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1. The Battle of the Somme
6 months ago
5,000 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from across Northern Ireland fought in the first day of the Somme. Nearly half of them never left its fields.

This is a short docu-drama created for a new exhibition at the Royal Innskilling Fusiliers Museum, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Production Company: Blackbox-AV Ltd. (www.blackboxav.co.uk)
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  • Philip Bloom 6 months ago
    Really nice Craig. You have done a cracking job!!
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  • Philip Bloom 6 months ago
    the download version doesn't work for some reason
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  • Craig Spenceley 6 months ago
    Weird. Seems to be working for me. Shall investigate.
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  • Will Mahoney 6 months ago
    Damn fine work, gentlemen! I love it!
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  • Tom Guilmette 6 months ago
    WOW, that ex1 in 24p and at 60 fps translates so well to Vimeo. The colors, the depth, and the shot composition was excellent. I hope you guys all collaborate on future projects and post more stuff here. Great look Phil.
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  • El Lanvin 6 months ago
    very cool!
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  • bill ravens 6 months ago
    Stunning...chilling.
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  • Vanishing Point 6 months ago
    Absolutely beautiful cinematography!!!

    But: If I would have seen it without focusing on the visual site, I would have lauhed a little bit, because we speak of so many thousand soldiers and only a dozen walk out of the trenches.

    I know that it is hard to do, but the difference from offspeaker to picture is kind of funny.

    Though: Awesome work!
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  • Stephen Lewis 6 months ago
    Wow, just wow! You inspire me, seriously!
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  • astute 6 months ago
    well done, I wonder, how many hours did ya spend on just color correcting and post? (not mentioning the editting)
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  • Craig Spenceley 6 months ago
    Thanks for all the kind words everyone.

    Astute - Phil gave me great footage to work with. But, all told, post on this project (and the two animated films that were produced with it) ran 4 weeks.

    On this film alone I would say there were 50 man hours in post.
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  • Mike Walker 6 months ago
    Really enjoyed it, excellent filming, wonderful editing and colouring to produce the exact atmosphere. The EX1 in the hands of a DOP of this quality shines very brightly indeed.
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  • Brian Boudreau 6 months ago
    incredible work guys. really enjoyed it
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  • arun r 5 months ago
    nice work wht kind of filters used? any idea?
  • Philip Bloom 4 months ago
    no filters used
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  • Ron Sheesley 5 months ago
    Great, dramatic timeslice of a very important turning point in history. Its importance & connection with the turning point-- represented by the oft-mentioned "Taxi-cab brigade," in the clash at Verdun --and the role of Northern Ireland's brave volunteers is, perhaps, too often overshadowed by that (sic) famous picture of the French defenders of Verdun...
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  • stw254 4 months ago
    Excellent piece, Craig! Congrats to the team.
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  • Guyzo 4 months ago
    I'm completely blown away.
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  • Craig Spenceley 4 months ago
    Thanks Guyzo, and stw254. Good to know there's still people enjoying. I was fortunate enough to work with some very talented people in putting this together.

    Arun r - apologies for not answering sooner. No filters used in-camera (with the exception of the Letus Extreme and Phil's lenses). Everything else was done in post using Magic Bullet Looks.
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  • monso 3 months ago
    fantastic..
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  • alex bloom 2 months ago
    i like it, great job. but i have something to ask? is it a common problem of the letus extreme that the edges are out of focus and darker then the rest of the picture our is it a problem at a specific aperture? i saw some footage of the new ultimate where this problem didn't show of....it's a reason why i am not a big fan of such 35mm convertors, lens vignetting is always a problem and sharpness seems always to be a little sloppy. moreover it's harder to pull the focus of those convertors, then on real 35mm cameras. i like it anyway....well done!
  • Craig Spenceley 1 month ago
    Glad you liked it, Alex. The client did too, which is always a good sign.

    The vignetting on this particular short was a grading choice in post. You'd have to ask Phil Bloom, the DoP, about any problems with the Letus. He's the man with the knowledge.

    Well, not *the* knowledge... I don't think he drives a London cab...
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  • walt 1 month ago
    loved it, but i didn't really like the music.

    how long did filming take?
  • Craig Spenceley 1 month ago
    Whole thing was shot in a single day. Shooting was roughly 8am - 5:30pm (when we started to lose light). Glad you liked it.
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