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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
My 35mm setup has been used in the 48hrs project. I would have loved to be there but there was no time, however I do want you to see the outcome! A very nice short that shows the quality of the camera and the crew. It’s in Dutch but worth a look for you international people.
After two weeks of editing and proofing I can finally show you an excerpt of the 2 hour live show I directed for the Dutch band DI-RECT. The concert dvd was produced by Double 2 one of my regular clients, a great company that has one of the biggest music production track records in the Netherlands. The band is under management at EMI Music. The show was shot on 5 cameras with two tracks and a jib. Using a multicam ob van. In total the crew contained about 40 people and it worked out great! Take a look at the gallery for some shots. The clip above is also the current single release and is now airing on MTV. Tell me what you think!
Most of the time we wish we could work on 2k material and sometimes we have to scale down… a lot… for Video MMS. Only 172 x 144 pixels with a maximum filesize of 220kb.
One of our regular clients is Chunk ID based in Amsterdam. We have done many video MMS campaigns for them over the years. Always strictly Vodafone and this one was special. Madonna & Vodafone have teamed up to release the first seven songs on her new album Hard Candy via Vodafone Live!
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