PRASHANTT RAI cinematographer » BARRANDOV STUDIO http://www.storyinframes.com storyinframes Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:57:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Barrandov Studio 2006 http://www.storyinframes.com/archives/2009/06/24/barrandov-studio-2006/ http://www.storyinframes.com/archives/2009/06/24/barrandov-studio-2006/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:43:45 +0000 admin http://www.storyinframes.com/?p=438 A memorable trip to Barrandov studio in the winters organised by Michael Gahut, my cinematography instructor. A state of the art film production facility, Barrandov is Europe’s biggest studio lot. If you are filming here you don’t need to step out anywhere else.

Of all the facilities what fascinated me the most was the hygiene [...]]]> BarrandovA memorable trip to Barrandov studio in the winters organised by Michael Gahut, my cinematography instructor. A state of the art film production facility, Barrandov is Europe’s biggest studio lot. If you are filming here you don’t need to step out anywhere else.

Of all the facilities what fascinated me the most was the hygiene of the film processing lab. Thermo sensors reading to hundredth of decimal in the tanks to maintain the accuracy of processing.

Casino Royale was being filmed at Barrandov those days. The Block behind me was where they had erected sets for interior shots. Ki Nan, self, and Teddy had a great day.

17032006(022)The walk back to the nearest tram station was memorable. Unfortunately, I can’t produce those jokes and songs for fear of lawsuit :-) -My Name is ……I am no electrician!

Kinan and Teddy must have got it. Cheers guys.

 

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I held an audition in the school premises and was surprised at the response I got for “No Pay” roles that I offered. Many male Americans applied for the English speaking part of Devil and a mix of American and Czech girls applied for the role of Angel. I will skip the casting episode as of now because I did ruffle feathers of some seasoned American actors who did small significant parts whenever a major Hollywood production came to Prague…

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