Chris Bouchard

Filmmaker, VFX & Virtual Production. Directing: Fan Film The Hunt For Gollum (2009) and a few indie flicks

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

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!
https://t.co/t320uyaN9l

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@MGMarano Ah - if they hadn’t already got one of the most appropriate directors imaginable, (Gollum himself!) I’d say ‘why not’. 🤣 You’re a kind fellow, thanks for watching.

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

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 https://t.co/OVD7oifrmd

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

I’ll be speaking on this panel today about filmmaking with virtual production technology

[Dimension Studio @dimensionstudio]

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: https://t.co/nwDfoMaTg3

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

Thanks for having me on the show @TolkienGuide @Trotter_Tolkien @mr_under_hill_ A real pleasure chatting with you today.

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

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. https://t.co/u29tWXvt97

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@ClaysCourt Happy to report the film is back. Seems to be. And all claims released! ❤️❤️❤️ THFGFanFilm will lurk again https://t.co/6rYLF3bmmL

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@prancingponypod we’re happy to report our fan film seems to be back online! ❤️ (mega fans of PPP here)

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@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 :)

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@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

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

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. ❤️

[Celeborn @ClaysCourt]

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. 😔

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

Well we’re quite excited about the Hunt for Gollum Warner Bros film announcement! A few thoughts here 😎🙏🙏❤️

https://t.co/BNngQqtoXd

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@Directors_UK Sure is - and tailored for experienced practicing HETV & Film directors this one!

[Directors UK @Directors_UK]

Great opportunity here! 👇🏼

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

Great opportunity for drama Directors, DPs, Designers and Producers to do a shoot with the latest virtual production tech @_FinalPixel and @ARRIChannel LED volume in London! Deadline 17th November.

[Final Pixel Academy @_FPAcademy]

FP Academy in partnership with @arri Stage London & @ukscreenskils will be running two taster sessions funded by the HETV & Film Skills Fund.

Online: Dec 5, 2023
Live: Dec 7 & 8, 2023
APPLY TODAY: https://t.co/oRfQ6PV4jt

#virtualproduction #icvfx #upskilling

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@JohnDower @Directors_UK Looking forward to discussing this with you John!

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

Happy to take part as a Virtual Production Supervisor in this event. Was amazing fun!

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

@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!

[Julia Yorks @juliayorks]

When you're hired to write a feature, you usually get 12 weeks contractually to turn around the actual draft.

Here's my typical timeline of working on a project from start to finish which, as you'll see, can be somewhat atypical!

[Chris Bouchard @ChrizBouchard]

New interview about Welsh locations we used for #thehuntforgollum back in 2007! And some thoughts on Rings of Power. :) @LOTRonPrime @theoneringnet @ringswrapup https://t.co/I7UOVLE3RC