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Today Vimeo released the first entries for the Beyond The Still film competition on their site.
Seeing these first videos coming in is a real pleasure - they are fantastically done!
I know quite a few of you are still busy at work on your entries.
For those of you that haven’t taken the plunge yet:
YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS LEFT TO ENTER
Relatively speaking - that’s an ETERNITY - so if you’re debating whether or not you should enter - go for it!
Relative to what?
Well I found out that the Canon 5D MKII existed on a Friday afternoon a little over a year ago…
By 4 p.m. I was walking out of the Canon HQ with a prototype that I had begged, borrowed and practically stolen from them.
The very next day - at almost precisely 4 p.m. - I called “Action” on the first shot of “Reverie.”
That’s 24 hours notice.
We shot the short over two nights and delivered it the next day fully edited.
72 hours start to finish…
With “Nocturne” - I had 72 hours notice from the time I received the camera - and the time I landed back in Los Angeles from Atlanta - and called “Action” with my two other co-directors Stu Maschwitz and David Nelson.
So as far as I’m concerned : you guys have a LOT of time to still get into this.
Please go here to find out more.
If for some reason you can’t make it… you have 6 more chapters (and chances) to enter over the next 6 months.
But I don’t know about you - but sitting on my behind has never really ever gotten me anywhere…
Speaking of getting going - here is a quick video clip from this past week - using an awesome toy from the guys at Filmotechnic USA here in California. Shot with the Canon 1D MKIV - this is but one of a few dozen (hundreds!) of shots that day with the crane all over downtown Los Angeles - more details to come on this shoot in the upcoming weeks!
Filmotechnic Collaboration from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
And a few more pix of the setup:
And a quick little phone video: img_0715
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Trackback by uberVU - social comments 02.06.10 @ 4:06 amWhat cost more, the crane or the car? I wonder how big a HDSLR specific crane like this would be because this one seems obviously made for bigger loads. right?
Alain 02.06.10 @ 6:14 amFancy…
the video’s are cool, but i miss your pictures still.
btw, what happened to the movie you were working on?
Comment by Giovanni 02.06.10 @ 7:58 pmawesome, its great to see this on here. I was wondering if you were gonna post somthing. im looking forward to the end product and showing you our behind the scenes work……..
FUN TIMES for sure. God that 1D Mark IV is amazing at night, right?
Wonderful! Many possibilities can be made with this kit.
Cheers
Car lights look like some kind of special. Are they polarized or just style?
Vincent Laforet Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
@Boris Karulin, They and the car are dark/matte to minimize reflections on other cars (that they shoot)
Hi Vincent,
I have a question about the contest. I didn’t quite understand if applicants can join in at any chapter or should each applicant go through making all the chapters until winning/end of competition?
I really hope there are better films coming. So far its pretty disappointing from many aspects.
From a technical point of view when will people learn that just because you can have narrow DOF you shouldn’t use it all the time, it should serve the story.
I do apologise for these comments but I am just so disappointed. I hope the judges will at least be honest and not celebrate mediocrity.
Comment by zane smithe 02.08.10 @ 12:51 amDisco Science - Rocks!
all yours movies soundtracks are amazing!!!
Comment by Veduta Valeriy 02.08.10 @ 2:58 amgood stuff Vincent:)
But I have one Q?
Why does the video strobe out on the SLO-Mo sections? Is this common with the CanonDSLR? Is this because of the Motion-JPEG?
Fantastic! I’d love to see more information on the equipment your using - just awesome!
Totally a true pro - I’d kill to work with you…your so truly passionate about your work and what you do. It shows every time.
Comment by Portland Wedding Photography 02.11.10 @ 2:45 amThis may be a silly question, but did you need to get a permit to shoot with that?
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Vincent Laforet Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
@Alain, Crane costs more- neither are cheap! They do have a smaller crane built for small cameras - and I look forward to trying it out at some point!
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