Get Back, a Vimeo short film
A few weeks ago we completed our short film for Vimeo titled GET BACK. The project was the first content of it’s kind officially sponsored, by Vimeo, commissioned by Lincoln motor cars. Lincoln asked Vimeo to choose from their leading creators and essentially create a short film, on any subject they felt strongly about. Director Eliot [...]
AUDI E-TRON spot: LIGHTING CARS & PREDICTING THE FUTURE with the Red Epic & Hawk Anamorphics
by Eric Koretz twitter. theimagehunter REVISED 5.4.2013: Audi spot is finally up! Check it out here! Audi E-Tron (Director’s Cut) from Rob Chiu on Vimeo. ______ PREVIOUS ARTICLE: Finished a spot for Audi E-tron a while back, directed by the one and only Rob Chiu and produced by Stink. Although it’s been long delayed [...]
Japanese Film Noir – Guns, Cheeks and a Rice Fetish
By Eric Koretz – twitter: @theimagehunter When we began prepping for our feature film, A Girl and A Gun, I thought I knew Film Noir. Director Filip Jan Rymsza is a human movie encyclopedia however, and turned me on to a whole genre of Japanese Noir films from the late 50′s to early 60′s that I [...]
GET CLOSER – a spot for SPRINT/NASCAR
A quick post because we don’t have many behind the scenes photos. We were down in North Carolina a couple months ago, shooting a spot “GET CLOSER” for the SPRINT app for NASCAR. I’ve had a lot of experience with Formula One from various projects, but this was my first NASCAR event. Directed by Tristan [...]
RUNNING WILD AND WIRELESS with the Red EPIC, The Redrock microRemote Focus and the Paralinx Arrow HD
by Eric Koretz Twitter. theimagehunter Freedom…We all want it. Freedom to run without constraints, tethers, ropes or chains holding us back. Everyone should be able to afford to be free of shackles. And that is what the technological evolution with cameras and accessories is all about. Video cameras and accessories are getting smaller, they’re getting cheaper [...]
A VANS SHOES Film (on the Red Epic with Canon Lenses )
http://vimeo.com/44345852 A VANS SHOES Film (on the Red Epic with Canon Lenses ) Twitter: @theimagehunter We shot this commercial/film over two weeks in southern california, following the athletes, artists, musicians and legends that represent VANS. Directed and edited by Eliot Rausch, he has a way of finding the core and humanity of his subjects like no [...]
Two Heavyweights – UFC Prime Time Specialty Shoot for Fox
Preparing for their UFC heavyweight title fight: Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez. Directed by Jason Hehir, I shot the specialty footage for his Fox Primetime show before the fight. This was the first fight to be aired on Fox after the UFC’s huge 700 million dollar deal with them. With a mixture of hand held, jib [...]
Tigertext Commercials – Shot and Directed in 1000FPS Slow Motion
Recently released are the Tigertext commercials that directed and shot through my new production company SNEEZE Contagious Media. Tigertext is an amazing new company, and app for smartphones, that allows you to recall texts, confirm texts, decipher acronyms and so much more. The spots highlight the main features of the app, and focus on the [...]
TED Active with director Eliot Rausch, Blake Whitman and Vimeo
Shot these videos with amazing incredible Director/Carney Eliot Rausch for the TED Active conference in Palm Springs. This was a partnership between TED and Vimeo. Blake Whitman of Vimeo himself came on to produce and shoot 2nd Camera. What an amazing experience this was. To be able to hang out all week and go to the [...]
HBO Documentary – SONY FS100 with O’Connor, Hot Rod and Zeiss
Original Post: June 7th 2011 I wasn’t planning on buying a new camera until the Red Epic came out (update disclosure, which I now own). However at Cinegear (2011) the Sony FS100 caught my eye with it’s small form factor, Super 35mm sensor, and video camera style body and the option to PL mount. In [...]
Banana Boat Suncare, BICYCLE POLO and Branded Content
Banana Boat Suncare just released the first of a series of video’s I shot for them with Director Eliot Rausch and Uber Content and Grey/NY. We shot the series all in one day following three different players on a Los Angeles Bicycle Polo team. Pretty amazing watching them play and prepare for the game. These players really [...]
Dragonslayer wins Hot Docs Toronto!
My film Dragonslayer won best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto last friday. The week before it was great playing at my hometown Independent Film Festival Boston and having all my friends and family around…great week all around! Check out the link below http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dragonslayer-triumphs-at-hot-docs-186284
SHOOTING FORMULA ONE (PART II): A DOC in 3D, 2D and TEN TIMES MORE GEAR!
Before thanksgiving 2010 we set out to finish our shoot for the documentary Formula One: Life on the Limit by Spitfire Pictures, Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs. If you read my post from our last Formula One shoot, you’ll wonder “how do you follow up an Epic 2d/3d shoot like that?” Answer: TEN TIMES MORE CAMERAS [...]
Our documentary DRAGONSLAYER wins Jury prize and Best Cinematography at SXSW
Just returned from SXSW in Austin where we won both the Jury prize for best Documentary and I won the jury prize for best Cinematography in a documentary. I can say that it came as a shock to our team where we had no publicity, no press and no posters going for us. Needless to [...]
Redrock Micro NANO Running Man Rig
HDSLR’s are not made for video shooting. The video mode on the canon 5D mark II was an afterthought for wedding photographers, and so if you want to handhold an HDSLR for video, you’re going to need 3rd party hand held rigs. Since I’ve been using HDSLR video from the beginning I’ve definitely gone through [...]
AMC TV PILOT – The Trival Pursuits of Arthur Banks
The era of the traditional Pilot is over…at least for AMC, purveyors of such amazing shows as Madmen and Breaking Bad. I recently had the great pleasure of shooting their pilot titled, “The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks.” We shot three 15 minute episodes of short form content that is now online! THE TRIVIAL PURSUITS [...]
Formula One Documentary in 3D, 2D and 1 to many cameras
I’m currently the cinematographer for part of a Formula One documentary feature for Spitfire Pictures, Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs. Directed by Paul Crowder, written by Mark Monroe, produced by Michael Shevloff and Nigel Sinclair and co-produced by Rodney Frazier, the film largely tells the story of Formula 1’s ‘golden age’ and is due to [...]
3D shoot – The Panasonic AG-3DA1 for UCLA Neurosurgery
This week we shot a 3D piece for UCLA’s Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center for a film to help raise funds for the UCLA Neurosurgery wing. I know what you’re thinking… Why do Neurosurgeons need money? They’re doctors. They work with brains. Brains + Doctors = Boku Dolores (sorry I just watched east bound and [...]
Deakinizer Lenses on "Beholder" For PBS
In my opinion The Assassination of Jesse James shot by Roger Deakins is the most beautifully photographed movie of the last decade. It was also be one of the most amazing movies of its time too if it werent for that annoying voice over (that sounds strangely like the V.O. from The Royal Tenenbaums). Deakins [...]
Ting Tings in 3D with the Panasonic AG3DA1
3D is here…for every sort of project now. Take the Ting Tings for example and the epic EPK I just shot for their new album. Produced by the 3D masters, production company World War Seven and Director David Shafei (see the recent ASC article on them OCT 2010.) To do a traditional 3D shoot normally [...]
UFC Fight Promo
Just got back from Las Vegas where I shot a UFC commercial/promo with Director/Producer Jason Hehir. It was for a December pay per view championship fight between Josh Koscheck and Georges St. Pierre. We shot on a couple 5D’s and a 7D for slow motion. Ill have another post when I get the behind the [...]
Video short for the band Cascade Array – "Iditarod"
Directed by Aaron King, this is a video short created for the band Cascade Array (cascadearray.com). Shot with the Canon 5D Mark II on location in Los Angeles, CA over a weekend. I switched between the Zeiss zf lenses, the canon 15-35 and the canon 70-200.
WESC Commercial Spot
Finally found the web/in store spot I shot for WESC. Directed by Cheryl Dunn this was fun times with the WESC activists…as you can tell from the video! Previous Post: >>I shot a spot for WESC recently showcasing their clothes for 2011 on the WESC Activists, a cross section of actors, artists, musicians and [...]
Dragonslayer – Last Days of Fresno
We finished shooting our Fresno portion of the Documentary “Dragonslayer” this weekend. We were shooting at sunrise and Aryeh Krauss my AC asked to get a pic taken on the bench that we were shooting. Was digging through the archives and I found this picture from earlier on in the shoot. Lesley camping out on [...]