is to launch its College of Production website on 21 February 2011, aiming to provide free advice on TV, radio and online production to the production community and the general public.
The BBC says it hopes the website – bbc.co.uk/collegeofproduction – will help train BBC staff, but also become an authoritative and useful resource for the broadcasting industry.
“The best made easy” is the premise behind the creation of the site, says Amanda Lyon, the launch editor. “Through filmed talks, short radio programmes and videos, broadcasting innovators, creatives and experts will freely share their experience with the production community in a distilled and focused form.”
Short VTs provide practical advice on subjects from health and safety to self shooting, editing and interviewing. Short radio programmes feature experts in conversation on single topics, such as how blogs can be used to add value to programme content.
Production staff working on shows including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, Lambing Live and Bang Goes The Theory describe their roles and first-hand experiences. There are currently around 100 VTs on the site, and this will grow to around 300 items by the end of the year.
Anne Morrison, Director of the BBC Academy, said: “We aim to share as much of our training as possible with the wider UK broadcasting industry, for free, equipping people with skills they need for a lifetime of employability in an ever-changing media landscape.”
Decisions, decisions????
Posted: February 7, 2011 in Cameras, Editing, Film, media, Music VideoTags: applebox media, Irish General Election 2011, limerick city
Click here for the Music Video
This weekend saw the filming of the music video for a new track from Limerick artist Asa Fitzpatrick, called Decisions. With writing by another local man David Murphy, the song tackles the issues surrounding the upcoming general elections and the choices the people of Ireland have to make taking into account the state of the country.
All of the video was shot at numerous locations around Limerick City. The day of the shoot was dogged by poor weather but the team at AppleBox Media, pushed on video already released on YouTube. There will be special performances at different events during the coming weeks.
Simon McGuire 