Chad Narducci

“Trapped in the Cabin” aka “The Whispering Woods”⁠ ⁠ A year ago we shot this challenging film up in the mountain town of Frazier Park.⁠ ⁠ IT WAS SO COLD!⁠ ⁠ Aesthetically, Director @dereksulek and I wanted a very sharp and clean look. The Sony FX9 with Sigma Cine primes delivered. The lenses were incredibly clean, even at our shooting stop of T2/2.8. I owe 1st AC Bryce Souriall @groovymun for sticking with me through some of the most impossibly difficult focus pulling I could have thrown at him.⁠ ⁠ We had to deal with a snowstorm in the middle of production. While this created continuity issues, it did provide a beautiful scenic backdrop for our exteriors. This was my first experience shooting exterior nights with snow on the ground and it was particularly challenging to keep that “dark” feeling while still having enough light to see all the details we needed. The FX9’s remarkably clean high base made this possible on our tight budget and schedule.⁠ ⁠ Colorist @Coopershine at @Sugarstudiosla tied all the imagery together with an awesome take on the Kodak 2383 print LUT.⁠ ⁠ #SonyFX9 #Sigmacine #davinciresolve #cinematography

“Chaos on the Farm” This feature was shot with an incredibly ambitious schedule. Director @dereksulek and I spent days discusing the blocking in preproduction. We would literally place small figures representing the actors and the camera on a bluprint for nearly every scene and talk about all the possibilities. This saved so much time for him and I on set, allowing him to be with the actors more, and allowing me more time to finesse the lighting. The last two images are of the final sequence of the film with Jessica and Sam on the front stairs. In the scene, the sun was supposed to rise about 2/3 of the way through. We shot the wide master as the sun was setting, and again after the sun had set with just sky light. Once in coverage, were close enough to bring in a few 1K tungsten par lights to be our fake sunlight, while the light left in the sky gave us some great cool fill light. Thank you to everyone on the cast and crew for bringing their A game on this one. It truly shows in the final product! @fadetoblackfilms.la put together such a great team! And I cannot thank director/producer @dereksulek and producer @mechanicalghost14 enough for being a fantastic leader on this one and bringing out the best from that team! #reddigitalcinema #shotonred #zeisscameralenses #zeissstandardspeeds #davinciresolve #cinematography

“The Walls are Watching” - Thanks so much to the awesome team at @fadetoblackfilms.la for bringing me on to this feature and for pairing me with the amazing @brianherzlinger We had a few fun challenges on this one 😅 Thanks so much to my team as always for having my back, especially in the basement/crawlspace sequences! One of the most difficult lighting gags we had to create was a revolving light pattern that was supposed to be coming from a child’s night light. The catch was we had to see the effect in a wide shot, and the light had to be coming from the center of this 8’x10’ room. We ended up accomplishing the effect by using two gelled 1K fresnel lights with the lenses removed (open eye for the sharpest shadows possible). The lights were mounted in the ceiling and shined straight down into what was essentially a rotating disco ball with the custom star, sun, and moon shaped mirrors. The “disco ball” was then replaced with the real prop lamp in visual effects to finalize the effect. Ideally I would have loved to add two more 1ks in the ceiling to double the light shapes on the walls. #reddigitalcinema #shotonred #zeisscameralenses #zeisssuperspeeds #davinciresolve #cinematography

“All My Friends Keep Dying From Drugs" - Cami Petyn @cami.petyn Music Video This was a tough one to shoot due to the nature of the subject matter but I'm glad its finally out there in the world. If you haven't, please check out the music video as well Cami's new series "Why TF Don't We Talk About Addiction?" Thank you so much to the amazing cast and crew who helped bring this video to life! Concept by: @cami.petyn & @chadnarducci Director/Cinematographer: @chadnarducci Producer: @dereksulek Producer: @mechanicalghost14 Cast: YC: @katlynnegrace Steve: @anthonycasabiancaa Jenna: @ninamarcelo51 Cop #1: @mutation1 Cop #2: @natealbright26 Crew: 1st AD: Greg Seller Production Designer: @joecavdesign Camera Operator/Steadicam: @alex_vanputten 1st AC: @basmith86 2nd AC: @mmbush12 Stills Photographer: @ttlens Drone: @jackarmstrongfilm Gaffer: @scoopsnation Key Grip: @natecorys Hair and Makeup: @gabbygalindohair Transportation: Matt Ballard Covid Officer: @go4rainy PA: @_panamanianpapi_ PA: yaleapter Extra Casting: @marcella_bianca Stage Manager: Steve Wagner Camera & Lighting: @otm_cameralighting #shotonred #cinematography #cinematographer #filmconvert #anamorphic

It is finally out! We shot this video for @cami.petyn 's song TIRED months ago and I'm super exited to see it making it's way online!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ This was a massive passion project for me. We had so many looks and complicated transitions spread across our sets and shooting schedule, that it was so satisfying to see everything finally come together.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Literally every single person that worked on this brought so much enthusiasm and life to the project. Thank you all for making this happen!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Director/Cinematographer: @ChadNarducci ⁠⁠ Producer: @dereksulek ⁠⁠ 1st AD: @tr0jans1ug ⁠⁠ Choreographer: @eugeniardzp ⁠⁠ 1st AC: @basmith86 ⁠⁠ Gaffer: @kevininyrcho ⁠⁠ Key Grip: @helloitskip ⁠⁠ Dolly Grip: @coopershine ⁠⁠ Set Photographer: @ttlens ⁠⁠ Makeup: @fainafx ⁠⁠ Locations: @collierlandry ⁠⁠ PA: @yaleapter @mylestales ⁠⁠ VR Production: @bryantboon @starshotalpha ⁠⁠ Catering: @chefmichaelwarren ⁠⁠ Dancers: Eugenia Rodriguez, Raquel Fraticelli, Kia Ogawa, Camryn Eakes⁠⁠ Special thanks: @jooshfilms ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #director #directorofphotography #cinematographer #shotonRED #zeiss #davinciresolve #musicvideo #filmconvert

Shoot in the desert they said. It'll be fun they said...until it starts pouring freezing hail in the middle of your shoot. Fortunately we were still able to shoot a crazy cool video for the epic @kiss.flame ⁠⁠ Thanks so much to the amazing team that persevered through the hailstorm and made this video happen!⁠⁠ Band: @Kissflame , @arisjcoover , @J_diggety , @indiapascucci ⁠⁠ Model: @alia_monica ⁠⁠ Directors/Producers: @dereksulek & @chadnarducci ⁠⁠ DP: @Chadnarducci ⁠⁠ First AD: Jessica Szanjer: @jszajner13 ⁠⁠ Camera Operator: @coopershine ⁠⁠ AC: @groovymun Drone: @jackarmstrongfilm ⁠⁠ BTS: @ttlens HMU: @annalena_mua ⁠⁠ Stylist: @wearyourwhiskeyneat Production Assistant: @mylestales Locations: @turrentinestudios Catering: @chefmichaelwarren ⁠⁠ #⁠Cinematography #shotonred #zeiss #davinciresolve #filmconvert #musicvideo #desertshoot

Had an absolute blast directing and shooting "Is it Me?" for @cami.petyn Thanks so much to the team! You guys absolutely crushed it by making this small team feel like a huge production! AC: @basmith86 Gaffer: @kevinyrcho Key Grip: @tomjleduc BTS/art: @yaleapter PA: @ampihera #cinematographer #cinematography #directorofphotography #shotonred #zeiss #musicvideo #davinciresolve #filmconvert

Quarantined but still finding ways to be creative. Swipe to see the setup, the color grading steps, and a detail crop. I like to denoise almost everything I shoot on the A7sii as I find the noise unpleasant. I do always go back in at the end of the color grade and add grain as well as color with filmconvert to bring some textural life back into the image. I find that their grain feels much more organic and pleasant. #cinematography #cinematographer #directorofphotography #sonya7sii #sonyalpha #zeiss #davinciresolve #filmconvert

'Memphis Mood' I decided to shoot this little piece with @marcella_bianca to try to capture some of the strange feelings I felt while being cooped up in a hotel room for 2 months. Memphis is a very fun and beautiful city but it definitely carries this particular mood with it. #cinematography #cinematographer #directorofphotography #cooke #panasonic #varicam #davinciresolve #filmconvert #shortfilm #mood #blackandwhite #grain #grainisgood

Stills from a music video for Phantom by @jessiepaege It was a great experience working with Jessie and @baileypetracek developing the looks and bringing this song to life! Check it out on Youtube! Gaffer: @coopershine 1st AC: @groovymun #directorofphotography #cinematographer #cinematography #filmconvert #musicvideo #phantom #davinciresolve #shotonred

Happy Halloween! More horror!! Despite all of the challenges in shooting this project, I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Hopefully it gets a feature length version soon! 🤞🤞⁠ ⁠ We barely had enough light at the end of magic hour to shoot this transition shot but it worked out!⁠ Swipe for additional frames and a quick breakdown of my finishing color curve in resolve that I used for this project. ⁠ #directorofphotography #cinematography #doplife #cinematographer #shotonred #filmconvert #zeiss #davinciresolve #horror #horrormovies⁠

Recently did a job in NYC but had some free time to shoot some of my own stuff! Met some really cool people!⁠ ⁠ No lighting diagrams on this one so I figured that I could detail a bit of my color grading process specific to these shots. This was one of my more complex grades as I chose to color my A7s sony footage in an Arri LogC /Arri wide gamut color space. Learned this method from @juanmelara . He has some excellent resolve tutorials on YouTube. Check him out if you haven't already! ⁠ #directorofphotography #cinematographer #doplife #cinematography #filmconvert #davinciresolve #sony #zeiss #colorgrading #centralpark