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

Learn more at Coqueteur.us

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/

Low Light Struggles

Where is a full frame camera when you need one? Last week's small business profile shoot for Yelp had me setting up an interview in a restaurant. The ambience was excellent, with very romantic mood lighting.
That means it was dark.
No time to set up lights, and even if I did, there was no place to put them. We were smack in the middle of the dining area, with guests and hosts buzzing all around.
I set up two cameras, a Canon t4i sporting a 50mm f1.8, and a Sony X70. Neither one of them handled the stygian exposure very well, but the crop sensor DSLR delivered a much more usable image.

The exposure capture on Canon t4i (top) and after Brightness and Noise Reduction with After Effects (bottom).

I had hoped that the X70's XAVC 50mbps codec would have withstood post processing much better than it did. Trying to make a poorly exposed image look decent is difficult, no matter what camera or codec you're working with, but I didn't expect the DSLR to do better. But I was wrong. I took one look at all the messy noise in the X70 image and knew it was unusable.

A screen grab from the Sony PXW-X70, no post processing.

New England Heli Crew