A little hello from Trouville Festival. Yesterday was the first day of the kino workshop. Directors, actors and crew have presented themselves and explain what they were up to, so we can find the perfect match between what was needed and what could be done. It’s quite invigorating to get into that creative mood, everyone trying to help : Directors without project eager to help another in editing or as an actor, a security guard being an additional extra… Do it fast, fine and do it now ! And on top of it, you’ve got everynight a worthy show. And of course, all day long, tons of short-films to be seen in the good theatre of the Festival.

We’ve got a great help from Sony who let the directors use a bunch of HDV cameras, and the films will be seen on a 4k screen… Cool isn’t it ! I’ve been doing some fun make-up, some bruises, some devil and a nice bride… Tomorrow, I’ve been told about a junkie to create… Lots of fun I said, and my new friends, the sounds guys from “au fond à gauche“, who are here to help the different team won’t disagree… Come on, there are still lots of fun to have till next saturday…

2 September 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: Enjoy | 1 Commentaire

Tomorrow begins the 2007 edition of Trouville Off-courts festival. it’s a nice, creativ and dynamic festival about short-films. You can even try a kino, it’s a kind of workshop : teams are made to do a short-film in 48hours to be shown immediately within the festival. Everyone in the area is helpful and the word is “Have fun filming and give us fun !” Moreover, Sony is part of the fun this year… that sound good for you all filmmakers at the festival…

This winter i had the pleasure to work on l’astronaute, a short-film by Christian Laurence with great cast and crew. It’s part of the Import-export part of the festival : a director from Quebec is invited to film in Trouville, while a French one is invited to film in Quebec. This year, it’s Christian who has been able to come and shoot, and Chloé Micout, with whom I have often worked, has been filming in Quebec. Their films will be shown for the opening of the festival. I can’t wait to see both and meet the festival team (they really are passionate and friendly) and the cast and crew of the film… sweet memories coming back…

30 August 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: HD video, News, Enjoy | Pas de commentaires

I have surfing on the web these last days and discovered some nice sites for the ones who enjoyed art, drawing and so on.

• http://www.deviantart.com/
  a portal where you can find lots of artists and their work. quite various styles, anything you can fancy. You can follow the work of a particular artisst or just discover new things regularly.
• http://www.startdrawing.org/home
  Another portal, with things that are just amazing !!! If you like Asia and its very delicate art of painting, or his powerful modern style, do not hesitate a minute !
• Last but not list, a site that i cherish, along with the talented and so nice guy who put that on… http://www.sketchtravel.com/1 book, 50 artists, they have each one page to draw, with their ideas and style. The book has to travelled from hand to hand, all through the world. At the end, the book will be sold at auction for a charity, and be published for everyone can look at the pictures. Don’t miss the nice video they’ve made…

20 August 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: Enjoy | Pas de commentaires

Hi everyone,

after the open days at Sony France, I have been contacted to come and work on the demo reel they wanted for the camera : filming one fair skin guy with a dark skin lady, wearing black and white clothes, in different lights, to see how the camera would handle all these tricky situations that DP have to face regularly. We’ve been filming outside with a big sun, some more clouds, dawn, from big light to big shadow in one nice move… The day after was all indoor, working more in low-key and about contrast. Of course, we shot several times the same things to demonstrate the difference of each hypergamma.

The reel should be seen this autumn in Paris, i guess it will fly to the other Sony branch.
I used Temptu Aqua brand with my airbrush, a very matte foundation. Skin looks very velvety on screen. yummyyyy. We haven’t used any filters on that demo. It was just the talents skin, me and my so-loved airbrush.

Some photos (sorry, not HD quality… just for the fun and memory…)

15 August 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: HD video, News, Airbrush | Pas de commentaires

It’s been a while since i last wrote on the blog. But for a good reason : I moved to London the 21st July and then leave for Manchester area the day after to be the key make-up artist of an independant film, “A new beginning”, directed by Chee Keong Cheung. I was in a tiny motel in the very little city of Euxton Balshaw Lane for a few weeks, without any internet network, so…
Fun work (lots of injuries, I love that) but hard work because I have to follow the work of another team of make-up artists who did the previous weeks of filming in Hong-Kong. Another place, another way of working.
And I must say : waoooow, northern accent was not that easy to understand at the beginning !

The crew was nice and helpful, the cast quite impressive. We still have a few days to come to finish the filming. I am now in London, happy to find my boxes to tidy and my computer !

9 August 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: News | Pas de commentaires

Music lovers, this post is for you : i have found a great and simple site to listen to music, discovering new or older gold pieces, and above all, find music that suit your present mood.
You first choose the kind of music you would like to hear, then you can stricten your selection to a style : calm, energic, dark or positiv.
The flow appear on screen, like a mindmap, so you can check what is broadcasted. (one thing i have always regretted with the radio, is that i always miss the name of the artist…)
Musicovery. Please let me know if you liked it.

13 July 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: Enjoy | 1 Commentaire

I’ve had the pleasure to come to Sony France offices to admire their new HDcamera : the Cinealta F23. The target is clearly the high quality feature films, and no shame comparing to a film camera. The DOP who were there were pretty much impressed by the F23.
Tiffen was there too, letting the DOP try new filters they have developped to soften the skin when you shoot faces in HD. Without putting a noticeable effect on the overall image, it make the skin looks softier and more mate. Look for the HDTV/FX filters on Tiffen website for more details. I guess these filters will be my best friends for close-up in HD.

The purpose of the Sony event was also to show their new test room. They have build a little studio, nicely put by set decorators, so that DOP can check as many kind of light and effect they can with the camera and check if the camera they want would do the trick for their next project.

I was able to come one day and show the airbrush to the DOP and productions. The interest was there I can say.
Airbrush is making its way now, (at last) in France and you will see it more and more often on set.Very thin make-up, you cannot notice it on talents, especially men. So you get the most natural result possible, even on bad skin. Temptu has developped a special foundation giving a pure matt appearance for indoor filming, so you don’t have to fight all day with skin shining. I’ll show you what it’s like soon I hope on this blog.

I have also the pleasure to meet Mr Bogard, who run a well known company of material renting and a professional make-up shop in Paris. He told me about the fluid make-up from the Visiora brand (i love heir PC compact powder already) used diluted as a great airbrush foundation. I am to have a try… Love to test products ! i will keep you posted about it.
Have a nice WE.

30 June 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: HD video, News, Airbrush | 4 Commentaires

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Here is a little game for those who understand a bit of French. It’s based upon a little video i have worked on. It’s fun and can make you get in contact with other people who are also playing at the same time !
Enjoy and maybe meet French people online ! Brush up your massage skills with Amor Amor, a perfume by Cacharel !

22 June 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: News, Enjoy | Pas de commentaires

I am sure you’ve been fighting with some huge files to send, like you are preparing a shooting or a film, you want to show something, or, you have made a shooting, and need urgently some of the photos.
Send them through msn or mail is just a pain, need several mails, don’t go through, got blocked on the server…
well, check this site :www.pando.com.
A free software, an easy way to send or get your files. No more hassle, no more drama or time loss. Thanks Adrien for letting me know about it.

5 June 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: I love my Mac..., Useful | Pas de commentaires

You can now see two photos from Francesca Mantovani, for the Editions Stock :

Look at the book section to see them full size.

Franscesca is great to work with, very nice and sweet. She will make you at ease for the shooting. Want to see her work ? get here :Franscesca website.

30 May 2007 par Pascale | Catégorie: News | Pas de commentaires