Ambleside - Lake District Nikon D5200 footage

The lake district has some really amazing landscape - perfect location to get some great footage. I recently spent some time there and in my spare time got out and filmed what I saw!

It is even more atmospheric when it is raining and misty! Check out the videos below. All of them have been graded using Adobe Speedgrade and a little helping hand from the Foundry's Nuke!

The only current downside to my Nikon D5200 is I am recording directly to the SD memory card. This means I don't get the full potential out of the camera! Hopefully will get a Atmos ninja in the near future so I can get a better range of colour and 10bit 4:2:2 recording.

Latest update:27/10/14, added in the driving footage - crazy roads!

Lightning VFX Sequence

Iskander Mellakh was hired to produce the lightning VFX on A Touch Of Cloth III. The shots were seen at the end of the part 2! They were included in the teaser clips for the next episode. A full article can be found on our website showing how ICM Studios created the VFX for 4 shots on A Touch Of Cloth III.

A little bit of Depth! Tabby Cat

Luckily Dennis(my tabby cat) was in the mood to have a camera shoved in his face and I managed to get some nice footage of him.
Shot on a Nikon D5200 with an Nikon 18-55mm lens. The focal length was set to 55mm. The ISO was set to 1600.
It was shot using a Eimo DSLR Rig (although I was just propping it on the table!). I should have mounted it on a tripod but I might not have got the footage I wanted at the time!
RV Solo (http://www.tweaksoftware.com/) was used to quickly scrub through and review the footage and Adobe SpeedGrade was used to do the Final Grade.
I am happy with the outcome, however, the use of a tripod and a bit better focusing would be the goal for the next one!
Oh yes, I am still working on this the hanging woman VFX shot. A new plate has been done, just need to matchmove etc first before I put up a new version of the shot. For now, here is a frame from the latest shoot:)

Moon Man Dan Website launched!

ICM Studios has just finished helping Pickled Pepper Productions with the launch of their new website for the first animated episode of Moon Man Dan.

To find out more about Moon Man Dan visit the website here: www.moonmandan.co.uk. To see the episode, I have embeded it below :)