Principia UK post-flight tour: Tim Peake & Tim Kopra

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It’s not everyday you get to meet a real life astronaut, but this week we had the great honour of meeting both Tim Peake and Tim Kopra as they rounded up their Principia UK post-flight tour. On Wednesday 19th October they flew straight in from Belfast (the previous days’ location for the tour) to the Science Museum in London to wow over 400 school children in a Live Q&A session about their time on the International Space Station (ISS). Continue reading

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius

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For all those inventor and engineering lovers out there, we recently covered another fascinating exhibition launch of Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius at London’s Science Museum.

“Internationally-acclaimed, must see exhibition of 2016!” it is a brilliant insight into the mind of a Genius. It’s your chance to investigate both the facts and the misconceptions that surround this great genius of the Renaissance: Was he the period’s only designer of machines? Did all of his designs get fully constructed?
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Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age

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For all the space lovers out there, we recently covered the launch of Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age at London’s Science Museum.

A truly fascinating exhibition it takes you on a journey to discover the dramatic story of how Russia turned the dream of space travel into a reality and became the first nation to explore space in this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.

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BTS: Elemis Starflower Fields

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This time last week we were on a farm in Essex filming for skincare company ELEMIS.
Commissioned to film some of the key ingredients they use in their products, we were focusing on the Starflower, Camelina and Echium flowers.
All grown in the UK they are harvested and pressed for their oils:
Starflower oil – richest natural source of gamma linolenic acid which promotes good skin health by helping to maintain skin metabolism.
Camelina oil – rich in the Essential Fatty Acid Omega-3 fatty which helps protect and nourish skin.
Echium oil – rich in all three Essential Fatty Acids: Omega-3, 6 & 9 meaning it has exceptional skin nourishing and calming properties.
Overall it was a great day filming, even if we did have to get up close and personal with the honeybees at work..!

Infiniti QX50 Microfilm: BTS Video


Earlier this year founding member James Kar spent one week in LA filming the BTS for the new Inifinit QX50 microfilm commercial. Featuring the legend that is Phedon Papamichael ASC and Director Juame Collet-Serra, here is the long awaited Infiniti QX50 microfilm BTS video!
Filmed by James Kar. Edited by Matt Snyman.

BTS: Clarins BeautyBAR

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We spent one full on week filming for Clarins last month as they installed their brand new and exclusive BeautyBAR at John Lewis Oxford Street. Here you can enjoy a choice of six relaxing 30 minute beauty boosting and de-stressing treatments leaving you feeling fully refreshed and revitalised. Happy to say the BeautyBAR film was delivered in just two weeks and we’ll be sharing the final with you shortly. For now, here’s a look at the behind the scenes of the filming action.

BTS: Short Film – The Call

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Two weeks ago James Kar DOP’d on short film The Call: A dark and mysterious film to be released later this year. It was a great few days filming with an awesome crew:
Director: Ehsan Jahan
Producer: Michael Stylianou
DOP: James Kar
Camera/Steadicam Op: Yiannis Manolopoulos
Focus Puller: Kate Eccarius
Sound: Matt Price
Kit: Arri Alexa with Cooke Mini S4/i Prime lenses
Check out this awesome video from the last day on set: How Steadicam Ops like to kill time.