The Clancy Connection http://www.theclancyconnection.com Photographer, writer, journalist based in Co.Kilkenny Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Ah, I see what they did there… http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2012/01/ah-i-see-what-they-did-there/ http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2012/01/ah-i-see-what-they-did-there/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:31:21 +0000 Andrew Clancy http://www.theclancyconnection.com/?p=829 These visual FX videos are always something special to watch, but they’re also a bit worrying too.

Obviously some of the shots in this Boardwalk Empire fx reel could only be created by a computer.

But there are other, more simpler, shots such as the car driving into the Atlantic City Armory, that I was surprised with, thinking that a location could’ve easily been found.

But maybe for tax purposes it’s not possible for production to leave the area it’s in and if suitable locations can’t be found, they’ll be improvised.

But still, at what stage will directors start saying ’screw it, let’s do it all in post’?

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Thankfully though Canon gave this job to a guy named Jonathan Yi and the results are real funny.

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…is the one you have with you. It’s an old saying but I find it’s very true.

I bought a Canon HDSLR with the idea of using it for video and photography but I’ve ended up concentrating on video because of the beautiful results. This means my go-to picture camera is the one I have with me, my iPhone 3gs.

Some of my favourite pictures recently have been the ones I’ve taken with my phone, like the ones below. The combination of a reasonable quality camera, that’s always in your pocket, with an easy and effective editing app, can’t be beat.

It’s the same for a lot people, most have a ‘good’ camera that sits in a drawer, battery half charged and only ever brought out for special occasions. But it’s our camera phones that are capturing those spontaneous moments, every day, that we weren’t expecting.

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]]> http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/11/the-best-camera/feed/ 0 I’ve never seen it like this before… http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/11/ive-never-seen-it-like-this-before/ http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/11/ive-never-seen-it-like-this-before/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:07:04 +0000 Andrew Clancy http://www.theclancyconnection.com/?p=793 It’s shorts like this that make me appreciate how HDSLRs have changed how and who film things today.

This stunning video was shot off the coast of Co. Clare in Ireland, where I spent summers as a kid.

However this is a new view of it all for me as these guys got right into the water, the cliffs and the sea life thanks to the convenience and quality HDSLR video cameras.

There’s a nice sentiment behind the video too…

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]]> http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/11/ive-never-seen-it-like-this-before/feed/ 0 A Year in New York http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/10/a-year-in-new-york/ http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/10/a-year-in-new-york/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:09:13 +0000 Andrew Clancy http://www.theclancyconnection.com/?p=783 Living in New York I’d grab my Canon 7D, or S95, and shoot footage of what was going on around me. It seemed like a never ending project and you could stay filming life in New York for a long time

Eventually I put the camera down and started to edit. Here’s the end result, it’s a bit rough and ready but that’s life in the Big Apple I guess.

Turn up the volume on this one for the beautiful song ‘We Don’t Eat’ by Irishman James Vincent McMorrow.

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]]> http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/10/a-year-in-new-york/feed/ 0 My documentary Irish Voices http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/04/my-documentary-irish-voices/ http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/04/my-documentary-irish-voices/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:26:31 +0000 Andrew Clancy http://www.theclancyconnection.com/?p=774 Having worked on-air in radio for a number of years, my brain is hard-wired for sound and in particular the voice. Words like gravitas, timbre and resonance are used to try sum up what a great radio voice is and the subliminal effect the voice has on the listener.

When it came to shooting my final year film for college I wanted to get a grasp on all this. But the more I got into it the more the documentary was becoming just as much about Irish society and its voices.

I mean, just what is the right way to announce a death notice?
How would you keep the bidding at a cattle auction interesting?
What’s the best approach to shifting 30 units of housing in 30 seconds of radio ad time?
And why shouldn’t you sound too excited as a sports commentator if your local team score a goal in the first 10 minutes?

I’m reworking the documentary at the moment and polishing it up, with grading yet to be done.

Here’s a clip from it with thanks to Suzana Zalokar for her camera work.

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I digitized the company’s previous shows and movies, reviewed and edited them into clips and posted them on Apostle’s social media pages via whosay.com. I also helped with their new website, gathering video and other media for it.

The biggest edit project I undertook there was reworking the narrative of its 5-episode Comedy Central show Contest Searchlight to suit a ‘webisode’ format.

It’s now ‘airing’ on the Comedy Central site Atom.com, click here for the Contest Searchlight channel and the webisodes.

Or see the first episode here on Apostle’s vimeo page:

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As we moved into production I was given the role of Production Co-Ordinator where I was responsible for the organization of the talent, crew and location for the particular shoots. I also worked as a camerman on the episode below, capturing Emma as she ran in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

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With thanks to Athena Media

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]]> http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/04/my-work-with-athena-media-for-r-t-e/feed/ 0 My radio work http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/04/my-radio-work/ http://www.theclancyconnection.com/2011/04/my-radio-work/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:06:16 +0000 Andrew Clancy http://www.theclancyconnection.com/?p=724 After completing a journalism course I worked as a broadcast journalist and presenter from 1998 to 2000 with Tipp FM Radio in Clonmel, Ireland. Here’s a quick sample of the work I did.

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