Cinemaship Productions

25/04/2024

Well, we are so happy to finally be able to share our first documentary with you all today! Our first doc, “Rattled: Conserving Snakes in Appalachia” is a work of sheer joy. We spent seven days in the Appalachian Mountains with a group of reptile conversationists & experts hiking, climbing mountains (with gear), and searching for these snakes!

This conservation group known as, The Orianne Society has determined one apex predator to be of vital importance to the Appalachian region, yet it is facing tremendous challenges towards its conservation. It is an animal that we have felt threatened by, and have demonized for centuries, compromising our own capacity for understanding them. This animal is the Timber Rattlesnake.

Overall, it was an incredible experience! We want to shoot way more animal docs, and docs about people that care for animals.

If you want to watch it, we're leaving a link below.

Let us know your thoughts! If you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them.

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The Orianne Society has determined one apex predator to be of vital importance to the Appalachian region, yet it is facing tremendous challenges towards its ...

05/10/2023

It's been a long time, Facebook, but just because we haven't been talking doesn't mean that we haven't been busy. Here is one of the most recent ads we here at The Cinemaship have created for the renowned Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Mountain City, Georgia. They're an incredible international boarding school found in the northern most part of Georgia. It was a tough three-day shoot with lots of moving parts and an incredibly talented crew! We love shooting videos and everything involved in making them - pre-production, production, post-production - we love it all!

If you want to work together and start getting high-end videos that get results, then look no further than The Cinemaship.

This is "2023 "Meet Our Student, Marcelo" Rabun Gap Nacoochee School Ad" by Ryan O! on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

22/06/2023

We love how these shots came out from using the Canon EOS R6 with and a few weeks ago. To be honest, at the time, we didn’t know how this video, or these shots would turn out! Mainly for two reasons:
1) We shoot in RAW, or AppleProRes for the majority of our shoots as we love the extra room in post work (but really eats up our storage space!)and not a LOG profile, as well as
2) The client got a lot more wake boards, life preservers, skis, and more than what they thought we were going to, and we had to shoot it all!
We had much to shoot in such a short time, and it was “go, go, go.” Luckily, the main videographer kept a cool head and knew the shots they wanted and show to get them. We love how this green and gold look and grade turned out. We also absolutely love the amount of data that C-Log 2 captured in all these clips. Wow! We may be converted! Otherwise, we think these shots feel like a warm Summer day on a lake!
Videographer: Addison Brush
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Camera: Canon EOS R6
Lens: 24-70MM f2.8 L II USM, 70-200MM f2.8 L I IS USM
Codec: C-Log 2
Resolution: 4K
Aspect Ratio: 16x9
FPS: 24, 60, 120
Premiere Pro
“Surf’s Up” 🏄 // NEW WORK ALERT 🚨

15/06/2023

It Can’t All Be “Cool Stuff” 🧊🧊🧊// NEW WORK ALERT🚨
This line of work is, at times, very misleading about the type of shoots that one might often be doing. If you’ve ever taken a scroll down your feed on social media and you’re an amateur, or aspiring, or wannabe filmmaker, cinematographer, gaffer, actor, director, producer, or so on, then you’ll have seen the overwhelming amount of posts from people on here doing “cool stuff.” That kind of content for platforms like this pays the bills, and I don’t blame them, but that is neither here nor there. Then, one day, you’ll ask yourself, “Why am I not making cool stuff right now? Why are all these people making cool stuff and I (or we) aren’t?” Well, simply put, it can’t all be cool stuff.
We have a knack, ourselves included, for glorifying really cool stuff like dynamic camera movement, big blocking movements, incredible set design, epic locations, incredible color grading, fanciest new gear, but those opportunities, especially when you are starting out, are few and far between. Most of the time, you’re working with what you have in front of you. It’s not always going to be sexy. It’s not always going to be fun. And it’s definitely not always going to be cool. But, that doesn’t mean that you’ll never shoot cool stuff.
Cool stuff comes in time. After you’ve proved yourself, and you have a body of work, little cool things will begin to trickle into your life. After that, medium cool things and then eventually, if you stick with it, big cool stuff will show up. Lord knows where we were five years ago, and what we were shooting then. So, don’t get discouraged when you see all this cool stuff on here. Just save it, show up, work hard, prove yourself and one day you’ll shoot cool stuff.
Here’s some cool stuff we edited for America’s Home Place with those dope little DZO Pictor Zooms. We never thought we would ever work with such awesome lenses.
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12/06/2023

“Surf’s Up, Brah” 🏄 // NEW WORK ALERT 🚨
Camera: Canon EOS R5c
Lens: 24-70MM f2.8 L II USM, 70-200MM f2.8 L I IS USM
Format: C-Log 2.
No, this isn’t a shoot from Big Bear Lake or Santa Monica Pier in California, but part of an exciting product shoot, and testimonial video we helped did for the incredibly fun at Lake St. Louis. Though this kid does look like he was plucked from SoCal, he’s part of a team of talented water skiers that practice on that very lake. He, and others got to try out all the products from RAVE for the shoot and they had a blast doing so! Thanks to Addison for having us help out with shooting, and letting us help with coloring.
With a reflector, or bounce board, and some sun and a camera that has good dynamic range, you can capture a pretty great image. The colors are beautiful, and the kid has “the look” if you will to make it look great.
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08/06/2023

03/06/2023

“Dee Zee Oh - My!” 📷 // New Work Alert 🚨
We haven’t posted much in the past sixty days as we’ve been finishing up a gargantuan editing project. How gargantuan, you ask? 6 TBs worth of footage. That’s a lot! For any editor! It took a lot of work and time, but we were more than happy to help out the custom home building all-stars known as America’s Home Place with editing some of their videos.
These stills from their videos were shot on the DZO Pictor Zooms, and we absolutely fell in love with these lenses and their look. With a sharp focus, smooth focal fall off, and just enough character and texture in the lens to be interesting, but not blatant, it is easy to say this may be our favorite lens we’ve worked with. We know we’ve already sang the praises of the DZO Pictor Zooms, but that’s our chorus. Check ‘em out! We will be sharing a lot more of these videos that we edited.
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16/01/2023

“The Carb Load”🥖// OLD WORK
Another thing we don’t do too often is food photography, or regular photography for that matter, but when White Birch Provisions asks you to some of their menu items, you hop to it! They provided us with over 15 of their most popular baked goods, hot drinks as well as their cold drinks to take photos of one day. We can attest that all three of these foods you see were, and are delicious. Those foods are their pretzels, quiche, and blueberry muffins. The photographer, and the food stylist really enjoyed eating samples. The photographer - do we dare say, indulged - in eating those pretzels. He just couldn’t stop.
How’d we get these shots? We used a lot of natural light in combination with an Aputure 300dii with a soft box, and an Aputure 120d aimed at a bounce for fill. Each food, item, and ingredient was meticulously placed over and over again until it looked right. We wanted to make sure that it looked like the food was already served and as if people were already trying to get a bite of the food.
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08/11/2019

More often than not, when we get the email regarding "Say Goodbye, Grace" and it's submission into a film festival, the directors tell us that they loved the film, but unfortunately, the short was a little too long. This is that story.

It's not a surprise. We were told by other filmmakers, producers, and even our cinematographer, that the shorter your film is, the better the chance it has of getting into a festival. Obviously, festivals want to pack their time slots with as many films as possible. "Say Goodbye, Grace," our 27-minute short, earned a Finalist laurel from the Muscatine Independent Film Festival. Go check them out on November 8th!

07/11/2019

A week or so ago, we had the pleasure of shooting at Winding Stair Farms in North Carolina. They began with a farm, which is mostly devoted to pasture for Icelandic sheep and many breeds of chicken and other poultry and other farm animals. One acre is set aside for their garden and some serious heirloom vegetable production, as well as a glasshouse where almost all the produce is started from seed. They are also becoming a sought after destination for weddings.

If you're ever in the area, we highly suggest you check them out!

You can buy our poultry, eggs, produce, meat and other farm products at our local farmer’s market or at our farm shop, located at the Nursery.

05/11/2019

A few weeks ago, Ryan N. Olsen of Cinemaship, was invited to Rabun County High School in Northern Georgia to talk to multiple classes about his experiences in filmmaking and photography, getting clients, and how to be approached on social media for jobs. Congrats on educating students about filmmaking and encouraging them to go out and achieve what they want, Ryan!

24/10/2019

It looks like "Say Goodbye, Grace' picked up two more film festival laurels this past week: a nomination for "Best Director" and an "Honorable Mention." We're thrilled that the director was nominated for the film, and he was too! Maybe a win is in the future, but for now, he's grateful just for the nomination.

A massive shoutout to the incredible cast, crew, and producers!

11/10/2019

It's Friday, and we're grateful! We've had a lot of meeting these past few weeks. Three martini lunches, if you know what I mean. That's an old saying. We're excited about the upcoming opportunities! But, this weekend, go out to see a movie, eat some popcorn, and discuss if Marvel movies should or should not be considered cinema.

We'll see you next week! Stay creative!

09/10/2019

This weekend is your chance to see "Say Goodbye, Grace" Nebraska! Our little film will be showing at The Prarie Lights Film Festival on Friday, October 11th at The Grand Theater in Grand Island, Nebraska! It's a fun film festival with a lot of Nebraska filmmakers and creatives in attendance! We hope you can make it and see "Say Goodbye, Grace" on the big screen.

http://www.prairielightsfilmfest.com/2019/08/07/ryan-olsens-say-goodbye-grace-to-screen-at-plff/

08/10/2019

Whoa! Short notice, everyone! It looks like "Say Goodbye, Grace" got into the Tri-Cities Internation Film Festival in West Richland, Washington! How wonderful! If you plan on seeing this film (because you're obviously in the area), then know that the event is this October 11th, 12th, and 13th. The schedule isn't fully up yet, but check their website to see when "Say Goodbye, Grace" plays.

Another festival showing our little film? How tremendous.

07/10/2019

Wowza! Good Monday morning, voyagers! This week we've got, well, uh, hmmm... What? That can't be right. It looks like we have a week off. When was the last time that happened? Well, this post was easy.

But, we'll remind you of the Prairie Lights Film Festival and their screening of "Say Goodbye, Grace" this Friday. And tomorrow we'll tell you what film festival we just got into! But, before that, let's get this week started with some donuts and coffee!

30/09/2019

There comes a time for any artist when they will have to decide if their art is going to be a hobby or a career. We feel this quote fits that perfectly.

23/09/2019

Good Monday morning, creatives! We hope you had a wonderful weekend. We actually got around to seeing a movie this weekend as well. It was... interesting.

But, this week, we've got a video to finish up. Plus we will be starting to share some of the equipment we're working with now. We hope you like posts about cameras, lenses, and lights!

We hope you have donuts and coffee near you because this week will be a doozy. Let's get started!

20/09/2019

It's Friday, and we're working this weekend! We've got a music video to finish up! Go see a movie and eat some popcorn for us. Have a great weekend!

Cinemaship out.

20/09/2019

We pulled this tremendous review from one of our first commercials. This five-star review is short and sweet, just like this actress who worked with us back in 2015. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! In fact, we hired her for our suit commercial and hired her yet again for our short film. We highly suggest seeking her out if you need a professional, friendly, and talented actress.

Thanks for such a great review!

20/09/2019

Wowza! It looks like "Say Goodbye, Grace" earned the Silver Award Winner laurel at the 2019 Spotlight Short Film Awards! Do we actually get a bar of silver? That would really help us out with funding our next short film!

We can't believe it, but we've earned sixteen film festival laurels so far with this little film. And it's our first short film to boot! We're thrilled that so many people have gotten a chance to watch it. Our cast and crew worked so hard on it. We're glad it wasn't all in vain. Here's hoping to more laurels and more spectacular announcements!

18/09/2019

What are we working on? Well, a little while ago, we went and revisited Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center during a special event they had called, "Music on the Mountain." It's an event where local artists come on up the mountain and put on a show.

We had the extreme pleasure of working with the Foxfire Student program, a group of high school students working with Foxfire over the summer, in making a music video that night with one of the performers. The students came up with the shots, came up with the storyboards, and Foxfire staff provided the rest including cameras and lights. It was a fun time and everyone had a blast.

We're excited to get all these wonderful shots the kids got and put it together for them!

17/09/2019

We're getting ready to release Cinemaship Productions' 2019 Highlight Reel this Friday, and we can hardly contain ourselves. Are you ready?

16/09/2019

Sometimes in life, we seek answers we're not ready for. Always be prepared for the worst kind of truths.

16/09/2019

Good Monday morning, creative voyagers! We've got a big week planned for you! We will be releasing two videos: one is our one-week late 2019 Highlight Reel, and the other is a music video where we collaborated with some students in Georgia. We've also got more news on "Say Goodbye, Grace."

We're also working on a little reveal video for our newest, and latest equipment. We think you'll enjoy that if you're into games of any sort.

But, before we start off this big week, we need to make sure that you got coffee and donuts. Well? Do you? Good. Let's get this week started.

13/09/2019

Did you know we have a Vimeo account? You can check out some of our fun and fantastic work there. We will be uploading videos on Vimeo first before we start putting them on YouTube. Who knows? You may even find a few extra videos you can't find anywhere else on the Vimeo page.

Regardless, you should check us out, and if you have a Vimeo account, you should give us a follow too.

We are Cinemaship Productions, an award-winning video production company specializing in emotional, yet engaging videos that captivate customers and influence diverse…

13/09/2019

We apologize, but we had an unforseeably issue come up suddenly and because of it we did not get our 2019 Reel completed. We will rightfully point our fingers at Friday the 13th for this issue.

We will be uploading it, and sharing it with all of you next week. As a bonus we will be uploading a music video we shot as well next week for all of you to enjoy. Until then!

13/09/2019

Another tremendous review of Cinemaship Productions! This was by an amazing 1st assistant cameraman who has worked with us on our short film and a commercial or two in the past. He is a very busy member of the film crew community from coast to coast.

Thanks so much for the kind words and the rating!

11/09/2019

What are we working on this lovely Wednesday? Well, we're just adding the bells & whistles to our 2019 Highlight Reel. If a highlight reel is anything in terms of film & television, it's kinda like that flashback episode in a series where the characters look off-screen fondly with a twinkle in their eye remembering their favorite memories over the years. There's a lot of familiar faces we miss working with, a lot of crew we die to work with again, and a mountain of creativity to still climb.

You will be as thrilled as we are when you see our new reel! This year and the next are going to be something else. We can promise you that!

10/09/2019

Storytime! When we shot "Say Goodbye, Grace" there was a fight scene at the climax of the film, which was about two pages of descriptors or "black stuff' as Hollywood calls it. We had never shot a fight scene before, but we thought, "It's just like anything else, right?" All we have to do is gather the crew, the talent, and schedule everything appropriately. Well, yes and no. A fight scene, much like dialogue, has to be preconceived thoroughly and planned meticulously. But, not only that, the more types of a crew that need to be present for the scene adds to how long it's going to take to get the scene finished.

Let's imagine, you're shooting an intense three-page dialogue scene in a dining room with one coverage shot, two close-ups, two mediums, and two pans. Two cast members are talking to one another in a cynical tone at a dinner table, and one of them gets up and storms off, ending the scene. Obviously, besides the director, the producer, the cinematographer, grips, and sound, you have make-up, costume, and props working in the scene. This scene could take you 5 - 6 hours to shoot depending on your skill level, of course.

But, if you take that same scene, boil the dialogue down to one page and kept the shots the same during the dinner, but in the last two pages we add an action where one of the cast members tosses a plate at the others head, and then start fighting - as in clocking each other with their bare fists, falling over furniture, and moving from room to room, and where finally one gets stabbed in the side with a spork. You suddenly have added stunts, safety, wepon props, and special effects temas to the shoot. Of course, you'll have to reset every single time and make sure the continuity is the same in terms of clothes,hair, energy, expresions, and so on. Not to mention all the shots you can imagine during this scene.

It's also important to remember that during fight scenes, the shots go by much quicker because the scene and it's energy moves much faster. So, the enxt time you shoot a fight scene add the amount of crew, the amount of cast, the amount of shots, and multiply that by three and divide by 60 to get hour many hours you need to get an appropately scheduled fight scene.