For some filmmakers, the showreel is the most important tool in their arsenal and to a certain extent we all check reels before we choose […]
Author: Shaz
FLOATING CIRCLES QUARTET – New Music Video by Cinema Iloobia
A hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation for the track ‘White ‘n’ Fluffy’ by Floating Circles Quartet. The animation was inspired by the work of Oskar […]
APERTURE ZERO – 02. Glazed Youth
Words and pictures by Merik. 02. Glazed Youth Should he try to meet her glazed gaze through the glass? The girl has no expression, but […]
‘WATCH’ page is here!
So after much conversation, we’ve re-opened the ‘WATCH’ page on our site. We’re very happy to start processing through years of work and presenting what […]
In Conversation: SERGIO INGRAVALLE
Sergio Ingravalle’s watercolour & pencil illustrations of footballers are famous the world over, and as footy fans, we just love them. But his personal work; […]
Behind The Lens with Producer & Director, WILL FRANCOME
We had the pleasure of sharing offices with Director / Producer, Will Francome and his Reel Nice production crew many years ago in London Bridge. […]
Behind The Lens with NAOR ELIMELECH
Naor is a shooting director who was a massive part of one of our most difficult but satisfying productions over the years: SOKA AFRIKA. It’s […]
Introducing: APERTURE ZERO
APERTURE ZERO is a series of photo stories we’ll be previewing over the coming months. We won’t be giving too much away, but lots of […]
Burmese Daze: YANGON ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK
Having run a creative studio now for a number of years, I’m always looking for a dose of inspiration. If you can find it in […]
CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Stock Footage Giveaway
Have some free 4k (4096 x 2160) shots of the Pacific Northwest Beach on us. That’s 9 free individual stock footage shots that include a […]
Storytelling Styles With Ian Mutch
“I live near forests and a beautiful coastline so there’s plenty to see and discover close by…I like to study the micro worlds…bugs, shells and […]
Rebuilding Through Disaster
After ten years of living in South-East Asia, approx 4 months of lockdown and a long plane journey back to London where it all started, […]
Fresh Weekly Music: DON GRIZZ
We go wayback with DON GRIZZ. From early OPEN SAUCE nights in East London, to seeing him play shows at the WHITECHAPEL GALLERY with IXA. […]
Burmese Daze: PORTRAITURE FROM MYANMAR
I’ve enjoyed travelling around Myanmar over the last few years. I first visited in 2013 for the Yangon Photo Festival where I met an array […]
#WORKINPROGRESS – AEROTROPICAL and How To Brand A Defunct Semi-Fictional Airline.
AEROTROPICAL is a small #WIP project we are running at the moment. It’s just an idea we like and myself and Ryo came up with […]
Notes From The Edit: SODO EXPRESS pt.2
With the trailer released we inch closer to picture lock on the edit. With SODO EXPRESS and the miniscule budget we’ve been playing with, we […]
SODO EXPRESS: Trailer
Our latest film SODO EXPRESS gets closer to the finishing line… …which still means a lot of work which includes conceptualising and executing graphics. Finalising […]
CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Footage Giveaway
WE’RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR NEW MONTHLY CUTPACKS GIVEAWAY. That means every month we’ll be giving away, for free, a themed bundle […]
Jakarta Street Portraiture
As my time winds down in Jakarta, Indonesia and we slowly enter the ‘new normal’ and exit what feels like round one of Covid, i’m […]
5 FRAMES WITH A TOYOCA-S
There I was in Seattle, the Shot On Film Store trying my hardest to get my Nikon FE2 fixed. It wasn’t happening. The drop it […]
Notes From the Edit: GHOST AMBER
GHOST AMBER is the latest film from our long term collaborator and crew member Tim ‘Cinema Iloobia’ Grabham. Currently the production is in lockdown thanks […]
#30DayAnimationChallenge
Tim ‘cinema iloobia’ Grabham is keeping busy with a #30dayanimationchallenge. “Grabbing scraps from around the studio can be surprisingly fruitful when you add a little […]
STICKERBOMB STICK AND SKATE BOOK RELEASE POSTPONED
STICK AND SKATE Stick and Skate is an irresistible collection of artwork and stickers from iconic brands including Flip, Chocolate, Almost and HUF. Featuring interviews, photographs […]
Notes From the Edit: SODO EXPRESS
DEEP IN THE EDIT We’re deep in post production on our latest indie film SODO EXPRESS and working on this has been one of the […]
5 Films Sites Worth Checking Out
There’s thousands of blogs, film sites, filmmaker resources out there, but here’s 5 sites we actually look at for inspiration and resources and actually care […]
SHORT FILM: SHUTTERBUG
Time To Make A Short It’s never that easy to make a short film. Whether it be an abstract piece or have a very traditional […]
Six Free Shots Ready To Use
So at Studio Rarekind we take editing, video and imagery quite seriously and as much as I would love to say we’ve gone through all […]
Getting Creative With Stock
‘How do you make compelling content if you are a small business or individual?’ – the answer is stock video. Shooting can be expensive and […]
Hello My Name is..
I’m Shazdirector (real name Suridh Simon Hassan) and I’m the co-founder, co-creator and co-conspirator at Studio Rarekind, Stickerbomb and stock video site Cutpacks.com. I’ve been making films and […]
Case Study: NIKE | Diversity & Inclusion
“At Nike, Diversity and inclusion is what drives creativity and innovation… ..it takes every one of our over 30000 employees working at the top of […]
SHOOTING CITIES: Moving from Seattle to Jakarta
MOVING CITIES I recently moved from Seattle, USA back to Jakarta, Indonesia and have been thinking a lot about the similarities and differences between these […]
Case Study: IPSOS
It’s sometimes hard to understand what research companies like IPSOS do but we’ve completed a lot of shoots in the field on behalf of them […]
Case Study: LEVI’S
Levi’s is a business we all wanted to collaborate with and through our artist network and book series STICKERBOMB, we had a wonderful opportunity to […]
Paper Stock | Giclée & C Type photographic printing
For most of my prints I tend to use Hahnemühle Bamboo paper. It’s the first fine art inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres and not […]
In Transition – Moving from Documentary to Fiction Filmmaking.
Documentary has always been the most natural way for me to make films. Documenting and filming friends and family in the music and art scenes […]
LayRoots – Estate Planning For Creatives
Estate planning. It’s the new thing in my life. Having a kid switched up a lot. Now there’s not just me and my missus plus […]