I had the great pleasure of speaking with director Ken Simpson and DP Alex Dacev, two filmmakers from Canada. In the podcast we discuss filmmaking, using the 5D for narrative film, tools, post production, and tips on starting in filmmaking.
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Just found this incredible commercial using a couple of 5D’s to shoot a very creative car ad. Rather than shoot images of a car racing through the city or other obnoxious and over used clichés, the SE-R Project team have employed a clever idea for this car ad. You can view the ad as well as the behind the scenes video below. You can learn more about this project at SERproject.ca.
Here is the behind the scenes video:
Nissan Sentra SE-R Drift
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I just finished reading an extensive article about the use of DSLRs for filmmaking. In it, DP Rodney Charters from the prime time series “24″, and Director Snehal Patel share their experience using Canon 5D’s to shoot an Indian short. They discuss how the physically used the cameras in difficult situations as well as how they lit the short and the use of minimal lighting. I highly recommend this in-depth article to anyone interested in DSLR filmmaking.
As if that was good enough, at the end of the three-page story there is a section entitled “DSLRs For The Big & Small Screen” in which Shane Hurlbut throws in his experience and thoughts on using these great little cameras for cinema.
I have written posts on Rodney Charters and what he is doing with DSLRs. You can find that post here. I would also suggest checking out this post on Shane Hurlbut.
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In this video DP of 24 Rodney Charters briefly shows how he is using Canon 5D’s on 24′s set. While the 5D makes for a bad choice in most cases for dramatic television (Audio issues and frame rate), you could not do what he is accomplishing with any other camera.
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