http://www.adriansamarra.com Freelance Multimedia Producer Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:28:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © Adrian Samarra Productions 2010 adrian@adriansamarra.com (Adrian Samarra) adrian@adriansamarra.com (Adrian Samarra) posts 1440 http://www.adriansamarra.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/squarelogo-144x144.png http://www.adriansamarra.com 144 144 This is the podcast for Adrian Samarra Productions latest creations. Adrian Samarra, Adrian Samarra Productions, extreme video, adventure film, rock climbing, kayaking, whitewater kayaking Adrian Samarra Adrian Samarra adrian@adriansamarra.com no no http://www.adriansamarra.com/evernet-support-advert/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/evernet-support-advert/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:27:46 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1362 http://www.adriansamarra.com/evernet-support-advert/feed/ 0 1:12 Laptop repair specialists, Evernet Support, asked me to make a short promotional video for them to use on their website and social media site. I spent ... Laptop repair specialists, Evernet Support, asked me to make a short promotional video for them to use on their website and social media site. I spent a day in Swansea, where the business is based, with the lead technician, Jon May. After a short interview and a few shots around the town I put this short promo video together. Blog, Video Adrian Samarra no no http://www.adriansamarra.com/new-services/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/new-services/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:10:45 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1351 http://www.adriansamarra.com/new-services/feed/ 0 http://www.adriansamarra.com/midnight-memory-walk-the-video/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/midnight-memory-walk-the-video/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:11:05 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1260 http://www.adriansamarra.com/midnight-memory-walk-the-video/feed/ 0 2:43 What seems like a long time ago, before I was really involved in the media, I helped out a friend do some filming of an ... What seems like a long time ago, before I was really involved in the media, I helped out a friend do some filming of an event in Bristol. It was for a the Charity, Childrens Hospice South West. The event was the Midnight Memory Walk - A seven mile, ladies only, circular walk at Midnight through Bristol City Centre. Time past and my friend was very busy so nothing came of the footage we got on that day. I thought as I was now fully up and running as a film maker, I got hold of the footage and edited this short video together. While I was editing, I was cursing quite a lot as with the experience I have now I would not have shot in the same way! We were using a little camcorders too and they don't like low light all that much.. Anyway, despite this, I did the best with what footage I had. Blog, Video Adrian Samarra no no http://www.adriansamarra.com/the-edit/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/the-edit/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:24:36 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1234 http://www.adriansamarra.com/the-edit/feed/ 1 http://www.adriansamarra.com/wordpress-is-the-future/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/wordpress-is-the-future/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:20:56 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1228 http://www.adriansamarra.com/wordpress-is-the-future/feed/ 1 http://www.adriansamarra.com/afa-pro/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/afa-pro/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:13:23 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1185 http://www.adriansamarra.com/afa-pro/feed/ 0 3:50 As some of you will know, I was lucky enough to attend the Adventure Film Acadamy Professional (part of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival). The ... As some of you will know, I was lucky enough to attend the Adventure Film Acadamy Professional (part of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival). The course was run this year on 19th-26th July in Kendal, Cumbria. Here is a brief (very brief) over view of what the course offered "The Aim of AFA PRO is to develop and extend production skills in hazardous environments with an emphasis on outdoor adventurous activities, and HD work flows." - http://www.mountainfest.co.uk/home.cfm?page=56 The week was incredible. We were being taught by the very best people in the industry. Keith Partridge is an International Award Winning Adventure Cameraman (check out his CV here), Brian Hall is a hugly experienced rigger and expert in Film Safety and Logistics in Extreme Environments (check out his CV here), Richard Else owns Triple Echo Productions, an independant TV and Radio production company who have made a number of extremely successful adventure and exploration films (website here). As well as these we had some of the staff from kendal college to help us out with Final Cut and post production techniques. So a fairly experienced team there then! and with that experience came a week long mind dump of information and numerous pearls of wisdom. It was pretty intense. We were there for 8 days and we had a full program 9-5:30 everyday. These days of training covered just about every aspect of film making but was very geared towards people who already had a base knowledge of the media. No sucking eggs. It was all really useful stuff. We covered everything from planning a film production, storyboarding and generating ideas, story telling, through to hardcore camera techniques with all the latest equipment, nitty gritty editing and big discussions on the hot topic of HD workflows, right through to how to sell a film and what to do with what you've got. The content was faultless. It was exactly what I hoped and more. One of the main tasks for the week was to make a short film, as you might imagine. We went out on the tuesday to have a recce of an area. We looked at a gorge in the Yorkshire Dales. When we recce'd it, it was raining and the river was flowing quite nicely down the gorge. We thought this would make quite and exciting film. When we got there on the Friday with an obscene amount of gear and two "tallents" the gorge had dried up and there was nothing more than a small trickle of water going down. As we had planned everything for a film about gorge walking, this is what we did. All seven of us took it in turns doing different roles within the production. Directing, camera operator, sound, rigging/safety, moving gear. These were the main roles. When we got all the footage back to the edit suite, we split the group in half and had two teams editing giving two end products. I have uploaded the film that I helped edit. The aim for the day and for the whole course was really about acquiring skills and knowledge, not about making a finely polished product. The making of this short film was just a vehicle for us to explore different ways of doing things with advice from some pretty knowledgeable people. This week was fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone looking to develop their skills in the media. Here are a few photos from the weeks events. More photos here on Flickr Blog, Video Adrian Samarra no no http://www.adriansamarra.com/photography-from-sweden/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/photography-from-sweden/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:16:00 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1171 http://www.adriansamarra.com/photography-from-sweden/feed/ 2 http://www.adriansamarra.com/sweden/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/sweden/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:50:00 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1114 http://www.adriansamarra.com/sweden/feed/ 1 http://www.adriansamarra.com/equipment/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/equipment/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:40:53 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1153 http://www.adriansamarra.com/equipment/feed/ 0 http://www.adriansamarra.com/corporate-challenge-2010/ http://www.adriansamarra.com/corporate-challenge-2010/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:07:14 +0000 adrian http://www.adriansamarra.com/?p=1057 http://www.adriansamarra.com/corporate-challenge-2010/feed/ 0 2:26 For the second year running now I filmed the Children’s Hospice South West’s Corporate Challenge. This event takes teams from companies across the South West ... For the second year running now I filmed the Children’s Hospice South West’s Corporate Challenge. This event takes teams from companies across the South West as they compete against each other in a team-building adventure. Activities this year included, canoeing, mountain biking, zip-slides, orienteering and many problem solving tasks. The event was run by the Outer Edge and took place at Wimbleball Lake on the 5th June. For information on the next Corporate Challenge visit CHSW.org.uk Here is the promotional film I made for the event. Blog, Video Adrian Samarra no no