Happy first working Friday of 2016! We hope it wasn't too painful. To celebrate, here are our Friday Favourites!
1) This Fashion Film: Isight Part 3: Fun produced by Dragon's Egg
2) This Promotional Video: Tesla Suit produced by Dragon's Egg
3) This Website: Show Studio
For many clear reasons, we love this website. It is the home of fashion film, and seeing as fashion film is one of the many things we do, we found it to be inspirational! Our Director has also submitted a fashion film (the 2nd teaser for Insights) to them! So good luck to her!
It is almost finished!
And tomorrow the long awaited third and final part of the 'Insight' teasers titled 'Fun' will be released.
We previously had 'Recognition' where our heroine starts to see a change in herself, 'Desire' where she yearns for the change and of course we end on 'Fun' where she embraces the change.
It's Friday the 13th, so no walking under ladders and stay away from black cats! Instead make yourself comfortable and have a look at our Friday Favourites.
1) This Fashion Film: Insight Part Two: Desire
Of course at number one is our second teaser for Insight
2) This Music Video: Touch U
In at number two is our favourite music video right now!
3) This Advert: The Body Shop Christmas
And feel free to sing along to this chirpy number from the Body Shop.
Today's Monday Motivation is this image. It's a still from our fashion shoot we shot in Belarus,our Editor and Director have been working tirelessly on it all weekend, and it's almost done!
It's the end of the week again and time for our Friday post. We have seen and done a lot this week so it has been quite hard to pick only three things that have made us smile, but we managed, just! Without further ado below are our favourites!
1) This DJ: Ach Jr
This is a new one for us, this video is not film, fashion or advertising related, but it is music related. Meet 3 year old Ach Jr, he appeared on South Africa's Got Talent and received a standing ovation, watch to see why.
2)This Womenswear Walk: Tom Ford
Made by Nick Knight Show Studio, this video has a refreshing take on the catwalk, not to mention Lady Gaga!
3) This Post: Adweek's 10 Most Watched Ads on YouTube in September
Adweek is a great source of information, ideas, inspirations and comments on adverts, both on print and film. But this post on the top 10 adverts watched on YouTube in September is worth a read (and watch).
These adverts are all different as they are promoting different brands, but they all have one thing in common, they captivate the viewer.
If you want an advert, talk to us, we are in the middle of our Autumn Discount.
Insight is our Fashion Film that was recently shot featuring the amazing Reckless Wolf lingerie. We are very proud of it, therefore it is the top and only favourite of this week's 'Friday Favourites'.
Without giving too much away, Insight is a play on our inner wants and desires... you will have to keep watching to find out more.
We will be releasing two more previews of the film after 'Recognition' in the first week of every month until our official release in December so stay with us to see how the story unfolds.
Again, we would just like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication on this project, we couldn't have done it without you.
Tomorrow we will be releasing the official teaser from our fashion shoot in Belarus. We are just in the final stages of making it perfect, so keep an eye out!
#FilmWithTheDragon
In the meantime, we are Day 3 into our Autumn Discount launch on Advertising campaigns. So get in touch if you think your brand needs that extra something! - Offer ends 02/11/15
1) This Festival: London Fashion Film Festival 2015
(the Astronaut that also 'attended' the festival!)
Of course one of the favourites this week is the London Fashion Film Festival we attended on Tuesday. As mentioned in our 'Working Wednesday' post, it was useful, fun and insightful. We recommend anyone looking to make a Fashion Film of their own to attend next year. The great thing was that anyone can submit, from students to industry professionals.
2) This Stabilizer: Artemis Trinity
Artemis Trinity is just a great piece of steadycam equipment. Because of its new way of stabilizing the camera, you can achieve a whole new combination of shots that were previously almost impossible to get. Watch the video below to hear from Curt Schaller himself on what the Artemis Trinity can do for you.
This blog is light-hearted, insightful and mostly fun. It keeps you up to date with the latest technology, grants and releases and not to mention the great interviews.
Last night we attended the London Fashion Film Festival at the very extravagant Mondrian Hotel, our main purpose was to see what others are doing in the world of Fashion Film. As it is a very new niche there is still a lot of freedom for artistic creativity and it was interesting to see how other Directors used this to their advantage.
As we are currently in post production for our own Fashion Film that we recently shot in Belarus, it was useful to 'scope out the competition' as it were. Last night showcased the whole range, from fashion documentaries to films that focussed more on the artistic representation of fashion and style than a heavy narrative.
The main questions that ware floating around last night was What Is Fashion Film? How do you define it? Is it a story? A piece of art? A commercial? Or a documentary?
Our interpretation:
There is no blueprint for the right format, Fashion Film is what you make of it.
We have officially wrapped on our fashion shoot in Belarus. It's been a whirlwind, we are ecstatic with the footage and can't wait to finish it up in post-production.
Here is a little shot of what our shooting day was like:
The theatre really bought the production to life, even if at times it was a little on the spooky side - there is something about old buildings in the dark. And the cast and crew were, as always, excellent! We just want to thank everyone who helped make the shoot run as smoothly as possible.
We are currently working on our second music video whilst we are out there, so keep following for further updates!
The Dragon's Egg team are lucky enough to be shooting a fashion film in the amazing city of Minsk.
We love it there, we have a fantastic crew who always do such a great job for us! They helped us produce our last music video 'Instincts' by Yashar Gasanov. And made it into the slick, inspiring video you see below!
Our next shoot will reveal a tantalising secret in a gorgeous location: The interior of a theatre. There has always been something magical about the theatre, it's a place where you can explore all types of characters, stories and emotions. That's what it's for! But we especially love the beauty of the place.
The balconies give you an old, regal feel and the colours are so rich it is perfect for what we are trying to portray. Of course we can't give too much away regarding the story, you'll have to stay tuned to find out. But I can promise you, it will leave you with a tingle in your spine and wanting more!
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We will regularly post on what we are doing and what inspires us, with the hope to inspire other creatives out there.
