Rick Roberts : Writer, Producer and Director
Peter Bluck: Director of Photography and Editor
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Rick Roberts : Writer, Producer and Director
Peter Bluck: Director of Photography and Editor
Rick Roberts started making and directing short films in 1992 as a bit of fun, having been interested in film making since a young age. In making these film shorts Rick has directed, produced and done camera work, although his main interest is directing.
Rick started ‘Fire in the Hole Productions’ in 1997, after the filming of Saving Private Ryan, from which he was able to obtain a number of props. Rick then moved on to HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (2000 / 2001), CBS’ War Pilot “Sam’s Circus” (2001) and later played a major role in filming BBC Documentaries’ “Journeys” (2002). Rick has also worked on D-Day 6.6.44 (2003) for Dangerous films, a drama documentary that was broadcast on the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
Although “ Fire In The Hole Productions” has concentrated mainly on wartime interests Rick has undertaken several other projects including “Music of our Times”, a concert film shot on location at the Royal Albert Hall.
Over the past few years Rick has helped friends, colleagues, students and small production companies with film advice and “hands-on” support.
Filming See It Through was a fantastic experience. It became very obvious from the first day we were making something really special. Rick, the director had spent years working on the script and the attention to detail was very impressive. Filming took place at Pippingford Park (home to some 300 wild deer) in the heart of Ashdown Forest. We were blessed with good weather, apart from one day when it rained continuously (we still filmed). Ray Warby, an experienced film maker came on board as a second cameraman. We decided early on to deliberately under expose the film by at least one stop. This gave the film a darker more gritty feel. The three main action sequences were filmed on bright sunny days which allowed us to shoot at very high shutter speeds (3200). In post production we could freeze frame as the bullets were being ejected from the magazines and actually read the writing on the bullets. Five years ago, I worked on a showreel for the Hollywood composer Christopher Page (Columbo, Magnum PI, Hawaii Five O). Chris allowed us to use his library of music and then put us in touch with a sound effects company in Canada who in turn gave us over 30 CD's of WW2 effects. With such a wealth of sound effects, Rick and I decided to strip the existing soundtrack on the film and start again. Six months later and with over 2000 sound effects in place, we had completed the film. My personal thanks to Chris Page for his generous gift re the CD's and to Ray Warby who like myself, genuinely believed in the project.
Peter Bluck
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