MERCURY LABS

Directing the Narrative Short Film

Production Still from How to Kill a Pitch short film

Having just wrapped post-production on our short film “How to Kill a Pitch,” I’ve spent some time (mostly in a dark edit suite) thinking about narrative filmmaking and how it’s different than a lot of the flashy, graphics-heavy commercial work that we often produce for advertising and marketing campaigns. Technically, narrative filmmaking refers…


Join the RED Revolution

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With the RED ONE digital cinema camera, Mercury Labs has brought a bit of Hollywood to St. Louis. St. Louis has been on the map before with Judy Garland staring in the classic musical "Meet Me in St. Louis", with St. Louis actress Annie Wersching starring in “24”…


Assumptions Make an...

To say, at 24 "I will never… [insert anything here]" you are assuming (stupidly) that you are in control of what you will do for the rest of your life.


Tool Kit for Independent Film Producers

Mercury Labs Production Still

In the film/video production industry, it’s essential for the artisans of our craft to have their own tools of the trade, such as apple boxes, highboys, inkies, and c-stands. The clever lingo and list of equipment goes on and on.

But these aren’t the only film professionals that need to travel with a kit. For those of us Above the Line (a reference to the creative professionals such as director,…