BCineSkills Supplement Category: Composition and Framing

Wildlife filming and CGI

WORLD UNITED Find out how some productions are combining visual effects flair and natural history expertise to create the next generation of wildlife documentaries.   In 1999, Tim Haines, BBC Studios Science Unit, Discovery Channel, and Framestore released an ambitious six-part nature documentary television miniseries, Walking with Dinosaurs, that mixed real locations with CGI to give … Read more

Wildlife filmmaking techniques

NATURE KNOW HOW Providing a definitive overview of how to shoot wildlife is a near-impossible task. However, with help from a selection of brilliant and very experienced cinematographers, we can cover some of the ground rules.   In terms of kit, many cinematographers say the smaller the creature tends to be, the more things you need … Read more

Kate McCullough ISC / The Quiet Girl

DARK SECRET Production: The Quiet Girl  Cinematographer: Kate McCullough ISC  Director: Colm Bairéad  Production type: Feature film  Overview of production and the visual approach you adopted: Director Colm Bairéad adapted the script from Claire Keegan’s novella Foster. Prep began just after the first lockdown when we had that lovely hot summer, so we sat out … Read more