Friggs - Behind the scenes

[Alpha Beta Omega]

These are some clips put together from a Friggs commercial shoot just out of Grisslehamn in Sweden.

The idea was to have a nude girl, just as she was created, standing on a small cliff looking out the sea. All in black and white and trying to make it as tasteful as possible.

I was 1st AC and DP was Johan Palm. I put one of my Canon 7D on a smaller than usual rig with a Marshall LCD monitor on the back. We had a splitter to get another view for the client/producer.

To make this BTS video I used my second 7D. I have to say if compared to the GH1 the Canon is much richer and feels less video. Didn't have to much time shooting the BTS and really there was not to much variation but anyway a short feature from this day.

Lenses used for the commercial: Canon 16-35L and 85/1.8. ND was a Fader-ND and we had a graduated filter inside the mattebox to even it out a bit.

 

[jambredz]

really liked this. nice to see the rig and all. I usually like all ur BTS stuff.
Also reall liked the handheld and whip pans. no rolling shutter...nice what kind of set up were you shooting this with? and how do u control the rolling shutter so well?
Could you provide a link to that splitter? when i get my 7d (hopefuly soon) i'll be needing something like that.

 

[Richard J. Johnson]

I loved how you had a Microwave out there! that was great. Looks like a lot of fun. I know if it were my shoot something or someone would have fallen in that water. good stuff. Would love to see the finished product.

I was looking at your work on Vimeo and you really make the 7D look amazing. Great work all around.

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

really liked this. nice to see the rig and all. I usually like all ur BTS stuff.
Also reall liked the handheld and whip pans. no rolling shutter...nice what kind of set up were you shooting this with? and how do u control the rolling shutter so well?
Could you provide a link to that splitter? when i get my 7d (hopefuly soon) i'll be needing something like that.

I had two lenses to shoot the handheld BTS video - 35L and 85/1.8. Used a Z-finder and nothing else to stabilize the 7D. Everything 1080p25 and shutter at 1/50s. When doing whip pans just like I did, you have to go from point A to point B and not hesitate. A rather slow shutter like 1/50s takes care of much of the rolling shutter and it's better to go fast and then stop fast than to wobble around.

The 2-way HDMI splitter is on ebay (item 190344931024).