Amelia Curtis

Director of Photography at Lunch Club Productions

About

Amelia Curtis

Amelia is the director of photography at Lunch Club Productions. She is passionate about creating cinematic images full of emotion and visceral feeling, that serves the story and resonates with audiences. Amelia has a particular interest in the horror genre and takes inspiration from her favourite cinematographer, Roger Deakins, as well as her favourite director's, Wes Anderson and Arri Aster.

About Me

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Leading Resolutions Culture Video

Culture video for Leading Resolutions

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The Day Before

A pre-apocalyptic short horror film

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Brecon - Contort 'Live @ Epstein Auto Services'

Brecon - Contort 'Live @ Epstein Auto Services' Contort is the new single from the forthcoming Brecon EP 'Grow' which is available on 18th August 2023. Pre-order the new EP Grow here via Bandcamp: https://withbellsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grow Stream Contort here: https://orcd.co/contort Pre-save Grow here: https://orcd.co/wbr0013 www.withbellsrecords.com Insta @withbellsrecords Twitter @withbellsmusic Facebook @withbellsrecords ——————— I’ve always imagined playing my electronic productions in a live band setting but always found the prospect daunting as there’s so much more tech preparation involved, compared to a more typical band set up. However the relative simple arrangement and strong rhythmic emphasis of ‘Contort’ seemed to fit a live electronic set up perfectly. I was lucky enough to have the amazingly talented Jamie Harding lined up to direct the live video and he quickly picked up on the gritty and mechanical nature of ‘Contort’ and suggested the dirty industrial feel of the garage as a location and luckily my local mechanic and general legend Ali agreed to let us film. Even though the track is predominately synth and sample based I really wanted to include as much live instrumentation as possible to maximise the sense of it being a live performance by actual real life humans! The additional of a midi triggered snare drum in the break down, occasional cymbal swell and beautifully gnarled modular synth elements really help bring the performance to life.

Project Management Journal

Dance Interviews

Project Management Strategies

Before you begin any project you must decide how you want the project to be planned and executed. There are many different types of project management and it is important that you understand and choose carefully the correct methodology for your project. Charlie and I decided to record a short podcast showing this process...

working on location

As we were filming on location and away from the comfort of our studio, it was important to create a kit list with everything listed that we would need to bring along with us. Here is everything we decided to bring with us:

2x Canon C70's

15mm-35mm lens

Canon R5

24mm-70mm lens

Audio Recorder

Boom Mic

SD Cards

Filming

When filming the B-roll for the dance videos everyone chipped in, grabbing a camera and shooting as many nice shots as possible. Then when is came to filming the interviews everyone had more defined roles. As the project manager, I asked the dancers the questions and stayed on the lead camera. Then, I had 2 more people on cameras filming from different angles. Here is a behind the scenes video I shot to showcase what it's like filming on location.