COMPANY
Baltic Pine Films is a full spectrum production and service company with the UK, US, German and Scandinavian experience.
We develop our own projects. We facilitate wide range of foreign productions ranging from commercials and stills photography shoots to documentaries, TV dramas and feature films.
We connect local advertising agencies with foreign directors and post-production facilities.
We are located in the Latvian capital Riga. Company's MD is Sergei Serpuhov who has worked in production in the UK for 4 years and has been producing here in the Baltic for the last 9 years.
We develop our own projects. We facilitate wide range of foreign productions ranging from commercials and stills photography shoots to documentaries, TV dramas and feature films.
We connect local advertising agencies with foreign directors and post-production facilities.
We are located in the Latvian capital Riga. Company's MD is Sergei Serpuhov who has worked in production in the UK for 4 years and has been producing here in the Baltic for the last 9 years.
WHATEVER THE SCALE OF YOUR PRODUCTION IS WE CAN OFFER:
- Budgeting and research
- Location scouting and permits
- Regional and international casting
- Access to the best English-speaking crews and technicians in the region
- Access to the most experiences set designers and construction teams
- Modern and comfortable production office in the centre of Riga
- Access to visual and sound post-production facilities
- The best hotels at special rates
- Guides & chaperones
BPF IS ABOUT QUALITY PRODUCTIONS, REASONABLE COSTS, TRUSTWORTHINESS, COMMITMENT AND PUTTING OUR CLIENTS INTERESTS FIRST.
INDUSTRY
ADVANTAGES
- 40% cheaper than Prague
- Flexible hours for crew & cast
- Negotiable cast buy-outs
- No extra charge for weekends, public holidays and night shoots
- Politically stable, safe & non-unionized region
CREWS
The region has a good standard of English-speaking crews with multiple international productions behind their belts. 1st ADs, production designers, gaffers, camera departments, stunts, SFX are of international standards.
Crews are non-union and the costs are extremely competitive. No weekend, night or holiday premiums.
Crews are non-union and the costs are extremely competitive. No weekend, night or holiday premiums.
MOVING IMAGE POST-PRODUCTION
- Editing
- Keying, tracking, masking etc.
- SFX 3D animation and 2D animation
- Basic color correction
- Output on any format
- Film development and processing
SOUND POST-PRODUCTION
- Mixing and encoding in all DOLBY formats
- ADR recording
- Foley
- Digital sound editing
- Sound effects libraries selection
- Sound design
- Music recording and mixing
- Film dubbing
- Location sound recording
- Quality control screenings
- Cinema and TV production sound restoration
SPECIAL
- Wind tunnel
- Underwater filming
- Film-trained horses & other animals
EQUIPMENT
- 35 mm and 16 mm Arricam, Arriflex, Aaton Film Cameras
- Arri Alexa, Red Epic, Red Mx, Red Scarlet, Phantom High Speed, Weisscam High Speed Digital Cameras
- Sony HD Digital and Video Cameras Digital Still Canon 5D, 7D
- Wide range of lenses, incl. Hawk anamorphic
- Wide range of lighting
- Cranes, incl. Techno, dollies, gyro stabilizers, car rigs
- Tracking vehicles & Low loaders
- Helicams
CONSTRUCTION
- Experienced large scale set design and construction teams
- SFX set built
PROPS & COSTUMES
- Thousands of items of ancient, period and fantasy props and costumes are available for hire in our studio stores. More contemporary items are normally hired from the stores in the capital.
- Costume design and tailoring.
PROSTHETICS & WIGS
- Cuts, wounds, blood, burns, deformations or any other effects can be created
- There are several wig-making stores in our studios
SFX
- Pneumatic and hydraulic effects: air ramps, catapults for cars
- Mechanical effects: constructions to collapse, wiring, ratchets
- Floor effects: rain, snow, wind, fog etc.
- Pyrotechnical effects: explosions, fire, bullet hits etc.
- Model effects design and construction, animatronics
WELL, LOOK NO FURTHER. RIGA HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER, WELL-DEVELOPED INDUSTRY AND THE COSTS ARE AMONG LOWEST IN EUROPE.
SHOOTING HERE IS JUST LIKE SHOOTING IN PRAGUE. ONLY RIGA IS A BIT SMALLER AND IT IS STILL BEING DISCOVERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCERS LOOKING FOR NEW INTERESTING AND COST-EFFECTIVE PLACES TO SHOOT.
