Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bhutto

A documentary I had almost forgotten about since working in the UK unit eighteenmonths ago, so I was pleased to see it had finally been completed and selected forthis year’s Sundance festival, having received some positive early reviews. The UKshoot was produced and directed by Amy Berg, who is best known for lifting thelid on [...]

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Portable Voiceover

I extended my range of studio-based equipment this week by purchasing a newvoiceover mic – the Rode NT1-A. I haven’t used much Rode equipment in the past,mainly because its boom mic offerings are generally associated with the lower end of the market, good for documentary or straight-to-camera work but not reallycomparing to Sennheiser’s broadcast range. The [...]

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Alice in Switzerland

Had a fairly unique (and fun) experience this month. After a succession of interesting but very similar corporate communication videos I joined Genie Film on a short film shoot out in Geneva. The story was themed as an Alice in Wonderland spin off – not the easiest production to pull-off without a healthy budget especially [...]

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