Duerremedia Production2025
Commercial Showreel
A fast-paced directorial showreel condensing automotive, fashion, and architectural visual storytelling into a unified cinematic rhythm.
Commercial Photography · Film · 3D CGI
Crafting Visual Stories & 3D Content for Premium Brands
Commercial Photography, Videography, and 3D Content Creation by Riccardo Riva.
Selected work
Projects
Alps Apparel Co.2025
Alps Brand Campaign
High-altitude commercial campaign capturing the harsh, elemental beauty of the Dolomites for an alpine technical apparel launch.
Maison Lumen2024
Lumen Atelier
A photorealistic 3D CGI design study exploring spatial illumination, physically based materials, and sculptural form for a luxury lighting maison.
The studio
Small by design. Precision from initial storyboard to final master.
Duerremedia is the visual practice of Riccardo Riva — photography, film, and 3D content for brands that care about how they are seen. Small by design, hands-on from concept to final grade.
Discipline
Commercial Stills, Cinema, 3D CGI
Location
Italy / Available Worldwide
Riccardo RivaDirector & Creative Producer
Workflow
Engineered for High-End Commercial Output
Every campaign is built on technical discipline, narrative clarity, and calibrated color science.
01 / Concept
Art Direction & Pre-Vis
Detailed moodboards, lighting setups, 3D pre-visualization, and shot lists tailored to the brand's identity.
02 / Execution
Precision Production
State-of-the-art camera packages, controlled studio or remote location lighting, and GPU-accelerated CGI rendering.
03 / Finishing
ACES Color & Delivery
Calibrated color grading in DaVinci Resolve, clean retouches, high-dynamic-range exports, and multi-format delivery.
Journal
From the journal
•2 min read
Understanding Light Quality: Direction, Softness and Falloff
How relative source size, inverse-square falloff, and shadow transitions define the sculptural identity of your frames.
LightingPhotographyCinematography
•2 min read
The 180-Degree Shutter Rule and Natural Motion Blur
Why timing exposure to double the frame rate creates organic cinematic cadence, and when deliberate rule-breaking serves the narrative.
CinematographyOpticsMotion
•2 min read
Physically Based Rendering: Mastering the Roughness-Metallic Pipeline
Demystifying microfacet theory, dielectric Fresnel reflectance, and why roughness maps are the authentic soul of 3D realism.
3D & CGIShadingRendering