The Odyssey of Cartier

“L’Odyssée de Cartier” is a short film directed by Bruno Aveillan with outstanding VFX. With a budget of more than 5 Million US dollars and two years of work, the 3’30 film explores the Cartier fine jeweller’s archives and the 165 years of history moved by its passion for creation and for interacting with the world’s cultures.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Martin in News, Short Movies Leave a comment

“Altissimo. Changes in pace.” A 3000 meters Timelapse

Cinematographers Patryk Kizny, Robert Paluch and Fabian Weber joined toguether to shoot “Altissimo. Changes in pace”. Filmed in the Swiss alps this motion-controlled timelapse was shot with the Canon 5DMII and the Canon 7D and the DitoGear™ OmniSlider.

Amazing views of boiling clouds from the highest mountain peaks, landscapes of the glacier of Saas Fee and other locations develop into much more abstract audiovisual form along with the weather changes. The film is also a tribute to free of light pollution places featuring fantastic views of the MilkyWay.

The short timelapse film “Altissimo” has been shot entirely with the motion-controlled timelapse technique. The team shot over 45 000 single frames (over 700 GB of RAW data) using a few cameras in various locations of Switzerland during a one-week stay in Switzerland in May, 20111.

Kizny and Paluch are also creators of the motion-control equipment they use- the DitoGear™ OmniSlider, which is a precise device allowing to move the camera very slowly while shooting still images.

If you look carefully, you’ll discover that a very long timelapse sequence spanning across over 2 days has been used, although it was cut for dramatic purposes.

The film is not only an example of great timelapse cinematography skills, but also a refined in every detail post-production and tasty music choice.

Production:
LookyCreative

Cinematography:
Patryk Kizny
Robert Paluch
Fabian Weber

Editing and grading:
Patryk Kizny

Music:
The Cinematic Orchestra – Evolution II (Mr. P remix)
Written by Jason Swinscoe, Phil France, Patrick Carpenter
Published by Just Isn’t Music
(P) Ninja Tune 2002 – Licensed Courtesy of Ninja Tune

Motion Control Timelapse Setup

Motion-controlled timelapse sequences shot on DitoGear™ OmniSlider. Learn more at ditogear.com
Footage available for licensing in 4K Digital Cinema.
For press, licensing or projects inquiries please contact looky@lookycreative.com

Follow Patryk Kizny:
Twitter.com/pacocreative
Vimeo.com/pacocreative
Facebook.com/pacocreative

Follow Fabian Weber:
Fabianweber.com
Twitter.com/weberfabian
Vimeo.com/fabianweber
Facebook.com/weberfabian

Follow LookyCreative:
Lookycreative.com
Twitter.com/lookycreative
Vimeo.com/channels/lookycreative

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Martin in Cameras, Canon, DSLR, Gear, Short Movies, Techniques, Timelapses, Video 1 Comment

Night Motion Timelapse by Daniel Lowe

Another amazing timelapse made by filmmaker and cinematographer Daniel Lowe.

There are two shots of the Stumpy Point wildfire that has been burning in eastern North Carolina, U.S. for some time now. Most of the shots have wisps of smoke in the air from this fire. The lighthouse is Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest in North America.

Photo by Daniel Lowe

The light streaks you see in the Milky Way shots are shooting stars, no airplanes this time. Shooting stars & meteors happen all the time all over planet Earth; you can’t see them except in the darkest skies. Especially look for them right before dawn (in the film & real life), they seem to increase in frequency at that time.

Gear:
Canon 5DmkII (one BTS w/Canon 7D & 16-35mm)
Canon 24mm f/1.4 lens rented from BorrowLenses.com
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II-L lens
Tiffen UV filters
Pearstone ShutterBoss remote timer

MX2 controller from Dynamic Perception
Orion AZ-G telescope pan/tilt mount
(Orion controlled with MX2 unit and custom interface cable)
Dynamic Perception Stage Zero 6 ft. motion control dolly
2 Aluratek ADMPFB100 external battery packs
Manfrotto 460MG 3D Magnesium Head
Manfrotto quick release plate used w/Orion
Universal Ball Head
2 Sunpak 6600DX tripods

All photo gear purchased from bhphotovideo.com

You can order still prints and postcards of Daniel Lowe work here Fineartamerica.com

More about Daniel Lowe:
DanielDragonFilms.com
Twitter.com/Daniel_Dragon

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Martin in Cameras, Canon, DSLR, Gear, Short Movies, Techniques, Timelapses, Video Leave a comment

Cinematographer Stephen Murphy presenting “Mrs. Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room”

Award winning Cinematographer Stephen Murphy, known for numerous features films as a cameraman and steadicam operator, is presenting here his last creation as Director of Photography: Read more

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Martin in Cameras, Entertainment, Interviews, News, RED, Short Movies, Video Leave a comment

“The 3rd Letter” directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys

The 3rd Letter is a short movie directed by Polish visual FX artist Grzegorz ‘Greg’ Jonkajtys . Greg is known from the incredible post apocalyptic short The Ark which was an official selection selection at Cannes a few years back. The short movie was shot on a Canon 5D MarkII. Despite the issues they encountered with the 5D Mark II, Jonkajtys and Koch were pleased with the outcome.

I couldn’t be happier, to be honest,

said Cinematographer Bastiaan Koch.

In the end we got beautiful footage that looks very much like film out of a very inexpensive camera. We saved a lot of money and were able to shoot in locations that would’ve been off-limits to us if we were using cinema cameras.

The 3rd Letter

Starring Rodrigo Lopresti
Presented by Marauder Film
Directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys
Written by Grzegorz Jonkajtys & Bastiaan Koch
Produced by Bastiaan Koch
Cinematography by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Bastiaan Koch
Sound Design by Andrew Duncan: playplayplay.org
Original Score by Audrey Riley & hithmedia.com

Official website: the3rdletter.com
Grzegorz Jonkajtys: jonkajtysfilm.com
Production Company: marauderfilm.com

Awards:
Best Director Prize: HollyShorts, Los Angeles, 2010
Best of Show Jury Award: Nevada City Film Festival 2010
Audience Award: Maelstrom Seattle Film Festival 2010
Official Selection: Sitges Film Festival 2010

HDSLRs like the 5D Mark II will open up new worlds of possibility for filmmakers,

said Cinematographer Bastiaan Koch.

I think cameras like the 5D Mark II are fantastic for independent filmmakers, it allows us to do things that previously only high-budget movie productions could do. We’ve already seen an explosion of films shot with HDSLRs, and we’ll see even more in the future. It’s really an exciting time for filmmakers.

For more information here is the full post by Dustin Driver from HDSLRHub.com here.

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Martin in Cameras, Canon, DSLR, Short Movies, Video Leave a comment

Slow-Motion: Cinematographer David Torres’ stunning work

In this post I wanted to present a selection of short films produced by Mexican production company The Mates for the project “Stars of the Bicentennial” to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Mexico as a Country.

Cameraman and Cinematographer David Torres did an amazing job using the Phantom and Red One Camera with lenses Red Pro Primes.

The dream and the challenge is to transmit through images that can be perceived not only natural beauty and biodiversity, but the soul, spirit, feelings and pride of Mexico.

If you like horses watch the first video: The images are just spectacular!

Altamura Sinaloa

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Martin in Cameras, Entertainment, Phantom, RED, Short Movies, Video 1 Comment

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