Japanese Director Koshi Horibe had seen some of my previous car work and he asked me to DP this commercial for Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
The commercial was for the Japanese market, and we actually scouted two completely different locations. After some input from the client, the decision was made to shoot in Queenstown.
I decided to shoot on Red Epic cameras, mainly because I wanted to take advantage of the small size so that I could use the MoVI M10 Handheld Gimbal Stabiliser on the tracking vehicle. I really liked the organic look of the MoVI, as compared to a crane and remote head. It also meant that I could devote the Libra mount to the Helicopter full time. Pete Bradshaw bought a lot of experience as Tracking Vehicle Driver, and I could count on him to line up the best moments freeing me up to work in with my MoVI Grip Josh Dunn.
I shot all of the aerials with a Libra stabilised head, Red Epic and a wide zoom. Alfie Speight was my pilot and we achieved some really dynamic images.
I had a third Epic with a long lens dedicated to my B Camera Team. Operated by Takashi Chiba.
Kanta Yamaguchi from Greentea Film & TV was the Line Producer, and we wrapped the shoot on time and on budget.
Perfect handling of camera and photography equipments team, Also a nice location choosed . I would recommend to make use of a 500MM canon or any other smilar lens well equipped with a cameras body to take a long shoot of a moving object.
ReplyDeleteThanks Billy. Thats very kind.
ReplyDeleteI used the new Angenieux 28-340. Combined with the Red where I can punch in using different frame sizes, it's very flexible.
But I agree… nothing beats an extremely long lens for car work!