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Footage from the series “Penned”
Written and Directed by Steven Pierce
Produced by James Allerdyce and Matt Mundy
Director of Photography - Igor Kropotov
I remember one of my first gigs as a professional DP was shooting a green-screen in someone's attic. It was maybe a 10 foot sqaure room at most and one of those where the ceiling was sloped by the roof above. Tight! It took a lot of tweaking, but I learned a lot and got it done.
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