I was the cinematographer on a commercial where we had to shoot a human scale smartphone (with actors impersonating the apps). 

To make our schedule, the art department needed to start building the set immediately, but we couldn't scout the location because the studio was in Lithuania, and we weren't.  

In under an hour, however, I was able to virtually build the stage and set in FrameForge which let me answer all the questions, and show the director and producers the shots we could do in this setup.

As expected, on the day of the shoot, everything worked perfectly, just as prevised!

Steeven Petitteville
Cinematographer

I used FrameForge numerous times on the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation then later on a feature film, Parasomnia. 

On the latter, it was especially invaluable in figuring out (and then explaining!) how to use four different cameras to create one seamless shot of someone walking off the top of a building and having us follow her all the way down to the collision with the pavement.

It's an amazingly flexible program that gets easier to use every year, yet allows the user to create more and more complex sequences.  Keep up the Great Work!

Christian Sebaldt, ASC, VES
Cinematographer

It does so such more than just solve potential technical problems--which it absolutely did. by the way on my latest feature--but for me, as a director, that's only part of its true value.

FrameForge also allows me to really explore every scene I used it on in ways I never could have without it.  By being able to move the camera around on my virtual “locations,” it always inspired me to push past my initial ideas for shots to find even more effective ones.

Mike van Diem
Academy Award® Winning Director

I've used it for the previsualization of stage setups for films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Dolby 3D, Red Tails...

The program is very intuitive for film makers and I greatly appreciate how accurate it is for layout and positioning. Everyone in a production could benefit from this.  Think of the needs of AD, Producers, Cinematographers, Art Directors, Casting, Wardrobe, Makeup...

Anyway - I love it.

Carl Miller
Cinematographer

FrameForge delivers all the things it promises: a user interface that is intuitive and fast, time and money savings by helping you communicate effectively with your crew, and guaranteed real-world attainable shots that traditional storyboards simply can't supply.

But even more than that, FrameForge gives me peace of mind.  Invariably I'd leave every shoot thinking "I wonder if that shot would have been more dynamic with a dolly move," or "It might have helped tell the story better if we shot that scene from a lower angle." With FrameForge, those regrets are gone because I know I've already played out every scenario, tinkering and tweaking every aspect of a scene until I know it's the best shot possible.

Sean Morris, director
907 Nomad Productions

FrameForge has been an invaluable tool through the years on all the shows I’ve done including Scrubs, Cougar Town and Hot and Bothered.

No matter how good you are at mentally translating a blueprint into an image of your shooting location, it’s never the same as being there. Once you arrive, you always find unexpected issues and limitations, not to mention happy accidents and inspiration.

But by building it first in FrameForge, you remove all that guesswork as it effectively takes you onto the set where you can play and experiment with placing actors and props to really mimic the actual stories you’ll be shooting.

Andrew H. Rawson
Director of Photography