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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

RED high lights blow out myth busted.

Mark, that's great commercial. Panoramic imagery. Looks like you shot it over Southern Alps near Mount Cook.

Just on a side note, it seems your continuity guy has mixed up two helicopters. Or is it on purpose.
 
Mark Toia said:
Hi Mike,

To control available light all we used nothing other than a N1.2 & N9.
I wanted to shoot everything at 2.8.

No lights were use at all in this shoot.

Heres a funny one, We used only a 18 to 50 RED lens for the whole shoot.
Don't ask me why, it just ended up on the camera and I used it.
So under rated that little thing is.
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Thanks!
 
In regard to the camera having trouble at low temperatures, I made a point to ask about that at RED Day L.A.—Jim said they were making sure the new DSMCs are well tested for temperature performance, he was much less concerned about the cold than he was the heat (which would be an engineering challenge within the camera itself, let alone the outside temperature).

CRITIQUE AHEAD:

Excellent camera work, and in pretty extreme conditions! It must be difficult when you have the pressure of a helicopter shot competing against keeping your fingers from the wind chill. The gritty grading is well done as well. I just wish I could say the same "job well done" to the effects/compositing department involved... :X
 
Link is not working, any chance you can repost it Mark, please?
 
Eisen Feuer said:
In regard to the camera having trouble at low temperatures, I made a point to ask about that at RED Day L.A.—Jim said they were making sure the new DSMCs are well tested for temperature performance, he was much less concerned about the cold than he was the heat (which would be an engineering challenge within the camera itself, let alone the outside temperature).

CRITIQUE AHEAD:

Excellent camera work, and in pretty extreme conditions! It must be difficult when you have the pressure of a helicopter shot competing against keeping your fingers from the wind chill. The gritty grading is well done as well. I just wish I could say the same "job well done" to the effects/compositing department involved... :X
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All fair comments :) Believe it or no 90% of the shots that look fake are actually real shot in camera. One of my friends that is a hi end compositor picked on a couple of shots so I show him the plates... nothing was done.

thanks mate, have a nice day.
 
Gian Joon said:
Mark, that's great commercial. Panoramic imagery. Looks like you shot it over Southern Alps near Mount Cook.

Just on a side note, it seems your continuity guy has mixed up two helicopters. Or is it on purpose.
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Nope, no mistake. I just changed the last shot for this version and didn't paint out the lettering on the heli. :)
The job was shot on the Remarkables mountain range near Queenstown.
 
Did you take the Red skydiving, too?
 
Sumfun said:
Did you take the Red skydiving, too?
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The slo-mo air to air was RED, there's about 1.5 seconds of a Sony HD helmet camera from one of the parachuters, shit quality and was very hard to match into the rest of the footage. but he... does it really matter. :laugh:
 
I've seen a (very) few guys jump with film cameras, and I think a few have jumped with Red as well. But these cameras are so heavy that you can really hurt your neck if you're not careful. If you're only using a few seconds of footage, it's probably better to just go with a handycam.

Great job, by the way.
 
Hey Mark
huge fan of your work, from when i was studying at QCA uni.
excellent tvc. but i still like the butterflies better :)

have you tried a contour HD? its nothing compared to red but we use it alot for helmet cam stuff.
 
Killer work Mark. I love it.
As a swiss dude I'm realy impressed by the beautifull mountain views you captured.
Did you use some IR "hot mirror" NDs? Or were you just luky that no color shifting happend?

Anyway, you make me a proud RED camper.

Cheers
Tim
 
Mark Toia said:
The slo-mo air to air was RED, there's about 1.5 seconds of a Sony HD helmet camera from one of the parachuters, shit quality and was very hard to match into the rest of the footage. but he... does it really matter. :laugh:
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Mark, did you try using polarising filters on any of the snow/black shoots?
 
Toia ... Mark Toia.

This is an amazing ... kick ass ... piece of work, Mark. :thumbup:

Next stop ... Pinewood Studios.
 
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