Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:28 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that Rio de Janeiro based creative studio Semear Filmes relied on a Blackmagic Design camera and post production workflow for the latest staging of “The Stories We Invent About Ourselves” (“Histórias que Inventamos sobre Nós”). In addition to capturing the celebrated live performance by the Esther Weitzman Dance Company, Semear Filmes produced a documentary providing an intimate, behind the scenes look at one of Brazil’s most respected contemporary dance ensembles.
Recorded at the historic Carlos Gomes Theater in Rio de Janeiro, the performance marked the company’s 26th anniversary and brought together 22 dancers from multiple generations to reflect on memory, identity, and the human body through movement. Specializing in capturing live performances with a cinematic perspective, Semear Filmes used Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K digital film cameras, as well as an iPhone equipped with the Blackmagic Camera app. The performance was produced by Semear Filmes’ Beatriz Oliveira and Angélica Oliveira, along with Sound Technician Jorge Cabide.
“‘The Stories We Invent About Ourselves’ is a deeply personal work about the layers of memory and identity we carry,” said Director and DP Guto Neto, owner of Semear Filmes. “To do justice to that intimacy on camera, I needed tools that were both technically powerful and artistically flexible. Also, as both director and operator, I needed a setup that was lightweight, unobtrusive and easy to maneuver, especially during rehearsals and backstage sequences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250812-01
Recorded at the historic Carlos Gomes Theater in Rio de Janeiro, the performance marked the company’s 26th anniversary and brought together 22 dancers from multiple generations to reflect on memory, identity, and the human body through movement. Specializing in capturing live performances with a cinematic perspective, Semear Filmes used Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K digital film cameras, as well as an iPhone equipped with the Blackmagic Camera app. The performance was produced by Semear Filmes’ Beatriz Oliveira and Angélica Oliveira, along with Sound Technician Jorge Cabide.
“‘The Stories We Invent About Ourselves’ is a deeply personal work about the layers of memory and identity we carry,” said Director and DP Guto Neto, owner of Semear Filmes. “To do justice to that intimacy on camera, I needed tools that were both technically powerful and artistically flexible. Also, as both director and operator, I needed a setup that was lightweight, unobtrusive and easy to maneuver, especially during rehearsals and backstage sequences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250812-01