[UPDATE 3 Aug 2008: The "Blind Generation" music video is now posted on the web in high-def glory at Vimeo. Check it out!]
James Blunt move over…
Last weekend we shot a music video on multiple locations in Hong Kong. The excellent, soulful and catchy song for the video is “Blind Generation” and the song writer and singer is up-and-coming star Greg Moore. The video was written, directed and produced by Digger T. Mesch. Director of Photography was Roman Baska of Salon Films. Salon also generously loaned top-notch lighting, equipment and crew to the production. Editorial and post-production by Peg Leg Productions. World Worm Studios recorded and produced the song. I served as a producer, camera tech/consultant and “data wrangler”. Dozens of other talented people helped both in front and behind the camera.
The video is in post-production now, to be entered in a couple weeks in a major competition in Europe. Will post the entire video up here real soon. Stay tuned for details. This thing rocks. In the meantime, check out these stills extracted from the actual 4K footage shot on the Red. Click on the small images to get the full 2K image. (Note: all these stills are extracts from real Red footage, quickly graded by myself in RedCine, output to 4K TIFs, then converted in Photoshop to 2K png files; these files do NOT have the final look intended by the DP and director and are not matched, etc.)
We shot with the new Build 16 Red firmware, Redcode 36 (high quality) mostly in 16:9 4K (4096×2304, for Shots 2, 3 and 4 above). A few scenes were shot at 40 frames per second, at 16:9 2K (2048×1152, for Shots 1 an 5). We shot to Red Raid using both Red 18-50mm zoom and Arri Primes (including 12mm and 24mm). We had the Red on tripod, on dollies (both high and low), and on a ceiling dolly rig, with the camera suspended from the dolly by straps and bungee cords. Here’s a few “making of” behind the scenes shots (click on thumbnail to see larger image):
These black & white stills are by Marco Ponti. This last one is of martial arts legend K.K. Kong–check out this post on Mr. Vix blog for more detail on Kong.
And here’s a few “behind the scenes” videos (shot on my tiny Panasonic LX-2 in standard def 16:9, but elongated to 4:3 because of limitations with WordPress video), to whet your appetite:
Just another free gig of a bunch of western guys team work in HK though.
No boss pay $ for this production. I believe strongly.
Just chasing some dream based productions in HKG.
Good luck.
Regards,
Vincent
“Vincent”,
You’re a bitter negative xenophobic guy. And a slave to the system (if you’re only goal is to have a boss pay you for money for your shoots). And a coward–for not using your real name.
If you were talented and serious, you’d have left a URL with your reel or filmography. But then again good and serious cinematographers and business people don’t take pot shots and young aspiring artists of all nationalities.
-Dan
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