FocusPulling.com: September 2012

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Featured video: "Shuttle Endeavour: A piece of space history flies by in slow motion" by Vincent Laforet

At Vimeo, the caption says: NASA's Endeavour Shuttle lands at Los Angeles International airport on its final flight atop a 747. This footage was shot with a RED Epic, at 5K resolution, at 96 frames per second with a Canon 800mm 5.6 lens. If you like this video - or would like to see us shoot with 3 camera bodies next time - consider using Vimeo's new "Tip Jar" function by clicking on the title of this video and looking for the following icon at the bottom right of the video. Thanks! NASA's Shuttle fleet was retired last year after 30 years of flight. Endeavour is the second of three remaining shuttles to head to its retirement home - in this case the the California Science Center. Endeavour, the youngest shuttle, replaced Challenger which tragically blew up during liftoff in 1986. During 25 missions, Endeavour spent 299 days in space and orbited the earth nearly 4,700 times, racking up 123 million miles. It was a beautiful day - hampered by some pretty heavy duty heat waves as you'll see, given that the shuttle landed at 1 p.m. Special thanks to Jon Carr for his help on the shoot, and for the edit. Oh and... HOLY HEAT WAVES!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Featured video: "Genesis" by Philip Bloom

At Vimeo, the caption says: Launch film for new "G" camera to be announced by Panasonic on the 17th September ahead of Photokina. I am certain nobody knows the exact model number of this :) I cannot, for obvious reasons such more until Monday... Although... there is much more info on my blog post here: http://philipbloom.net/?p=27241and loads more on the 17th including the excellent BTS!! Written and directed by: Bruce Logan Producers: Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt and Bruce Logan Director of Photography: Philip Bloom & Bruce Logan ASC Cast: Hero: Jeffrey Joslin Heroine: Crissie Randall Child: Madaline Galante Cop1; Skoti Collins Cop2: Orlando Wilson Homeless man: Mark Miller-Summer Taxi Driver: Vahik Avedian Production Manager: Kara Scobey 1st AD: Lee Davis Camera Operator: Terry Bowen 1st AC: Ariel Benarroch 2nd AC: Danit Sigler Key Grip: Stacy Slevek Gaffer: Mark Meisenheimer BB Grip: Mike Wesby Swing: Justin Bernard Swing: Joe Webb Costume Designer: Dawn Ritz Assistant Wardrobe: Christine Fuller Hair/ Makeup: Lauren Ishi Art Director: Lauren Ishi Art Director: Ron Volz Lead Editors: Daniel Skubal Scott Lynch Editors: Chase Kubasiak Chris Voelz Post Production Supervisor: Scott Lynch Colourist: Bruce Logan Behind the scenes: Mick Jones PAs: Damien Lang Jeremy Brown Elmera Asadipour Darron Zimmet Interns: Chris Bokari Valerie Much Pat Sarnaki Allison Shelley Casting: Amy de Souza Craft Services: Samantha Mokwa

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Featured video: "Sony NEX-VG900 Camcorder Trailer [720p HD]" by Focus Pulling (.com)

At Vimeo, the caption says: The NEX-VG900 is a new E-mount camcorder equipped with a full-frame sensor specifically designed for shooting motion pictures ideal for commercials and music videos, as well as action scenes in budget drama, for example. The large-format sensor's high sensitivity enables it to produce footage with shallow depth of field similar to that of a film camera. Product Information: http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&searchType=search&storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&productId=8198552921666489355 There is a User Group for this product at http://vimeo.com/groups/vg900 that includes discussion, updates, Web references, and a continuously updated library of video samples. In addition to following the User Group at Vimeo, you can follow the same feed at its Facebook Page, http://facebook.com/vg900, and on Twitter, twitter.com/nexvg900.