All I have to say is… WOW! And I’m jealous I couldn’t sit in on the screening. This information is taken from Zacuto’s website. Note: I did NOT make this video. I’m working on getting web series director Steve Weiss to be on my fimmaker’s podcast Crossing the 180. Stay tuned.

Zacuto Great Camera Shootout 2010 Trailer ~ High Noon from Zacuto USA on Vimeo.

Zacuto Films presents, “The Great Camera Shootout 2010: a three part web series where gunslinging HD DSLRs face-off against legendary 35mm Film.” The webisodic series showcases the top performing hybrid HD-DSLR cameras: Canon: 5D MKII, 7D, 1D Mark IV, 550D/T2i Rebel, Nikon D3s, Panasonic GH1 and compares the image quality of these cameras against the gold standard of 35mm film. In addition, the Canon 5D MKII test includes the new 24p firmware. “This was an enormous undertaking,” says Steve Weiss, Web Series Director, “and great care was to make this an apples-to-apples test with scientific accuracy behind it.”

Each webisode of the series features various controlled camera assessment tests which include: resolution, latitude, sensitivity, speed & ultra high speed, noise, color & green screen. The battery of tests were administered under strict controls and conducted by Robert Primes ASC, Gary Adcock, Philip Bloom, Jens Bogehegn and colorist Ryan Emerson.

See the reactions to this test following 2K screenings, where “HD DSLR is compared to 35mm Film”. The test results were projected in a 2K theatrical environment at three screening locations: Stag Theater at Skywalker Ranch, LucasFilms Ltd., AFI (American Film Institute) Theater in Hollywood and the FilmWorkers Astro Color Timing Theater in Chicago. Hear commentary from the screenings by top ASC, Hollywood, Indie Film and Event & Convergence Photographers.

CREDITS:
Executive Producer: Jens Bogehegn
Producers: Jens Bogehegn, Steve Weiss and Scott Lynch
Web Series Director: Steve Weiss
Director of Photography: Robert Primes
DP – Color Profiles: Philip Bloom
Editor & Graphic Design: Daniel Skubal
Digerati: Gary Adcock
Colorist: Ryan Emerson

I want my blog to be a place where visual artists can get inspiration and encouragement for their work and their business. I also use it as a place to showcase some of the latest work I’ve done, whether for business or pleasure. Today I’m going to showcase the work of a colleague. I’m not going to write much because I think the film will speak for itself.

The video below is a trailer for a wedding video. Yes, a wedding video. Now, I’m almost certain the guy who created it, my friend and colleague Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures (he’s the good lookin’ dude in the photo on the right) would hate me calling it a wedding “video.” In fact, I normally try NOT to use that term because it carries with it all sorts of negative stereotypes and connotations. But that is PRECISELY why I’m using that term now. I want you to take every last negative stereotype that term “wedding video” conjures up, and throw all out the freaking window. For years I and many in this industry have worked hard to elevate what can actually be done in the process of capturing the once in a lifetime memories of a wedding day. Kevin has taken this genre to a whole nother level (and yes, I know there’s no such word as “nother” but I don’t care). The video below is a trailer for a wedding “video” that is a combination of a scripted story woven into an actual wedding documentary of real events. It is purported (albeit by the filmmaker) to be the first one of its kind on this scale. (It was shot with five Canon 7Ds and two 5D Mark II’s). I think he’s right. Words cannot express how amazing this wedding “video” is. You have to see it to believe it.

Congratulations Kevin (and team) on an amazing accomplishment. Now, I hope the final film lives up to the hype I know this trailer is already creating.

I also wanted to say, watching this piece almost brought tears to my eyes. In the current issue of EventDV magazine, I write about my passion as a filmmaker being awakened in large part due to my interaction with Kevin and the DP on this film Patrick Moreau of StillMotion fame. Seeing this work has greatly inspired me again and I’m proud to call him friend and inspiration.

NOTE: I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin about the making of this film on my filmmakers podcast, “Crossing the 180.” You can read about it and listen to the podcast here. For now, enjoy this amazing FILM!

“CITY OF LAKES” The Official Trailer from PACIFIC PICTURES on Vimeo.