ugly locations | beautiful lighting

Doors Open to AOD on Sept 10th, up to 35% off the first 48hours.

Full contest rules at bottom of description

Credits:
Agency: Cossette
PC: Noble Content
EP: Doug Lowe
Director: Michael Alberstat
PM: Kevin Hurren
DP: Nik Pilecki
1st AC: Alice Do
2nd AC: Nico Alcalde
Gaffer: Roham Abtahi
Key Grip: John Perrin
Best: Taylor Winter King
Cinebot Rental: 2d house
Cinebot Tech: Josh Ellis
DIT: Andrew Easson
PA: Alex Ross, Kiev Challenger
PD: Diana Abbatangelo
Set Dresser: Jessie Marchildon, Ansel Anon
Food Stylist: Carol Brown
HMU: Shawna Lee
Wardrobe: Jessica Albano
Colour house: Alter Ego
Colour Producer: Spencer Butt
Colour: Lily Henry
Audio: Gus Sulman
Rentals: SetReady

GEAR:

Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:53 tutorial begins
18:15 Outro

Contest Rules:
🎥 Giveaway🚨 We are giving this Blackmagic kit to one of you!

At AOD, we believe in the power of people and the stories they carry in them. There's so much untapped talent in the world, and we want to remove a barrier for one of our followers by giving away this camera kit.

TO ENTER:
• Sign up for AOD Email List (Link is in our bio)
• Follow us @theartofdocumentary
• Like this post
• Tag 3 filmmaking friends
• (repost for bonus entry)

PRIZE PACKAGE:
* Blackmagic Pyxis
* 24-70mm Sigma
*Nanuk 935 Case
* 80 GB Card
Prize package = $6000

Additional prizes:
1 x All Access Bundle($3500 value)
3 x Any Single AOD course

AOD doors open on September 10th.

*We only announce winners on our live streams on September 14th*

*Please be aware of fake accounts reaching out saying you won. We do not have any other AOD accounts and will be reaching out to you directly through this main account. We will not ask for any ID or information from you.*

*The black magic kit includes the body, lens and case.*

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[AnotherOtherMan]

A plain room is like a blank canvas, so much potential IF you can put in the work the payoff is more than worth it.

[BrysonWooden]

That commercial turned out soooo good despite the creative challenges. I come across many undesirable locations when I shoot commercials and this video was really helpful.

[brauliofallas]

It's funny how they described this space as an "ugly location". Coming from Latin America, I see tall ceilings with lots of space to put fake walls, diffusion frames, even a robot arm, clean walls, and a modern and minimalistic design like a clean canvas perfect for set-dressing. Here you really have ugly and awkward locations, tiny spaces, low ceilings, strange and horrible designs and finishes, and sometimes not even access to elevators, we have less budget, less rental options, and no fancy robot toys.

And don't get me started on natural lighting, we don't get the blue and golden two-hour sunset you get in the northern hemisphere, we have horrible lighting throughout morning and afternoon being in the middle of the Equator, plus a really gorgeous but 10-minute sunrise/sunset... We do have the beautiful beaches and rainforest though...

[RoadFromNowhere_SE]

This has to be one of the best BTS videos in terms of showing how it’s done and it was very entertaining. Thank you.

[JackaHeineken]

Absolutely one of the best BTS videos i’ve seen. The best dokumentary film? There is so many good ones. I love of national geographics

[quantumimagesQC]

Crazy to see high budget shoots where you can afford a freaking robot and here I am with my clients asking me "Why do you charge us for music, it's Royalty FREE! Isn't it supposed to be FREE?!"
😂

[butcherneck]

Alright, but why there's instant coffee dripping from an coffee maker?

[joshmillerdp]

Bro the part about listening to the robot arm op about what lens would be better and what not....gold. I can't stand when a director or a cinematographer say that something has to be specific way and doesn't listen to the expert. Like then why did you hire them bro?! Good thing for people to hear.

[kereyvproductions]

I really like how you brought in windows to help with lighting and production value!! Such a valuable little nugget of art direction!! Also I need an AC robot arm. 😂

[AndriMagdych]

20 days in Mariupol was one of my favorites

[microminstrel]

And fav doc in the past 10 years: “flow”

[jmn]

The Last Repair Shop was a great documentary!

[cheekymonkey]

I discovered Nick's work recently. Blown away. This was gold🎉🎉

[JonasStuart]

That scene really looks so good! Always great seeing the cogs under the hood. Thanks guys °¬)

[nickgrant]

Great content! - Pushing these courses is sounding a bit old. Awesome work on the final result.

[tedrzz]

I saw this commercial awhile ago and thought it was gorgeous, such a treat to be able to hear about the BTS. Thank you!

[djsfilm]

great stuff in this video, love the cinematic eye too, I have learned a bunch from that course!

[christianmcnally]

Haha when they say "can you make this work?" they don't mean "can you make THIS work?" They mean "can YOU make this work? " 😂😂

[smepable]

This was amazing! Can you make a video about the color grading of this?

[mrclarky]

@10:34 focus puller hating their life lol