Hasta La Motion!

we recently used the Canon 5D Mark II to shoot the official aftermovie for the event X-Qlusive DB&STF, hosted by the Dutch event organization Q-dance.

We were very curious how the camera would perform and got very satisfying results. Taking into account that the light conditions were extreme and the heat in the Heineken Musical Hall was also letting us be sceptic about the cameras performance. But it did very well.

We used the following set-up:

Canon 5D MARK II
24-70 Lens
Cambo Rig incl follow focus
Matbox

The Only disadvantage would be that without a proper shoulder rig the camera is not usable and even though you have a rig the weight needs to be balanced intensively before it performs on a maximum capacity.

The thing about shutting it down every 20 min will defenitly get in the way, when shooting bigger productions and longer shots but at events you usually have a max of 1.5 min for one shot so by shutting it down after every shot when switching locations, you will never run into the problem of having to shut it down.

In conclusion it can be said that the camera is very handy for small productions and especially event´s where you have to move fast form A to B. Feature productions will be very difficult with this camera since it needs to cool down every 20 min.

The Aftermovie

The Trailer

Behind the scenes
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Feel free to leave comments and ask us questions, we will do our best to answer them all 🙂

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Hakan Zscherpe

I’m shooting a 10-minute short film which will be performed by dancers in silhouette. These silhouettes will then be superimposed against an animated background in post. In theory, I suppose it would be possible to shoot the dancers in silhouette against a white backdrop and use luminance values to control the visibility of the silhouette layer, but in real life, I’m never going to get a 100% perfect black silhouette and any slightly brighter/greyer areas in the image are going to cause holes and other variations in the transparency of the silhouette layer. I don’t fancy having to tweak all this in post, so I’ve decided it’s probably a safer option to shoot the dancers against a green screen and to harvest their silhouettes from the resulting matte.

We’ll be shooting in a local theatre, with the green screen attached to the fixed cyc at the rear of the stage. There’s a bank of 18 x 500W floods fixed on the cyc, so the green screen should be nice and bright and evenly lit. What I’m wondering is as I’m only after the dancer’s outlines, will it be better to shoot them as close to silhouette as possible or should I light them as I would on any other green screen shoot?

Thanks,

James

The real problem is the user interaction. My actor will have to interact with the game footage on screen, but we are looking to find a way to shot the console, adding the game footage later in post.

– We will have to track the screen since it will not be a lock shot.
– We need to keep the reflections on the screen
– We need to have the hand of the actor interacting with the game.

I have a couple of different solutions in mind, but I would like to ask if some of you has already done something like this to have some advice.

Thanks 🙂

Can someone pls recommend me a place who sells chrome balls and Grey balls internationally..

further, brand/model recommendations are also welcome..

cheers

😀

Many thanks!