Udacity spot shot on Forged Weapon w/ Master Primes

[Christopher Probst]

This spot is nothing ground breaking. Rather, it's what I'd consider a bread-and-butter job for a working DP. Why I'm posting it is because watching it, it struck me that, ONCE AGAIN, how much I love my Weapon cameras and how versatile they are for my work. I tend to delve into more affected looks with lots of vintage lenses as of late, but then I do a job like this and break out some Master Primes. I'm always impressed how clean Red cameras can be. To me this has a very smooth, polished feel and showcases the Weapon's low nose floor, nuanced colors and crystal clear resolution.

 

[Stephen Mick]

Very nice, Christopher. I saw that on the air recently and thought to myself how nice it all looked.

 

[John Brennick]

As always Christopher, gorgeous work. Thanks for posting.

 

[Nick Morrison]

Christopher this looks awesome, as always. Was this on Dragon? Or Helium?

Looks AMAZING.

 

[Martin Stevens]

Awesome Chris!

 

[Jacob Ryan]

Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing Chris. I wonder what the shutter speed was used for the 00:04 (the dancer). Was it all shutter speed or was there some VFX as well?
Looks just exquisite. Great job, as always.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

Stellar as always!

 

[Graeme Nattress]

Nice work Chris!

Graeme

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

Rad

 

[Scot Yount]

I will invoke the Boston vernacular. Pissah! Chris I know you posted a spot recently (I think it was Buick) that you said was your last Dragon commercial? Do I have that right? Anyway, that makes me think this is Helium, but do tell.

 

[Christopher Probst]

This in fact was shot like the day before my Forged went in to become Helium, so this IS the last.

 

[Nick Morrison]

This in fact was shot like the day before my Forged went in to become Helium, so this IS the last.

Haha. Nice!

Dawn of a new age.

 

[Manuel Sieber]

wow, mega good stuff

 

[Scot Yount]

This in fact was shot like the day before my Forged went in to become Helium, so this IS the last.

My forged is in right now becoming Helium. Can't wait!

 

[Jeff McCoy]

Holy smokes (does anyone say that anymore?).

I love the lighting in this spot. Somehow everything is illuminated perfectly but still has a bit of a dark and cinematic feel to it. Great work Chris, thanks for sharing.

 

[Christopher Probst]

Thanks all! Congrats Scot, you'll dig it!

 

[Rakesh Malik]

Holy smokes (does anyone say that anymore?).

I love the lighting in this spot. Somehow everything is illuminated perfectly but still has a bit of a dark and cinematic feel to it. Great work Chris, thanks for sharing.

Same here! I've always thought that shadows add to an image, and this is a good example.

 

[Bill Totolo]

You call it a bread and butter spot but there's a lot of exceptional lighting going on.
Goes to show a good DP is more than just his tools.