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    Shooting tips from a News Cameraman: Part 1

    Shooting tips from a News Cameraman: Part 1

    I recently exchanged emails with a top News Cameraman from Ireland called Colm Hand who very kindly sent me a list of hints and tips for News Cameramen that he has picked up over the years. I am going to break them down into two blog posts. This is the first and covers: Working with [...]

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    Shooting 'Homs: Journey into hell' - an interview with Cameraman Fred Scott

    Shooting ‘Homs: Journey into hell’ – an interview with Cameraman Fred Scott

    In March I was able to watch the BBC Panorama film called ‘Homs: Journey into hell’ fronted by Reporter Paul Wood and shot by top BBC Cameraman Fred Scott. It was an amazingly strong and powerful piece of film making that also stood out for its use of Video DSLR’s to tell a story where [...]

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    Shooting Abe Lincoln: FIlming on an Aircraft carrier

    Shooting Abe Lincoln: FIlming on an Aircraft carrier

    A Post by Imagejunkies.com Editor Christian parkinson who was on assignment for the BBC with the US 5th fleet in February Shooting on a US Carrier is awesome, though it also has the possibility of going horribly wrong if you are not prepared for it. I just wanted to write a brief blog post passing [...]

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    Lighting kit: Some advice

    Lighting kit: Some advice

    In this post experienced Lighting Cameraman Sean Twamley (@cameramanST) explains what he carries in his day to day lighting kit and why. Not so long ago the standard lighting kit that cameramen had in the back of their cars was a set of ‘redheads’ or maybe something with a fresnel lens in the front, usually [...]

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    The bag of life - your shooting day sack

    The bag of life – your shooting day sack

    This article is written by Imagejunkies Editor Christian Parkinson, in between shopping expeditions for a new bag. . . I used to work with a Producer who christened my cameraman’s daysack the ‘bag of life’. That title just seems to perfectly fit the importance that it has to any cameraman. Over the years I think [...]

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    Zen and the art of packing

    Zen and the art of packing

    In this post Imagejunkies Editor, Christian Parkinson, looks at the complicated and much discussed subject of packing – something that has become an obsession for him and many of his fellow Cameracrews. . . If there is one aspect of the Cameraman’s job that can never be mastered and can never be agreed up on [...]

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    The Imagejunkies Blog: get to know our team, the films we make and the stuff we like

    Latest music video shoot

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    Here at Imagejunkies we are keen to expand our Music video production business and to help local bands in the midlands give their promos real impact. With that in mind we have been working alongside top Producers/songrwriters Soulace Music.

    They were keen to promote Justene Whyte one of the incredibly talented artists that they work with and together we came up with a concept for a video for the track ‘Falling’.

    We shot at the City rooms in Leicester, a great venue that was incredibly helpful both before and during our shoot. I decided to shoot on my Canon 5D Mark 2 as we wanted to be able to achieve a shallow depth of field in small rooms and a 2/3 inch chip camera just wouldn’t have been able to pull it off.

    We had a micro lighting kit of just two 300w Satchler (inc. one Chimera) and a dedo so we didn’t have many toys to play with. We also had limited time in the venue meaning my background in News came in very handy as the hours began to slip away.

    I have now nearly finished the final edit (FCP 7 and Magic bullet Looks) and we hope to be able to release the video online this coming Monday. I’ll be sure to post here as soon as I can.

    In the meantime here are some screen grabs pulled from the edit to give you an idea of how it looked

    Justene video still 1

    Justene video still 1

    Justene video still 2

    Justene video still 2

    Justene video still 3

    Justene video still 3

    Justene video still 4

    Justene video still 4

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    The Kit room: Equipment news and reviews

    The Atmos Samurai: Can this new field recorder handle the rigours of News and Doco's?
    The Atmos Samurai: Can this new field recorder handle the rigours of News and Doco’s?

    This review of the Atmos Samurai Field recorder is by top Cameraman Jonathan Young, a Freelance documentary television cameraman shooting on high profile programmes and subjects around the UK and the globe! To find out more about him and his work then Visit http://www.debrouillard.tv At the end of this review is a comprehen…

    Behind the Lens: Camera tips and training

    Shooting tips from a News Cameraman: Part 1
    Shooting tips from a News Cameraman: Part 1

    I recently exchanged emails with a top News Cameraman from Ireland called Colm Hand who very kindly sent me a list of hints and tips for News Cameramen that he has picked up over the years. I am going to break them down into two blog posts. This is the first and covers: Working with [...]…

    The Cutting Room: Post production advice and training

    FCP X: Using the new Final Cut for News
    FCP X: Using the new Final Cut for News

    Like most people the feedback I have heard regarding FCP X has been incredibly negative. I was scared by the thought of having to relearn a new system and a whole new set of short cuts. But this week I decided to splash out the £200 needed to download a copy of FCP X and [...]…

    The Imagejunkies Blog: get to know our team, the films we make and the stuff we like

    Latest music video shoot
    Latest music video shoot

    Here at Imagejunkies we are keen to expand our Music video production business and to help local bands in the midlands give their promos real impact. With that in mind we have been working alongside top Producers/songrwriters Soulace Music. They were keen to promote Justene Whyte one of the incredibly talented artists that …