10/09/2008
Satellite State
Satellite State
Originally uploaded by _Meyer_
Its been a while since I've posted here, my apologies.
I've had an idea floating around for a new {Satellite-State} video, and after various messages back and forth, its finally going ahead. Not giving too much away here, but SS is one of my fav bands, and I cant wait to get started for them.
8/10/2008
Photography is NOT a crime
London Underground 1
Originally uploaded by nickcummins
I found this post http://thomashawk.com/2008/08/simon-blint-director-of-visitor.html
And have been reading it, and have been amazed and outraged at this guys story. If you don't want to read the linked article, then I'll sum it up for you.
The museum he visited had stopped it's 'no photography' policy, and the guy had also paid for a family membership to the museum. He was shooting from a balcony making art when the head of the museum abused his powers and had him forcibly removed from the building.
The full details are in the linked post above, but the main thing that this all screams out to me is the fact that photographers get targeted unfairly.
While on an industry visit to London in Feb of 2008, I was taking pictures of the London Underground, as there is some amazing architecture there, when this random guy taps me on the shoulder and says 'no flash photography down here mate' to which I pointed out I wasn't using a flash at all. He then decided to try and pass himself off as a police officer in normal dress, and he was going to 'nik' me unless I stopped my photography.
Not only did he insult my intelligence by assuming I was a naive tourist who would fall for his 'I'm gonna nik you' routine, but impersonating a police officer as well.
If I hadn't of been using a Fuji Finepix S6500fd (which is big and looks like a DSLR) I doubt he would have said anything to me in the first place, but some people seem to have a prejudice against photographers. Photography is NOT a crime people!
6/30/2008
I'm a rebel
rulebreakerbanner
Originally uploaded by nickcummins
I'm breaking all the rules I learnt in film school in my latest film.
I have a work-in-progress name for it - 'under', and I really think its going to be quite innovative.
I'm going to be using all of my equipment on this project, which will require quite a bit of rehearsal.
Basically, I'm going to have audio and visual linked together at the start of the film, split them, and tell 2 versions of the same story (one via visuals, and the other via audio) then make them come back together at the end of the film
5/21/2008
'Spider' has been finished
Still from 'Spider'
Originally uploaded by nickcummins
I handed in my final year film named 'Spider' today.
After about 2 years of development, re-writes, shooting and editing, 'Spider' is finally finished.
The total length is 15 minutes, and is too long for YouTube, but WILL be available on my website. www.filmsbynick.com as soon as I have finished the mini-site for this film.
Its been a long road developing spider, and this film has had more work gone into it than any other film I have done to date.
3/30/2008
NIN Ghosts
NIN Ghosts
Originally uploaded by nickcummins
NIN (Nine Inch Nails) have released an instrumental album under a Creative Commons license.
The beauty of this is the fact that filmmakers, animators, musicians, and anyone who is creative are being encouraged to use these tracks, re-mix them, or do anything they want with them.
Ever since NIN broke away from their record label, Trent Raznor has wanted to work closely with creative minds, and this is the perfect opportunity. It is also a huge help for me, as it means I could use tracks from 'Ghosts' in my film 'Spider', as long as I release the film under the same license as 'Ghosts' is released under.
For more information, go to ghosts.nin.com
3/19/2008
'Spider' shoot almost done
'Spider' screenshot 2
Originally uploaded by nickcummins
Just finished the third day of shooting for 'Spider'.
I've also started the post work on the rushes I've gathered, theres going to be a LOT of post work in this film, not a single scene will survive without SOMETHING being done to it, be it CGI overlays, colour correction, or a total transformation of the sequence.
As it stands now, I only have 4 scenes left to shoot (with a few pick-ups, and some ADR to be done too)
I'm getting a good feeling about his film
