Josh Thacker (Director/Creative) and Brian Slater (Editor/Creative) were named the first winners for their short movie “Job Security” above. I very much look forward to working with them at the end of the contest – their entry – and frankly all of the finalists entries were outstanding.
If you’re interested in participating in the contest or submittind for Chapter 3 of “The Story Beyond the Still Video” contest, those entires are now being accepted through March 22, 2010. For rules and submission instructions, click here.
I just completed an HDDSLR project that involved shooting stills and video at several locations across the U.S. The shoot was commissioned by Greg Sylvester of VSA Partners a well known agency that has a wide range of corporate and commercial clients. Our goal was to produce an annual report that would live both in print and digitally on the web as both stills and video segments. While this was by no means a “small shoot” it still lives in the mid-level sized corporate shoot in my book – this is no means what I would bring to an editorial shoot for example.
Given the level of interest in this new technology – I though that readers might appreciate a slide show of images that show what such a production might entail in terms of gear. Please note that over the next few weeks I will be going over the gear that I used in this production on this blog in detail – so please hold all of your gear questions for now.
I can image some of the reactions to seeing (or trying to find) a Canon HDDSLR buried under all of this gear. “Why in the world would one go through this?” – someone might ask. Why not get “x” camera. Well the long and short of it: the LOOK of these cameras is incredibly unique – the video coming out of these camera looks incredibly close to 35mm motion picture film (see image 13 in the slideshow for a good example of what separates this breed of cameras from the others.) Pulling off a similar production with a 35mm film of system would be significantly more time consuming and expensive – there is absolutely zero doubt about it. And don’t forget: the way these cameras perform in low light – also separates them from the competition. So there absolutely is reason behind all of this madness. I had to mention this because I sometimes catch myself asking the very same question… and then I see the results on screen and all doubt is removed. Read the rest of this entry »
It was great to be interviewed by Rob for his site – I check Rob’s blog daily and it was one of the main 2-3 sites that convinced me to start blogging myself a little over a year ago. When Rob initially started his blog – he remained anonymous and posted some incredibly insightful and frank details about the print industry from a true insider. Eventually Rob left his position as Director of Photographer at Men’s Journal – and he has continued to post very insightful posts ever since. I highly recommend you follow his blog.
