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This is a single take steadicam shot during a photographic workshop at the Elk's Tower in Sacramento. The workshop put on by Mark Behrens and Lookpw titled "Gun's Gut's and Glory" featured 22 photographers, 20 models, and a lot of real guns. This shot actually came together completely unplanned, when most of the photographers and models had gathered into one room. It started out as a "wouldn't it be cool" and turned into an "alright everybody, listen up" in about 30 seconds. This shot stands completely uncut and is a good example of "speed ramping" for maximum effect.

It took us about 5 minutes to bring everyone up to speed, place people around the room, and figure out a rough path. The original shot is a little over two minutes long. It's obviously really hard to get 40 people to hold still for that long, so a lot of the sped up sections hide some of the movement. The other sped up and slowed down parts were just to emphasize it's epic awesomeness. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!

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Equipment

GH13 (hacked GH1)
Steadicam jr
Lumix 7-14mm
Premiere CS5
Colorista II
 
Really nice idea!

Love the implimentation - just a shame some people moved a bit (the lady with the camera at 00:59 opens and closes her mouth)... as you said, difficult to choreograph so many people - but watched this a couple of times now and it's great job. :thumbsup:

Like the grade too - and it shows the Lumix 7-14 is really wide enough.
 
Thanks, glad you liked it. Yeah, unfortunately we couldn't hide all the movement. That was the biggest one we decided to keep in but it's everywhere. I see something new almost every time I watch it but fortunately most people don't see hardly anything the first time through. Gotta love the 7-14...I actually think it was set around 10mm.
 
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That's killer. Sometimes simple is best! Only once or twice in the whole thing did I even see a camera shadow, which is pretty impressive!
 
I actually like that there is a little bit of movement. I think that it adds to the effect to have just a little movement in a few isolated spots. I especially like the spot at 48 seconds with the "wink" from the gunman and the widening of his "smile."
 
Colorista II was used for grading. We ended up having to use two instances to get the look we wanted. The hardest part was getting a look that would work for the whole shot. We only ended up keying one exposure change, otherwise it's the same grade throughout.
 
Fantastic! This is a tremendous result considering its spur of the moment nature. If this was a professional advertising shoot they would have planned and rehearsed it for days and ruthlessly selected acting talent that could hold steady (for all the in shot people) - and it would only have been a little better.

Neat idea, well executed. Ending with the amazon in the corridor was inspired.
 
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