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Epic Lab co-finances horror film “House of Rooms”
We are pleased to announce that Epic Lab GmbH - Film Music & Scoring is partnering with German director and producer Alex Pfander to co-finance his horror film "House of Rooms" (working title), which is currently filming in Berlin. Be prepared for an entertaining...
5 ways to make your acting showreel stand out
As a director and casting director of short films, I regularly go through hundreds of actor profiles on platforms like Lacasting, Spotlight, Mandy, Castforward and many others. It always strikes me how little aspiring actors seem to be invested in their showreels. In...
Actress Anna Brochmann about filming “The Rest Cure”
Anna Brochmann is the lead actress in the literary short film drama "The Rest Cure". Epic Lab had the opportunity to talk with her about the filming process and the special challenge to depict the role of Alice, a character based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's novel...
Epic Lab responsible for “Digital concert” at Bachwochen Thun
In April of this year we were responsible for the "Digital Concert" film production of the Bachwochen Thun music festival. Released in September, this special concert format will make use of a newly developed video player called "SwipeKam", which allows audiences to...
New version of “The Rest Cure” released
Last year we went back into the editing bay together with film editor Austin Nordell, sound designer Jonathan Coomes and special effects artist Lucia Scianetti, to create an entirely new version of our 2016 literary low budget short film “The Rest Cure”. It has been...
The Location Manager – a race against time
Is it possible to create a shortfilm from scratch within one afternoon? The Location Manager served as a proof of concept for director and cinematographer Andreas Graf and actor Neville Jason Fahy who decided to make use of a free afternoon during the filming of the...
Creation of the music video “Der Steppenwolf”
In 2019 Helen Steinemann and Regula Dodds commissioned the composer Niklaus Vogel to compose a duo for two violins for their concert entitled “à la Mozart”. The resulting musical work "Steppenwolf" was premiered on October 19, 2019 in Ebikon and has already been...
The Sony A7 SIII – a love hate relationship for professional videographers
Jonathan Moy de Vitry is a filmmaker and the founder of RightHere/RightNow Productions, a team of Geneva-based artist-technicians infusing the best elements of classic cinema into modern media formats, from event videos and social media campaigns to livestreams and...
Quick Hack for Creating a Multiframe 3×2 Layout in Premiere Pro
My video project "Die Lockdown-Probe" is a satirical comedy about six musicians rehearsing online via Skype call. I wrote and filmed it during the coronavirus lockdown in spring 2020, and it officially premiered on New Year's Eve 2020 as part of the streaming program...
How music influences the perception of a scene
Exploring the effects of music and sound on the perception of motion picture has always fascinated me. This short clip is an example I put together just for fun, comparing two identical film excerpts with different music and sound effects applied. Depending on your...
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Film festivals & Awards
- 2015 Nevada International Film Festival, Gold Reel Award
- 2015 Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival
- 2015 Best Shorts Worldwide Competition, Award of Merit
- 2015 Yosemite International Film Festival, Official Finalist
- 2016 Irvine International Film Festival
- 2016 Honolulu Film Awards, Best Short Film
- 2016 California Film Awards, Silver Award
- 2016 Shnit International Shortfilmfestival
- 2019 Best Independents International Film Festival Karlsruhe
- 2020 Independent Days | 20th International Filmfestival
- 2020 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival