Category: Behind The Scenes
Carl Zeiss Lenses BTS Preparing Their Booth at NAB:
Carl Zeiss Lenses took their complete portfolio of glass to NAB. That’s crazy right! That range of lenses consists of more than 70 lenses. Carl Zeiss brought along the ARRI/ZEISS Master Prime series and the Ultra Prime lenses as well as the Compact Prime CP.2, Compact Zoom CZ.2 and SLR lenses. For more information about [...]
Only One Cine Crane Could Pull Off This Wrap Around Move:
The Mark Roberts Motion Control Titan rig is apparently the longest and only precision motion control telescopic arm in the world. It sure looks the part. Over the past year MRMC have shot a series of Channel 4seven Idents with the Titan that created a distinctive corner wrap of reality. The MRMC Titan sits high [...]
How Many Cameras Does It Take To Blow Up a Pelican 1600 Case:
The guys at the BroadcastShow wanted to see what would it take to destroy a Pelican 1600 case; the near indestructible packhorse used by many professionals everyday on sets. So as part of their “tested to destruction” series the BroadcastShow simply put a charge under a Pelican 1600 case to see if they could blow [...]
Hive Plasma Lighting The 2013 Chevy Volt TVC and Cool BTS:
Hive Lighting worked with the new 2013 30 second Chevy Volt to produce a commercial lit entirely with just Hive’s plasma lighting. Thanks to Hive there are some really cool behind the scenes on that Chevy Volt TVC with their plasma lights in action. Please visit Hive Lighting for more information on their plasma lights.
Canon Cinema C500 Camera One Day in Mexico City:
Cinematographer Fito Pardo AMC recently had a day out shooting 4K-RAW with the Canon C500 camera in Mexico City, along with a Codex Digital recorder and a bevy of sweet cine lenses. Fito posted a video showing the results of the day along with a BTS of the event. A Day in Mexico City: Settings [...]
A Quick Look At Some Of The Rigs and Cameras Used On The Hobbit:
At the start of shooting Peter Jackson set about sharing his filmmaking experience on the set of The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey’s production via video diaries. The Hobbit used 48 RED EPIC cameras shooting 3D at 48fps. Love 48fps or hate it or maybe your’e somewhere in between at around a meh: you have to [...]
A Quick Look at Some of the Cameras and Rigs Used on Skyfall:
Following on from the success of The Fast and the Furious 6 post showing rigs and cameras, I have another frame grabber that I am just going to leave laying around for you. This time it is stills pulled from the James Bond Skyfall movie BTS EPK. Some of the stills are a little soft [...]
A Quick Look at Some of The Cameras Used On The Fast and the Furious 6:
Just going to leave this here, and if it’s missing when I get back no questions will be asked. I pulled a few cameras and rigs from frame grabs off various videos from Johnny Sixpack Public. They were lucky enough to roll on some of the production filming for the latest installment of the movie [...]
Cameras Used In The End Of Watch Movie:
The movie End of Watch is a slice of life glimpse into the lives of two cops on the beat in South Central LA. It is also a showcase of the talents of the guys from Radiant Images. The LA-based rental house and digital cinema innovator is credited with helping Director/Writer David Ayer and Cinematographer [...]
How Cool: The Hobbit Behind-the-Scenes Production Videos:
First up how Bloody amazing is Peter Jackson for sharing his production of the The Hobbit movie with us! 48 RED Epic cameras shooting 3D at 48fps. Cheers Peter for the fish bowl into the making of The Hobbit. Check out mid way through the names of the RED EPIC cameras. Peter Jackson’s Production Video [...]
