Budgets are out of control. Bureaucracy and marketing drive the creative process. Productions no longer make money during their initial release, but depend on ancillary markets to put them into the black, and that gap grows wider every day.
Digital production is here, and it is the wave of the future. HD cameras are becoming more cost effective by the hour, epics can be composed on a home computer, and electronic images are now virtually indistinguishable from film.
Pirate Pictures is dedicated to bringing experienced production to the Midwest and we are riding that digital wave. Trained in Los Angeles, our St. Louis-based production company is creating shorts, music videos, multi-media projects and features with astonishing quality and production value. We can tackle anything, big or small, and if you want it to fly or explode, we can do that, too.
Drawing on crew and disciplines from all areas, we approach production with a flexible attitude and an open mind - as well as a love of films. They can be fun, profitable, and engage the mind. They can also be made in a less stressful, user-friendly environment, not a pressure cooker.
Come aboard Pirate Pictures and set sail for creative horizons you haven't dreamt of since you were a kid.• {march 2008} Composers Patrick Savage & Holeg Spies begin work on "SHADOWLAND
• {march 2008} "Guardian of the Realm" released in South Africa
• {feb 2008} "SHADOWLAND" screened for AFI audience.[more]
• {feb 2008} "Guardian of the Realm" released in Germany
• {jan 2008} St. Louis test Screening of "SHADOWLAND" a success.
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