Chris Bouchard
@ChrizBouchard
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Filmmaker, VFX & Virtual Production. Directing: Fan Film The Hunt For Gollum (2009) and a few indie flicks
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Our 2009 fan film lurks here for Tolkien bookworms and indie filmmakers. A true labour of love, we had a blast visualising a few moments in Middle-earth. Extremely excited now to hear about the new official Hunt for Gollum film that will be made!
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And our film is back already! We’ve had an interesting day to say the least. Grateful to WB for being so gracious. & love also to all the Tolkien fans who remembered us. We’re very excited though that
@andyserkis
himself will be telling this new story.
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We’re a bit surprised to see our film got blocked from YouTube, hope temporarily - we’re enquiring in case it can be reinstated as it’s clearly a non profit homage/fan effort. ❤️
After being up for 15 years and after accumulating over 13 million views, The Hunt For Gollum fan film on YouTube has been copyright striked by WB on the day of the official film’s announcement. 😔
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@prancingponypod
we’re happy to report our fan film seems to be back online! ❤️ (mega fans of PPP here)
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@ClaysCourt
Thanks for the support
@ClaysCourt
& all here, from the team who made it, means a lot. ❤️❤️ (Ps We are enquiring gently via YouTube in case it can be reinstated, in the spirit of openness, non profit film etc… let’s see
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@DiscussingFilm
We're the makers of this fan film and are feeling a bit sad to see it taken down. Hopeful this was a knee jerk reaction though, and it might be allowed to keep roaming the net in future... A labour of love project by fans for fans that it was :)
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@ClaysCourt
Happy to report the film is back. Seems to be. And all claims released! ❤️❤️❤️ THFGFanFilm will lurk again
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It’s a dark art screen writing, and Jantje Friese is a master of it... I am head over heals in love with Dark!
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Well we’re quite excited about the Hunt for Gollum Warner Bros film announcement! A few thoughts here 😎🙏🙏❤️
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It's
#DirectorShowreelDay
so here's my mashup including The Hunt for Gollum, Hackney's Finest and few unseen shorts
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Thanks for having me on the show
@TolkienGuide
@Trotter_Tolkien
@mr_under_hill_
A real pleasure chatting with you today.
Join
@TolkienGuide
,
@mr_under_hill_
,
@ChrizBouchard
and myself later today to talk about his involvement with the original "Hunt for Gollum" film,
#Tolkien
fandom, and what Chris has been up to.
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New interview about Welsh locations we used for
#thehuntforgollum
back in 2007! And some thoughts on Rings of Power. :)
@LOTRonPrime
@theoneringnet
@ringswrapup
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2018 and it's out on Amazon Prime! (for U.S. viewers)
@GravitasVOD
@Framestore
@TSeex
@TheAlabama3
@PorterPictures
@Screendaily
LONDON'S FINEST now on AMAZON PRIME (U.S. & Canada)
@PrimeVideo
. Catch a cracking crime caper for free if you're a subscriber
@HackneyMovie
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Just started shooting on the next Sci-Fi Fantasy feature film here in Paris...
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It's official - Hackney's Finest U.S. release coming up... retitled as London's Finest!
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Buzzfeed did a small bit of coverage on my films
@Framestore
@Gravitas
@hackneymovie
via
@buzzfeeders
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So London's Finest is out today in the US and Canada.
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It's out in AMC theatres this weekend (US) and Netflix later this year. a fun family project to co-direct on.
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Enjoyable day at NFTS last week looking at VR storytelling and binaural sound. The headsets have come a long way! thanks
@StoryfuturesA
😃
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Excited to be presenting The Hunt for Gollum to the Spanish Tolkien Society in Spain on Friday. Screening 12:00 Fri
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Coming Aug 17! Was a delight to co-direct genuine mermaid
@PoppyDrayton
and young talent
@loretoperalta1
on this.
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Just did an interview with the nice folks at
@FilmDebate
about London's Finest and a bit about
@MermaidMovie_
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The
@nytimes
have a lovely write up of the renewed interest in our fan film
#ThehuntforGollum
Pleasure to speak to
@Stefano_Montali
about it all
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@Directors_UK
Sure is - and tailored for experienced practicing HETV & Film directors this one!
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I’ll be speaking on this panel today about filmmaking with virtual production technology
At
@Festival_Cannes
, our Executive Producer Ben Lumsden will attend his second session: "Empowering Virtual Production with LED Technology" with
@ROE_Visual
and panellists Bruno Corsini, Chris Bouchard, Christina Caspers-Römer, and Nils Pauwels.
Details:
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Exciting to see the trailer released for a feature I co-directed on last year. The 'non-Disney' Little Mermaid!
So proud to finally share with you all 'The Little Mermaid' trailer, . A fairytale come true..
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It was a fine day as any in May to release a film! One we had a lot of fun making too. 🙏
3 May is seemingly a good date to release a film! On 3 May 2009, The Hunt for Gollum by
@ChrizBouchard
is released. It tells of Aragorn's quest to track down Gollum, and he also encounters elves, orcs and more! The film was released for free, on YouTube.
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Beautiful winter day on location yesterday with
@neiloseman
at the lens. Hard to believe this is in London.
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Presenting my director website! Newly updated with links, projects and all that stuff:
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5 minute test video
#VirtualProduction
tools with manual VCam controls in real-time engine...
#VirtualSet
#cinematography
#previsualization
#Cinematography
#realtimevfx
#realtimerendering
Very exciting to see what's now possible
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A radio interview I did just now with Geektown
Geektown Radio 127: ‘London’s Finest’ Director Chris Bouchard, UK TV News & UK TV Air…
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Have been developing a book adaptation on a
@BFI
&
@SkillsetSSC
backed initiative. Announcement soon
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Here it is - the full teaser trailer for
#DarkRising
(new TV show in development) just launched at Comic Con
#Producer
The official teaser
#Trailer
for
#DarkRising
- a bold new
#superhero
#TVseries
#indevelopment
for 2019. For access to exclusive first-look content, sign up on *Inquires to hello
@sdfilms
.co.uk
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Thanks for having me on the
@Geektown
show guys!
Geektown Radio 127: ‘London’s Finest’ Director Chris Bouchard, UK TV News & UK TV Air…
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Awesome virtual production short film by
@HaZ_Dulull
with DP
@ebenbolter
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@AndyBobMckee
Thanks for sharing. Totally agree this is the only and best way to cut drama, esp when shooting lots of takes, including improv/off script!
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Thank-you to all NHS and key workers soldiering on through these days
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Rewind to 2009 and I found this awesome review of THFG! Thanks to
@KenDenmead
at
@WIRED
for writing
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ps: the definitive best version of the film is now up here - recommended as better cut, sound and picture! ;-)
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Happy to take part as a Virtual Production Supervisor in this event. Was amazing fun!
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@bryantom61
@jburnmurdoch
@ONS
See
@ChrisGiles_
. He has said this new data exceeds his 44k estimate made yesterday, but he will recalculate later today. Let’s check back to be sure tho.
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Pretty awesome coverage here.
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Sad news about Ian Holm, he was a truly magnificent actor and wonderful Bilbo.
Having portrayed both Frodo and Bilbo in his lengthy career, this is very sad news indeed for the Tolkien community. Namárië!
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Had a blast at Comic Con presenting a new project I'm producing..
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Amazing VFX creature work here by some old friends at
@Framestore
and inspiring to see a faithful TV adaptation written so well by
@jackthorne
Really good piece on the precise and brilliant minds at
@framestore
, VFX guru Russel Dodgson and puppetry master Todd William-Jones, and the way they put together the daemons on
@darkmaterials
.
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I'll be on the panel for this Film industry event on Tuesday. Should be an interesting discussion!
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‘Cinematic VR is about creating memories...’ Fascinating event today thanks to
@ILMxLAB
@StoryFutures
creator of Vader Immortal
@mohenleo
Peaky Blinders
@russhar
and many more.
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Official Poster for our twist on Little Mermaid - August 17th! My involvement was as co-director and story co-writer)
@comingsoonnet
@PoppyDrayton
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Cool coverage of our new US trailer for London's Finest! Sober up, stay alive... hah
@TheAlabama3
@oconnellandlove
@Framestore
@Screendaily
Watch the exclusive new trailer for Chris Bouchard’s crime caper London’s Finest...
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Our talented
@NeerjaNaik
on radio: "Bumped into
@DJTrevorNelson
@BBCR1
talking about
@HackneyMovie
release 3 April”
http://t.co/uTUh4tHf5n
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A little radio interview “
@HackneyMovie
: 10 min. interview with at
@EastLondonRadio
about HACKNEY'S FINEST Premiere
http://t.co/RkvSMPt4V4”
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@NwSnapper
@DawnButlerBrent
Do you think this may have had some truth to it after all (about 999 not sending ambulances)?
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Live link:
http://t.co/tPXtoaqxBp
from 17:55 on Monday
@HackneyMovie
@NeerjaNaik
@sharmaRJN
@ArinAlldridge
@SeanPCronin
@TSeex
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Thanks to everyone who helped make
#HackneysFinest
it's Out TODAY (UK!)
http://t.co/uu62No1qUo
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@Acosta_Kike_
Using case numbers not useful (because we are not testing people in the UK). Can you make a similar graph using death rates instead?? Nobody seems to have done this yet...
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Ya está aquí la vídeo crítica de The Hunt for Gollum realizada por
@MagosyMedianos
¿No conocíais este impresionante fan film del Universo de El Señor de los Anillos? Os animamos a que conozcáis este maravilloso proyecto de
@ChrizBouchard
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Very proud!!HF shortlisted for Screen Awards 2015. Thanks to
@Trinity_Film
@Framestore
@EastEndFilmFest
@LondonLive
Hackney's Finest NOMINATED Best Home Ent Campaign of the Year! Thanks
@Screendaily
@Trinity_Film
http://t.co/IZWObV6nBw
#ScreenAwards
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Malta trip. A curious island and oft used film location.
#gladiator
and
#gameofthrones
filmed here.
@DingliTweets
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Lovely words from the
@TolkienSociety
thanks!
On this day in 2009: fan film The Hunt For Gollum is released. Directed by
@ChrizBouchard
, it tells the story of Aragorn trying to track down Gollum in Mirkwood. Released freely online, it has been seen 13 million times.
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@OlixOliver
@unity
@madewithunity
incredible work Oliver! Following along, this is defo something that could massively open to unity for film!
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Big thanks to
@cianmaher0
@Polygon
for mentioning our fan film
#thehuntforgollum
in this very in depth article, written by a dedicated lover of
@JRRTolkien
For
@Polygon
, I went longform on Tolkien's work in an attempt to dissect everything we know about the upcoming LOTR series. I have spent *so* much time buried in these books, so this was a pleasure to write:
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First visit to San Sebastián Film Fest to discover some new films..
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Introduction to the Hackney's Finest Premiere with Chris Bouchard
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Talking about using realtime engines for film making - and some examples of my lockdown projects...
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Amazon looking to base upcoming The Lord of the Rings series on the same material as our fan film the Hunt for Gollum?!?
Ultimately, given the pieces naturally in place thanks to
#Tolkien
, we can predict a significant milestone to be reached just in Season 1 - that pinnacle of the Appendix stories - the one made into a famous fan film in 2009:
THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM
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HF has UK distribution early 2015! “
@HackneyMovie
: Trinity acquires Hackney's Finest | News | Screen:
http://t.co/TlJZTT8l2X
@trinity_films
”
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Courage and honesty, finally from the BBC - I hope it works its way up to the cabinet!
Emily Maitlis praised as she slams 'misleading' language used amid coronavirus crisis
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@TeamYouTube
@fenrissasgard
Hi
@TeamYouTube
, yes I confirm we’d like to have this video restored on our channel. Also no email received stating reason for removal (?)
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@Torynotsorry1
@NwSnapper
@DawnButlerBrent
good to know it’s now back to full service at least! I hope she is doing well.
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@KatyHusby
@TolkienSociety
Actually Born of Hope was made by my friend
@ActorsatWork
. We did share a few orc costumes along the way but I can’t take any credit at all for that amazing film.
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more international releases of HF...
So far
#HackneysFinest
has been released in GB, Ireland, BeNeLux and Aus. NZ next week...
http://t.co/1tPi6P377o
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@OlixOliver
@unity
Curious what hardware needed to run this. Is it rendered real-time or with DR?
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@GillTarba
Hey thanks Tarba, we are aware, yes, but we don’t know who uploaded it or how to report it. We’d be happy for it to be on Amazon for free to be honest!
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@Bunny_B_MCR
@ChrisGiles_
@DHSCgovuk
Data Protection Act / privacy law stops community testing data being given to local authorities? Another predictable problem, likely made worse if it’s private companies doing pillar 2 testing without much gov supervision.
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Just seen Lady Macbeth - it is brilliant. Simply incredible!! It's out now in the U.S.
@LadyMacbethFilm
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Cool interview with Neerja Naik!!
Interview on
@HackneyMovie
w/
@easternKicks
http://t.co/oC8FcRUZpy
http://t.co/YZHgqBh6Tv
'I can now say random things in Pashto!'
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With the 'posture of a quaver', Fcking Funny man
@jesterjacobs
Joe Jacobs
@GenesisCinema
tonight
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11 HOURS TO GO “
@HackneyMovie
: Unleashed Tonight!!!
#HackneysFinest
Still few TKTS here
http://t.co/vlLJ4zFBh3”
@LondonLive
@TimeOutLondon
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@watchvideosoul
@tvaziri
Hadn’t notice but it’s a long lens for sure. Lot of long lens use in 80s and 90s flicks. That and humans seem have quite surprising variation in head size!
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@johndmerriman
@RebeccaCresta
@whatsoninmerton
@jackieschneider
@culturevult
@rODIUMrECORDS
@MertonChamber
@workthewind
@SomayehA
@Lindackirby
@JaniceHoward8
Hi John, I'd be glad to help if I can.
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Celebrating our finishing funds campaign last night! Thanks to all for supporting!
http://t.co/w7wtQ9nWt8
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