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merlocmod.livejournal.comI was very sad to see that Gérard Burgan passed away, not long after the filming in Pierrefonds in June. Crew member Sébastien Quérité announced the news here.
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cinematography | drawing with light
Jul. 7th, 2011 10:00 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comThe word photography was created using a combination of Greek words that literally give it the meaning of ‘drawing with light’ – and indeed, light is the essential part of the whole process. A photographic image is captured on light–sensitive film (or a similar medium), using the light reflected off objects. It follows that how a Merlin scene is lit will significantly affect how it later appears in the finished episode.
When filming a television show, the Director of Photography is responsible for the lighting, along with so much else, while working to the Director for that episode. This article examines some aspects of the lighting used in Merlin, focussing on episode 312 The Coming of Arthur, Part One. (In fact, I hardly needed to look past the first few minutes to find my examples.) The DoP for the episode was Dale McCready, and the Director was Jeremy Webb.
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the Newbies Guide to being on a film set
May. 23rd, 2011 09:50 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comA working film set is a weird and wonderful place. Much of it will not make sense to the uninitiated – and my own experience is only limited. If after reading this, you have any insights to share or questions to ask, please use the comments to do so! I’m always interested in learning more, whether that’s through hearing from you or through trying to satisfy your curiosity.
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filming in Pierrefonds May 2011
May. 8th, 2011 05:48 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comI didn't know if I'd write a report as well, but here we are! Apologies for any duplication of info with my earlier posts re my photos.
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filming in Pierrefonds on 5 May
May. 6th, 2011 09:10 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comApologies for not posting this sooner. I managed to upload my pics to flickr late on the 5th, but didn't have the time or energy to tag them, etc, until now...
As you may have gathered, we were in knight!heaven on Thursday, with a lovely long day of watching them training with Arthur, and Merlin looking on. Andreas was there for literally 24 hours; it seems he is very busy with other work as well, which is wonderful for him, but I was sad to see him go again so quickly.
I have posted the latest photos to flickr in the same set as the previous ones, starting here. Again, I don't think there's anything very spoilery here, as it's the expected actors playing out the expected kind of scenes. They were filming the fights that Andreas had rehearsed with them the previous evening.
And here's a preview:
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merlinlocations, the website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
As you may have gathered, we were in knight!heaven on Thursday, with a lovely long day of watching them training with Arthur, and Merlin looking on. Andreas was there for literally 24 hours; it seems he is very busy with other work as well, which is wonderful for him, but I was sad to see him go again so quickly.
I have posted the latest photos to flickr in the same set as the previous ones, starting here. Again, I don't think there's anything very spoilery here, as it's the expected actors playing out the expected kind of scenes. They were filming the fights that Andreas had rehearsed with them the previous evening.
And here's a preview:
( and... ) I hope you enjoy!
Please use them, if you like. A link back to Merlin Locations (
merlinlocations, the website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
filming in Pierrefonds on 4 May
May. 5th, 2011 07:59 ammerlocmod.livejournal.comHurrah! More Rupert!heaven yesterday, plus the rest of the knights (except for Santiago), as well as Colin, Bradley, Angel, Dale and Alice, Andreas - and some more general pics.
I have posted them to flickr here and here. They're all the same set as the previous day's, which strikes me now as not very useful, but the two links will take you to the new photos. There's nothing very spoilery, other than the presence of A New Actor.
Interesting part of the day was chatting with Dale and Alice while they took some new establishing shots of the Chateau, given the new film format.
Also, Andreas appeared, and trained The Sizzlingly Hot Knights on the grassy area before the Chateau, which was rather fun to watch. Rupert was really getting into it... {happy sighs}
And here's a preview:
( and... )I hope you enjoy!
Please use them, if you like. A link back to Merlin Locations (lj comm, website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
I have posted them to flickr here and here. They're all the same set as the previous day's, which strikes me now as not very useful, but the two links will take you to the new photos. There's nothing very spoilery, other than the presence of A New Actor.
Interesting part of the day was chatting with Dale and Alice while they took some new establishing shots of the Chateau, given the new film format.
Also, Andreas appeared, and trained The Sizzlingly Hot Knights on the grassy area before the Chateau, which was rather fun to watch. Rupert was really getting into it... {happy sighs}
And here's a preview:
( and... )I hope you enjoy!
Please use them, if you like. A link back to Merlin Locations (lj comm, website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
filming in Pierrefonds on 3 May
May. 4th, 2011 09:04 ammerlocmod.livejournal.comWell... as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
asifidletyou said, I was in Rupert!heaven yesterday. ♥ I got a fair few photos of my lovelies - Rupert, Dale and Angel - and some more general ones.
I have posted them to flickr here. There's nothing spoilery, it's all pretty generic courtyard stuff.
And here's a preview:
( and... )I hope you enjoy!
ETA: Sorry, I should have said: Please use them, if you like. A link back to Merlin Locations (lj comm, website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
asifidletyou said, I was in Rupert!heaven yesterday. ♥ I got a fair few photos of my lovelies - Rupert, Dale and Angel - and some more general ones.I have posted them to flickr here. There's nothing spoilery, it's all pretty generic courtyard stuff.
And here's a preview:
( and... )I hope you enjoy!
ETA: Sorry, I should have said: Please use them, if you like. A link back to Merlin Locations (lj comm, website or flickr) would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥
Merlin cast + crew | talk about locations
Dec. 9th, 2010 12:57 ammerlocmod.livejournal.comGosh! This is the 201st post to the community, which currently has over 300 members! Hurrah! And long live Merlin Locations! ♥
What better way to celebrate than this: sharing some enthusiastic words from Colin and from co-producer Rachel Knight, which make them sound just about as geeky as us, bless them. :-D I have just posted the following to the website...
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I've been delighted to see that we're not the only ones chatting about Merlin filming locations lately! (Well, not that I personally have been chatting much, alas, as work has kind of swallowed up my life for a while. Though to be honest, I've also been a bit more spoilerphobic than usual in the lead up to the finale episodes.) But here's some links to wise words from our own beloved cast, crew and producers…
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the magic of Pierrefonds...
Sep. 19th, 2010 04:27 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comI wouldn't presume to apologise for taking so long to write up this report, seeing as your photographic and reportage needs have been met so well by so many already! But I am sorry, nevertheless. After I spent a wonderful week in Pierrefonds with asifidletyou and Mr L, the three of us had a magical weekend in Paris with our dear friends babydracky and souzoukyuuketsu - and then I was barely home long enough to do a bit of laundry before I was away again for the following week for work. So this weekend is really the first chance I've had to properly catch up…
But enough about such mundane matters! I realise not everyone is as vitally interested in my supply of clean clothes as I am, so on with the pretties!
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asifidletyou and Mr L, the three of us had a magical weekend in Paris with our dear friends babydracky and souzoukyuuketsu - and then I was barely home long enough to do a bit of laundry before I was away again for the following week for work. So this weekend is really the first chance I've had to properly catch up… But enough about such mundane matters! I realise not everyone is as vitally interested in my supply of clean clothes as I am, so on with the pretties!
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Filming in Pierrefonds Sep 2010 - Pics
Sep. 12th, 2010 08:24 amchayiana.livejournal.comI uploaded a selection of my pics I took in Pierrefonds last week. There're two parts:
The best crew in the world, sets, and extras
The most adorable cast in the world
Enjoy! :D
The best crew in the world, sets, and extras
The most adorable cast in the world
Enjoy! :D
nenimefish and Andreas at the BFI...
Sep. 6th, 2010 12:44 ammerlocmod.livejournal.comSorry for the spam, but here's a few more pictures of which I'm actually a bit prouder...
This is the awesome and lovelynenimefish learning how to whack someone's head off with a sword, thanks to our legendary stunt coordinator, Andreas Petrides. Hurrah! (So, you know, sass nenime with extreme caution from now on... I'm just saying.)
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This is the awesome and lovely
nenimefish learning how to whack someone's head off with a sword, thanks to our legendary stunt coordinator, Andreas Petrides. Hurrah! (So, you know, sass nenime with extreme caution from now on... I'm just saying.) ( (this way to the fight sequence) )
'The Other Side of the Camera' icon fest!
Sep. 2nd, 2010 01:52 pmmerlocmod.livejournal.comIt's now September, and our latest icon fest is officially closed... but please don't let that stop you! We will always be glad to see icons posted here that celebrate not only our beautiful filming locations, but also our heroes behind the camera. Indeed, if you want to contribute a late entry, there's probably time to do so!
Thank you so much to those who took part by contributing icons to the fest:1nagromniloc , archaeologist_d , chayiana , gealach_ros , yavannauk and, well, me! :-D You all created really beautiful and interesting icons, and I was delighted to see them.
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ETA: I have now uploaded the icons - or most of them! I started by sorting the icons into those I would post to the website and those I wouldn't, in line with the approach detailed above. It's a privacy issue, yes? I'm sure you'll understand. Anyway, by the time I'd uploaded the first batch to our Userpics page, I'd used up most of the second of two extra icons packages I've bought - and I still had well over 30 icons waiting in the second batch. It wasn't so much the expense that stopped me, as the thought that we will no doubt have other icon fests in the future, and there seems little point in uploading icons now if we're only going to have to {sniff} delete them later to make room for more. So I left it as is. If anyone has any serious objections to this, then please let me know via comment or PM!
I have since uploaded the first batch of icons to a new entry on the website. You can find it here. For those of you with icons, you might like to double-check that I've credited everything correctly. If anyone wants anything changed here, please let me know.
Thank you!
Thank you so much to those who took part by contributing icons to the fest:
1nagromniloc , archaeologist_d , chayiana , gealach_ros , yavannauk and, well, me! :-D You all created really beautiful and interesting icons, and I was delighted to see them. ( the future and its scenes )
ETA: I have now uploaded the icons - or most of them! I started by sorting the icons into those I would post to the website and those I wouldn't, in line with the approach detailed above. It's a privacy issue, yes? I'm sure you'll understand. Anyway, by the time I'd uploaded the first batch to our Userpics page, I'd used up most of the second of two extra icons packages I've bought - and I still had well over 30 icons waiting in the second batch. It wasn't so much the expense that stopped me, as the thought that we will no doubt have other icon fests in the future, and there seems little point in uploading icons now if we're only going to have to {sniff} delete them later to make room for more. So I left it as is. If anyone has any serious objections to this, then please let me know via comment or PM!
I have since uploaded the first batch of icons to a new entry on the website. You can find it here. For those of you with icons, you might like to double-check that I've credited everything correctly. If anyone wants anything changed here, please let me know.
Thank you!
merlocmod.livejournal.comHere are my offerings for the current icon fest!
As always, it seemed a much harder process than I'd anticipated, but I think some of these work as I'd hoped. :-) I hope you enjoy them!
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As always, it seemed a much harder process than I'd anticipated, but I think some of these work as I'd hoped. :-) I hope you enjoy them!
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gealach-ros.livejournal.com20 icons for the The Other Side of the Camera icon fest. Pics used from S1, S2 and S3 - no S3 spoilers!
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Some crew icons
Aug. 16th, 2010 10:42 pmyavannauk.livejournal.comI've made some icons for the current icon fest. Owing to my desktop pc's very fatal demise I had to create these on my netbook. Consequently, I don't know what they look like on a larger screen, so apologies if they're a bit unpolished.
All the photos used were taken by me at Pierrefonds.
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All the photos used were taken by me at Pierrefonds.
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Some crew and staff icons...
Aug. 14th, 2010 07:35 pmchayiana.livejournal.comHi there, I also made a few crew and staff icons for 'The Other Side of the Camera' icon fest!
Alas, I'm not so good with captions ^^, so, if anyone has a nice idea for a caption, let me know and I'll be happy to alter the icons...or you could do it yourself. ;o)
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Alas, I'm not so good with captions ^^, so, if anyone has a nice idea for a caption, let me know and I'll be happy to alter the icons...or you could do it yourself. ;o)
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Some crew icons
Aug. 13th, 2010 12:55 am1nagromniloc.livejournal.comI have made some icons for 'The Other Side of the Camera' icon fest!
They are not special, only pics in 100x100. Some with our cast , because I could not resist :)
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They are not special, only pics in 100x100. Some with our cast , because I could not resist :)
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4 crew icons
Aug. 11th, 2010 03:18 pmarchaeologist-d.livejournal.comThese are all I've got. When I looked, I thought I had more but... I focused on the cast, not the crew. Sorry! ( Read more... )
'The Other Side of the Camera' icon fest!
Aug. 11th, 2010 10:54 ammerlocmod.livejournal.comWelcome to the Merlin Locations community's second icons fest – dedicated to our heroes and heroines behind the camera! During the last 21 days of August 2010 we want to see your crew-related icons. Do you think Dale or Jeremy would look damned fine in front of a camera if only they weren't such geniuses behind it? Want to offer a visual ode to Johnny and Julian for creating and producing our awesome show? Think that Andreas is a pint-sized bottle of awesome sauce? Hankering to honour an unsung hero or celebrate the women on the other side of the camera? Now's your chance!
Here's some I created earlier from my own photos… but I'm sure you can do better! Come join the fun!
here's the plan...
It's 38 days until the third season of Merlin starts (I'm assuming 18 September), and we have to pass the time somehow. How better than to celebrate the people who are busy creating our show even as we speak? Let's create lots of lovely icons focussing on the people behind the camera (without invading their privacy). Once we're done, I'll buy some more icon space for the community, and load it up with the pretty. I'll also do a post to the website including the icons it seems appropriate to share with the wider community. The icons will be available for snagging by those who would like to use them (with credit, of course). And once we're done, Merlin will only be 18 days away!
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Here's some I created earlier from my own photos… but I'm sure you can do better! Come join the fun!
here's the plan...
It's 38 days until the third season of Merlin starts (I'm assuming 18 September), and we have to pass the time somehow. How better than to celebrate the people who are busy creating our show even as we speak? Let's create lots of lovely icons focussing on the people behind the camera (without invading their privacy). Once we're done, I'll buy some more icon space for the community, and load it up with the pretty. I'll also do a post to the website including the icons it seems appropriate to share with the wider community. The icons will be available for snagging by those who would like to use them (with credit, of course). And once we're done, Merlin will only be 18 days away!
( click here for the guidelines... )
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