We’re very grateful to gaffer Andy Cole for sharing his advice on getting started, go-to pieces of kit, and insights on the lighting approach for the film "Ammonite".
Shot by cinematographers Oli Russell and Michael Wood with camera and lighting equipment supplied by Pixipixel, the show tells a gripping story of a pair of conflicted coppers tracking down a deadly duo. We had the opportunity to interview DOP Oli Russell on his recent work on the show.
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We are now stocking the Sony PXW-FX9 cameras. They will be replacing our highly popular FS7’s and according to Owen Tanner from our camera department they are “an improvement in every way over the FS7 - better sensor, colour science, more accessible buttons and better form factor”.
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Renos from our engineering department has come up with an elegant and well-thought-out solution for attaching client monitors to Magliners. This new custom system is designed to hold a monitor securely and we’re sure you are all going to love using it.
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Let’s talk about the new Litemat Spectrum from Litegear. It’s definitely an upgrade from the original litemats. Physically the Spectrum looks much the same as the existing Litemat range and has lost nothing in terms of its usability. It’s still small, thin, light and versatile as we have come to expect and appreciate. The main changes are all to do with performance and it’s all good news.
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We're incredibly pleased to be one of the first in the UK to offer the Nikon AI-S lenses rehoused by Zero Optik. They use a set of Nikkor AI-S lenses from the 80s which were once the choice of photojournalists all over the world. Now they easily cover the Venice, ARRI LF and the Red Monstro to deliver soft, controlled flares suitable for many types of projects.
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We’re excited to share that Pixipixel will exhibit at the BSC Expo for the very first time. Meet us at stand 217 from 31 January to 1 February at Europe’s premier film and TV production show.
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Further to our last large format blog post featuring the Sony Venice & the Red Monstro we now have an additional third option for you if you wish to shoot large format.
Our camera floor in Hoxton has now received a number of the new, highly awaited camera from Arri, the ever-popular workhorse the Mini now has a big brother – the ALEXA Mini LF
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If I was to tell you that we just took delivery of something small, mobile, black and battery powered would you expect me to be talking about the latest Profoto “B whatever” flash system?
How about if I said it was black but also green, would that give you a clue?
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So, what does the name Sputnik mean to you?
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So, having just got over our spider (Hudson) infestation here under the arches, we now have to contend with a whole bunch of scorpions! (I just discovered that scorpions are in actual fact arachnids too so technically a scorpion is a spider!)
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Well I guess it had to happen, Cineo, who brought us the fantastic matchbox and matchstix led lights have gone one better and a lot smaller with the all new Matchheads Bi colour LED point lights.
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Bored, bored, bored, will someone please sell us something that’s not an LED panel please, yes, they are all very nice and yes, the Velvet 2 and the Kino Celeb 450 are both great quality examples but…
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Have you ever been asked that loaded question “does this make my bum look big?” We’ve all been there and the only safe answer is an emphatic no…
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Lens Projector. Ok so only my boss would go and blow £20 k ish on a projector that can’t even show the rugby on a big screen let alone my old 35mm slides, I know he’s crazy but this seems excessive even for him.
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Well everyone welcome to 2019, a new year for us all and with it comes a whole bunch of new stuff from Pixipixel.
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Aladdin Mini kit and Broncolor Picolites
So how do you confuse someone in a lighting operations role?
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This looks like it’s going to be one of my shorter blogs (don’t be too pleased about that ok). Let me get straight to the point, we are now stocking the Profoto Pro Tungsten Air lights.
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Ok so it’s a proud day for Pixipixel as we are now officially one of the UK’s smaller energy suppliers!
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Question, what’s got the flash power of 5 speedlights a colour adjustable and dimmable video light, is battery powered and is about the size of a tin of baked beans?
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