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John Gillan’s Production Cliffhanger

Thu, 08/07/2014 - 12:58 -- Nick Dager

British cinematographer and Polecam owner operator John Gillan was booked to cover the Azores leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving competition. He flew in to the Azores on his way to the small island where it would take place, 1000 miles from the nearest city and two days away from shooting the event. It was not the ideal place to hear from the airline that brought him there: "Sorry, Mr. Gillan, we’ve lost one of your Polecam flight cases."

Kyle Camarillo Wins MōVI at ReDirect Skateboard Filmmaking Competition

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:42 -- Nick Dager

When Kyle Camarillo was selected for the ReDirect skateboard filmmaking competition sponsored by Red Digital Cinema and famed skate park, The Berrics, he chose to film his entry with Freefly Systems’ MōVI M10 camera stabilizer. “We’ve always skated alongside the skateboarder to capture footage, so keeping the camera steady is what we always strive for,” Camarillo says. “Using the MōVI perfected that as well as opened up new doors.”

Curt Pair Puts Manios Digital & Film’s MD7 to the Test

Tue, 07/08/2014 - 12:21 -- Nick Dager

Manios Digital & Film’s MD7 is a lightweight, 7-inch LED 1080p field monitor that combines an economical price – list is $440 – with a feature set comparable to, and in some cases exceeding, monitors costing several times more. Among the first pros to test drive the MD7 was Curt Pair, a Phoenix-based director of photography and principal of Picture This Productions. Pair, whose credits range from news and documentaries to commercials, corporate media and music videos, conducted camera tests with the monitor at an air show in March. Since then, he’s used it on a pair of real-world assignments: a segment for the Golf Channel series In Play with Jimmy Rogers and a commercial for Ford, all with superb results.

Going Where the Action Is

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 11:56 -- Nick Dager

Freddie Wong, co-creator and director of Video Game High School, says his show, an online comedy web series is defined by a lot of action sequences. Now shooting season three, Wong recently discovered Freefly Systems’ MōVI M10 handheld camera stabilizer. “The MōVI M10 allowed complete and unrestricted freedom with regard to camera movement,” he says.

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