Tourism Australia

[Lee Kelly]

There is always plenty of talk about Dragon vs Alexa and the pros and cons and image quality blah blah blah so I thought I would share this clip. Shot and directed by Nic Finlayson via Finch, this is the new Tourism Australia world wide campaign. I was the water camera operator, and it might be a giveaway as to which scenes were shot with Dragon vs Alexa mini but as you will see, you would have to be a proper geek with too much time on their hands to pick apart the differences, especially with a professional grade process. We traveled around the country with a pretty limited time frame in each location but Nic was able to capture the beauty of each of our stops and incorporate the human beauty into our amazing landscape. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to continue the discussion about Red/Alexa if you dare.

 

[Ugo Del]

Nice shots.
But even without being an expert I don't find it difficult to notice the difference. The different hue, the lowcon filter inside the Arri, the general feeling.

 

[Ted Parkes]

Who cares which shots are this or that.. It is beautifully done! Look fantastic.

 

[Lee Kelly]

So Ugo,

If I said it was all shot on Dragon would you believe me? If I said it was all shot on Mini would you believe that?
Ted is right, who cares. However plenty of this spot was shot on Dragon and considering this is the Red forum and this part of the forum is for projects shots on Red people may be interested.
In any case, I figured because there are always differing opinions about which sensor is best blah blah blah seeing the different shots mixed into an edit like this shows that it does work. Too often people want to stick with the one camera even if it is not the right camera for the shot. This project was no different. Mini was the camera of choice but we needed to shoot drone and water and Dragon was the option we went for.

Anyway, if this commercial proves anything, its that we have a gorgeous country with beautiful people ha ha

 

[Ugo Del]

So Ugo,

If I said it was all shot on Dragon would you believe me? If I said it was all shot on Mini would you believe that?
Ted is right, who cares. However plenty of this spot was shot on Dragon and considering this is the Red forum and this part of the forum is for projects shots on Red people may be interested.
In any case, I figured because there are always differing opinions about which sensor is best blah blah blah seeing the different shots mixed into an edit like this shows that it does work. Too often people want to stick with the one camera even if it is not the right camera for the shot. This project was no different. Mini was the camera of choice but we needed to shoot drone and water and Dragon was the option we went for.

Anyway, if this commercial proves anything, its that we have a gorgeous country with beautiful people ha ha

Well I agree with you and Ted, who cares. But you're the one bringing the Arri/Red discussion in your introduction. I was not judging, I even told that I liked. The mix is working, I was just saying that it's still not too difficult to tell which one is what. Probably, with a lowcon filter on the Red to match the Arri's smoothness/softness, and some hue matching (Arri's sky is a lot more cyan, etc), it would be trickier to tell. But you're right, both cameras are unbeatable, they have different looks which can be matched quite easily.

 

[Vedran Rapo]

One of the nicest tourist promo films ive seen in some time.
i mean, those people look amazingly directed, so emotional and so clear. Makes me go there ...

 

[Dominik Muench]

very tasty stuff !!!

 

[Mark Toia]

Here's the one I shot the year before... all on RED.

 

[Kenny Mosher]

Love love love the work Lee! Excellent

 

[vincent kardasik]

Great job in the water Lee, really clean shots!