Pingree Musical

A few quick looks at a reality show satire video that I was on this week. I operated second camera and assisted with lighting. The project was for a private school's musical, and we used their performance stage to shoot and light. We brought some daylight fluorescents but were also able to use the stage lights to add creative flairs.

View from Camera 2, Canon 6D with 70-200mm

Still from Camera 1 (on jib), Canon 5dmkiii with 24-70mm

MOE Fencing Tournament

X70 on the right and a Flashpoint 300 on the far right. Jeff (center) is directing and interviewing, while Todd (left) runs b-cam. 

The scene from behind the camera.

 Screen grab from the 1280X720 proxy file.

Friend and colleague Jeff Palmer invited me to shoot with him on a documentary he's making about the MOE Fencing club in Somerville. More of a relaxed and creative problem solving sort of shoot than a tightly scheduled affair, which I really enjoyed. I got a chance to really put the Flashpoint LED to use, and was very pleased with it. The NP-F batteries I'm using are a bit sketchy. They only seem to work so long as the light is set at half brightness or lower. That's what you get with generic third party electronics, I guess.

Jeff interviews one of the young fencers.

 The Flashpoint 300 with it's tungsten filter created a warm highlight. The house lights were used as key lighting for all of the interviews.

The X70 was set to custom picture profile with cinematone1 gamma, elevated black gamma, and custom color correction to enhance skin tones. These settings and more are available thanks to the X70 user group on Facebook.

The LED that is stationed camera right produces a nice catch light in the subject's eyes.

Slow Motion Web Commercial - Premium Q Moving & Storage

Commercial Sample 1 from Adrian Atwood on Vimeo.

This short web commercial was shot on a PXW-X70 using the S&Q Motion function. I followed the crew as they unloaded a truck, and just rolled at 1080@60p that was then conformed in camera to approx. 42% slow motion.

Coqueteur @ American Dream House

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I've been producing videos for the CQTR blog since the summer. Their most recent interview was in NY, so I tapped an old friend who lives in the city to shoot the segment. Kudos to him for great camera work. Edits were done in Premiere Pro CS6.

MLK Day Breakfast

American Library Association: Libraries Transform

Mt. Pollux

Sony PXW-X70 Custom Cinema Picture Profile Test

The Shepherds' Singularity Promo

I spent an evening shooting a promotional video for a community theater production. I enjoyed working with this direct last year and was excited when I was asked to produce a video for a new play. The director had the actors run select parts of scenes, I came up with framing on the fly, and then tried to edit with as much style and intrigue as I could in two days before opening night. The X70 was used as the primary cam and a Canon 650D with EF-S 24mm was used as B Cam.



This quick slideshow just demonstrates some of the color grading and LUT work I experimented with in Premiere Pro CC. The images start with the picture as captured in camera and dissolve to the color graded version.

Eric Frazer Photography: Without A Face

Photographer Eric Frazer writes, “Over the past twelve months, I have worked with nearly 20 local artists to explore the possibilities. Styles have ranged from paint to performance arts, with each artist presenting his/her own unique “eye.” Together we have worked to capture not only style, but character... perhaps even providing some insight into why he or she makes their art.

Video Produced and Edited by A. Atwood
Music: "Sundial" by Purple Planet Music

Event on Narrows Center Website: narrowscenter.org/manager/gallery-details-new.php?id=1507

Facebook Event Page: facebook.com/events/1657431781171756/permalink/1657433631171571/