S106 Directors Blog

We recently visited a small local village on the coastline of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. The community was receiving post natal care from a local hospital we here visiting. A part of the performance based financing program initiated by Cordaid, click here for more information. These are some of the mothers faces.

Our flight from Arusha to Mwanza left the airstrip this morning at 12:00. Boarding with my camera was very easy… “Just put it in the seat next to you!”

Just a quick edit of some early footage, the morning ritual of an African woman washing her son with water form a domestic water reservoir. Made available through Dutch development aid.

We landed on the Arusha airstrip on wednesday, at 9:00 pm local time, a hot and damp night. The next day we drove to Same district to shoot the first episode of our documentary series in Africa. The subject was water irrigation and financial management. Same has a city bond with the Dutch city Tilburg, they have been helping to develop the region for the last 23 years.

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Just a quick update showing where we will be staying during our 2 month shooting period in Africa.

Here it is, my new HPX300 config. The kit lens just wasn’t up to par for me, On full zoom the lens would collapse and with open aperture all kinds of artifacts came in to play.  All in all this is stuff I should be able to live with since it’s a kit lens with a 1,500 US street price.  So here is the stuff i could not live with; a 0.9 meter MOD and a 5mm field of view (1/3″ chip). This makes shooting in a car next to impossible.

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After being off the radar for nearly two months it seems fair to give you an update. I have been spending my time prepping for a big project and after signing the production contract I can now share my plans with you.

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After the release of Sony’s new PMW-350 I thought it would be appropriate to speak up for our Panasonic HPX300. Sony might have the 2/3 ” battle won but with a 35mm adapter chip size isn’t that important. The Sony still records 35 m/s Long Gop wich is an old mpeg codec, no match for Panasonics 100 m/s AVC Intra. And do remember that the Sony is double the price.

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It just didn’t work for me anymore. I tried balancing the EX1 rig with more and more Zacuto stuff. In the end it was all so heavy my back couldn’t take it anymore!

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I just wanted to share a short excerpt from my latest documentary. It’s a short interview about apartheid. Shot in an old church that provided cover for black people during this horrible period. Is was shot on a Sony EX1 in 720p HD, the video is HD flash so please be patient and do click the fullscreen button!