Thursday, September 28, 2017

VW Gran Lavida


VW 'Lavida' from Ben Ruffell on Vimeo.



'Small, but powerful'

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Filmed over two days. I used a Russian Arm for the tracking shots.

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The concert scene was fun to light, and I shot it with a GF-8 crane and a flight head.

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I ran two sets in the studio, pre-lighting the rev counter shot, while I was shooting the bathroom scene.

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The wake boarding was filmed with a flight head… on a very small boat.

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I used a Phantom Flex 4K for the slow motion water shots.

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It was another great shoot with Director Jem Chen.

Saturday, September 9, 2017

The River One


The River One from Ben Ruffell on Vimeo.



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This project was filmed to promote the new apartment building "The River One" designed by Richard Rogers from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

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I shot on Arri Alexa Mini's with Master Primes, and made extensive use of the Freefly MoVI Pro.

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Directed by Jem Chen, we shot over two days.

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I filmed the time lapses using my Fuji T2, a Canon 5D, and also some were shot on the Alexa Mini.

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We had access to a Ferrari for one of the scenes.

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I worked in closely with Shannon, my drone operator.

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It was a really fun shoot, with a great crew!