THIN PLACES: Vilnius Cathedral

From 7th to 18th of January 2017 Audiovisual Arts Industry Incubator (AMII) together with a team from Huntington University (Indiana, USA) which was leaded by film producer Paul Nethercott, were implementing film project „Thin Places“ (,,Kalbančios sienos“). During that time the most marvelous saint places of Lithuania were filmed. Film crew visited five catholic churches, synagogue, orthodox church and one place without a roof- Hill of Crosses.

Vilnius Cathedral

The 2d filming day: we were making a recording and filming of G.F.Handel aria „DIGNARE“ which was performed by organs player Eglė Rudokaitė and soprano Emilė Ribokaitė in St. Casimir chapel of Vilnius Cathedral. This music piece will be used as a soundtrack of the film.

Video and audio were recorded by using 360 degrees fixing technologies also dolly and RED camera. 360 degrees sound technologies were set by Mantautas Krukauskas-  director of innovation center of Lithuanian academy of music and theatre.

All the filming days lights were set by an experienced and famous cameraman and gaffer Algimantas Mikutėnas who also was advising us on set, Inesa Kurklietytė worked as film director, DOP- Adomas Jablonskis, D.I.T./Focus Puller- Kęstutis Serulevičius, cameramen assistant- Nojus Drąsutis, Grip- Mindaugas Docaitis, Production Sound Mixer- Ramūnas Jasutis, steadicam- Valdas Čekuolis, editor- Ričardas Matačius. AMII residents from Huntington University in Indiana (USA) fully integrated in the team. We are proud of having worked with film producer Paul Nethercott and his students: director assistant Mary Devore, associate producer Paige Olivia Schreiber, assistant sound Richan Anderson, 2nd Camera Unit- Aaron Mattson and Riley Hendrickson.

The project is partly supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture, United States Embassy in Vilnius and Huntington University in Indiana (USA).