Monday, April 27, 2015

Denso



I was the DOP on this commercial for Denso. Masashi Muto was the Director.

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The commercial was showcasing both athletes in nature, and cars.

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We filmed in New Zealand, at Mount Cook and in Queenstown.

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There was a lot of tracking involved. To achieve this, I used a MoVI M15.

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I like to use the MoVI with a two man team. My Grip, Josh Dunn carries it using an Easyrig and Serene arm. We communicate with intercoms and I adjust the framing using the joystick.

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This setup also works well with a small tracking buggy, and in this commercial I used the MoVI on the mountain runner, the swimmers (from a tracking boat), the cyclists, and the jogging couple.

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The client requested a Go Pro to be mounted on the bike. I did not want to drop quality by using a Go Pro, so Grip Sam Strain rigged a Dragon for me. I really like the small size of these cameras. They are so versatile.

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It was a great shoot with lots of locations, and a lot of set-ups. We had some challenging weather which really added to the images. I worked with my Queenstown based crew and we had a lot of fun with the Japanese crew.



Here is a wonderful Behind the Scenes video filmed by Emi Arai.