Photography and film

Ontario Power Generation.

Photography and film from inside active power generation facilities, delivered in a single production. Lumen Narrative was technical producer and location manager, supplying the equipment, lighting and gear and running the technical side for director Justin Poulsen.

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One visit, stills and film.

Access is controlled, schedules cannot bend around a crew, and the material has to represent a public utility responsibly.

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The problem

Photographing and filming inside active power generation facilities. These are environments built for safety and continuity rather than for cameras: access is controlled, schedules cannot bend around a crew, and the material has to represent a public utility responsibly.

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What we made

A single production delivering both photography and motion from OPG sites. Lumen was technical producer and location manager. We supplied the equipment, lighting and gear, and handled site access, scheduling, crew logistics and the running order that let one visit produce both the stills and the film.

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Why it works

Restricted environments are the norm in science and technology work. Laboratories, hospitals, clean rooms and manufacturing floors all carry the same constraints, and the discipline that gets a crew safely and productively through a generating station is the discipline that gets one through any of them. Inside a generating station there is no second visit: the right gear, the right light and the plan had to be on site the first time, and that was our job.

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