EMMY Submission for Nature Cinematography...SHOT ON RED

[Ken Corben]

Yesterday was the deadline for submissions for the 2011 32nd Annual News & Doc Emmys for programs aired in 2010.
Nominees are announced in July.

The Golden Jellyfish "as aired" 7 min segment from National Geographic's Great Migrations was submitted in the CRAFT category for Cinematography: Nature Documentary. A tough category to say the least given the talent pool. Tougher yet when some guys get 7 figure budgets and 2 years in the field. We had $125K, 10 days, and three RED ONEs (and a few other toys).

Here is the link to the 7 min clip sumitted for consideration.
This segment was most definitely Shot On RED.

http://digital3dproductions.com/SHOTon_RED.html

When I laid down my first $1,000 at RED I thought it was a long shot.
Five years later, the RED ONE has changed the way I think fundamentally about making underwater films.
Our ability to shoot, playback, and grade while living in the jungle islands of Palau were an invaluable new digital tool for us.

The RED Team continues to amaze me with their support, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
Golden Jellies, win, lose or draw, was a team effort that yielded incredible results.

Thank You RED.

Ken

Nat Geo DVD Purchase Link:
http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=1093166

 

[Johnny Friday]

Well, great shoot guys....and it was a long paddle to Palau for a couple of guys....but they at least had a catamaran to get there.

Next photo...setting up shop on the lake.

Photo 3: Preparing for night dive

Photo 4: setting out for a night dive

Photo 5: Night dive return

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Twas a long night to be had under the stars, surrounded by the sounds of the wild, the wavelets lapping at the fragile limestone edges of these mushroom shaped rocks, the diluted yet indistinguishable muted sounds of someone practicing the lines of some faded Clash rendition, for twas also the battle of the gargantuan karaoke Gods, for whence Friday came about, Thorpe was na'er far behind....

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

As an Emmy judge this year, I would have judged your submission worthy of an Emmy with a 7 for creativity and a 9 for execution.

That rating would not, if my fellow judges agreed, garner you the win in national competition, but it would garner a win in some regional Emmy competitions.

I have to emphasize that I did not judge your submission, nor do I know any of the people who did judge it

 

[Ken Corben]

Thank you for the judging breakdown Alex, it is good to know.
A 9 for execution...nice

We are honored to submit our best RED work for cinematography to this year's News & Documentary EMMYs.
My friends and colleagues have some remarkable work entered this year as well.

Play big or stay home...

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Thank you for the judging breakdown Alex, it is good to know.
A 9 for execution...nice

Judgiung the Emmy's was a good experience for ... well judging things I guess. So I must use my powers for good!

Play big or stay home...

Absolutely! The only way to play.

I'm going to go stay home now. I'll let you know if I get out and make something.

 

[Randall Nott]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing, guys. Best of luck to you.

 

[Sean Rawls]

Beautiful stuff. Amazing creatures as well . . . hope the competition goes well

 

[Steve Gibby]

Very nice work guys...

As a multiple Emmy Award recipient myself, each year I'm an invited judge for several different national Emmy Award competitions - namely Sports, Daytime, and News & Documentary. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be judged this year in May and June, and I will be a judge for various categories. By NATAS rules a judge is never allowed to divulge exactly what categories we judged, much less how we judged them - but we are allowed to simply acknowledge that we are an Emmy judge.

 

[Johnny Friday]

Twas a long night to be had under the stars, surrounded by the sounds of the wild, the wavelets lapping at the fragile limestone edges of these mushroom shaped rocks, the diluted yet indistinguishable muted sounds of someone practicing the lines of some faded Clash rendition, for twas also the battle of the gargantuan karaoke Gods, for whence Friday came about, Thorpe was na'er far behind....

I want to give out some big kudos to Mater Thorpe....master of all and jack off of all trades INCLUDING late night karaoke.
SEE SIR THORPE IN ACTION:

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Cheers Johnny, hope all is going well with you mate. Will have to catch up sooner rather than later. Bali is off the hook at the moment with surf, been slammed a few times in the waves but the images are super cool. Be well mate, and uhhhh, so long as you're around I will never get to the top of that late night Karaoke leaders table....

 

[Johnny Friday]

Yep, i do rule that corner of late night "cherie street" in Palau when it comes to Karaoke champs....no competition with the Japanese or the Brits....