This is a Behind the Scenes made by Dave Dugdale from LearningDSLRVideo.com. Sterling-Rice Group (an ad agency in Boulder CO) was kind enough to let me film BTS footage of their “Pain Fairy” ad spots. Dave used a Canon T2i/550D to film this about 3 months ago. I also used Luke Neumann’s color presets on most of these shots.
You can watch two of the commercials below – they were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II.
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
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.
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
Copyright 2011, All rights reserved; Marauder Film LLC.
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.
This is the first trailer/preview for The Visualmakers, a documentary filmed at NABShow 2011 that seeks to find out what unites us as independent filmmakers who use the latest breed of relatively affordable digital tools. Find out what unites us all as filmmakers by taking a look at this documentary that goes beyond the gear to the person, in a way you might not have seen before. The documentary is an Anticipate Media and NeedCreative Films production, and directed by Paul Antico. The final release is scheduled for this summer.
Kevin Shahinian
Cristina Valdivieso
Jon Connor
Vincent Laforet
Mick Jones
Julia Swain
Robin Schmidt
Jared Abrams
Ben Eckstein
Philip Bloom
Cameras: Filmed with a Panasonic AF100, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D, and Canon T2i
Lenses: Lenses used include Nikon 50mm 1970′s vintage, Zeiss ZE 50mm F1.4 and 35mm F2, Canon 17-40mm F4 L, Canon 24-104 IS F4L, Canon 85mm F1.4L, and Canon 100mm F2.8L IS Macro
Sound:
Mics: Sennheiser G2 and Sony UWP-V1 Wireless Lavaliers, Rode Video Mic and Video Mic Pro, Rode NTG-2, Azden Shotgun
Recording: Internal AF-100 and Zoom H4N
Rigs & Stabilization:
Manfrotto Stills and Video Tripods and Video Tripods, Manfrotto 501HDV Head * 701 HDV Head, Schatler Tripod and Head, Jag35 Field Runner, Zacuto Base Plate, Kessler Pocket Dolly Traveler V2.0
Lighting: LitePanels Micro, Opteka 128LED On-Camera Lights, Promaster Reflector
Monitors: Marshall 5″ HDMI LCD Monitor
Edited with Apple Final Cut Pro 7
Motion Graphics – Apple Motion 4
Color by Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
Timelapses modified using Adobe Lightroom and CHV Electronics Long Exposure Plugin
You can read more about The Visualmakers and the creative process at Needcreative.net
Writer Ransom Riggs presents us here with a short film that he describes as “My favourite post-apocaliyptic hell hole, the Salton Sea”. Ramsom shot with the Ultra-light Steadicam Merlin and the Canon 5DmkII with two lenses: a 24mm and a 100mm. The editing was made with Final Cut and the grading with Color.
Posted by Pascal Montjovent
I’m just back from shooting in Japan a short fiction called “Igor in Japan”, where Igor is a donkey. It’s a comedy we shot during one week near the village of Komoro, in the Nagano district.
Since it seemed difficult for the production company to rent specific lights and cameras in Japan, we had to bring everything with us from Europe. It had to comply with in-flight weight and measurements regulations, so we opted for the Canon 5D Mark II and the 7D, customized with Marshall monitors and two Chrosziel Follow Focus Systems. Read more
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