CHILE (1990 & 2017) - Raúl Ruiz & Valeria Sarmiento
Locarno International Film Festival 2017 (Independent Critics Award for Best Director)
Film written and directed by Raúl Ruiz upon his return to Chile in 1990, but never ended.
In 2017 the film comes back to life and it is his widow Valeria Sarmiento who was in charge.
Various film cans were found around the world that served to ending this film.
Then our Post-Production work begins at Kiné Imágenes; Conformed, Stabilization, Restoration of the negatives and positives footage, which were very damaged by the passage of time. Follow the Color Correction and grading, Special Effects, Subtitles, DCP Creation.
Chilean Pavilion - Venice International Art Exhibition, Biennale 2022.
Collective and multidisciplinary project between various areas such as; cinema, architecture, science and culture, to propose the conservation of peat bogs in Patagonia, a type of wetland considered to be the most efficient natural ecosystem in accumulating carbon in the atmosphere.
Presented by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Chile at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, 2022.
Our participation in Riolab consisted into the editing and post-production of the 360º shots that were taken with an 8K camera, to have the best definition to be able to show all the details of this ecosystem. Composition work and perspective reconstruction to adapt it to the projection. We made animations, transitions, color correction and grading, etc. We work together with the Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor and the Franco-Chilean photo director Benjamín Echazarreta.
The project consisted of making a 360º projection inside a conical structure with fine profiles that supports a membrane composed of algae native to peat bogs and with a multi-channel sound system. Thanks to several video projectors that will rear project, the images over these translucent vegetal walls and the public that is inside will have the impression of being inside one of these peat bogs and immersing themselves in it. Plus, with multi-channel audio for surround sound and a truly immersive experience.
Participation in the shooting of a US commercial for Citibank and their card Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select Card. Incredible to see all the resources that were invested to carry out this project. Several weeks of shooting in different locations in Santiago and regions. Many people for the staff. Many trucks full of material at each location. The best cameras, optics, all the material in general. What a pleasure to work in these conditions!
My job as a special effects assistant consisted of making all the clean shots to be able to generate the plates for the FX. Taking photos and videos of textures, objects, people, etc. Everything useful for the post-production.
