A couple of years ago we forged a relationship with the largest English-speaking theatre company in mainland Europe, The English Theatre Frankfurt. As official media sponsors it lies in our domain to produce trailers for their upcoming shows. Here we are shooting a trailer to their latest musical “The Life”, a US-based story dealing with all things sex, sin and prostitution around Times Square in the 80’s.
photo: U-Boot-Bunker “Valentin” (Bundesarchiv, Bild 185-09-25 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)
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For a couple of years we have been cooperating with The English Theatre Frankfurt and have been producing trailers for all their productions – take a look:
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We regularly get requests to shoot in Hamburg and this time it was for a 2 man XDCam HD crew to shoot a training video at an event there. We used one of our trusted local camera crews there and had one very satisfied client from the UK.
photo: LoboStudioHamburg
UK-based Tenner Films requested an English-speaking sound recordist to support their own crew on a company profile shoot they did at their plant in Schöngau in Germany’s Black Forest region. They not only saved on travel and accommodation costs but got a free translation service by taking our Stuttgart based sound recordist!
photo source: Black Forest cake by Mikelo
As we all know, cameras go out of fashion at the drop of a hat and at the moment everybody’s darling is the Sony FS7, which is overshadowing the good old Canon C300. Everybody seems to have one, including us, because it’s affordable and you get a lot for your money. It offers many more features than the C300 (apart from the C300 MKII which is twice the price).
On top of the 6.000 or 7.000 Euros basic kit price you have to spend a couple thousand more to make it user friendly (lenses, metabones adapter, shoulder plate, V-mount adapters, etc.) – but that’s what you do with all other cameras anyway.
Like most other people we’ve suffered with the temperamental and unreliable metabones adapter – but who’s got Sony E-mount lenses out there?!
We had our FS7 out recently shooting for an American client and were more than pleased to be able to shoot high speed at 180 fps (in NSTC)! One international crewing agency recently said the ‘ancient’ Sony EX3 is still top of the list for most of their clients, followed closely by the C300. However , the FS7 is gaining ground fast and will soon pip them all at the post!
Our experience tells us that ‘3-chip cameras’ are more or less dead and everyone wants shallow depth of field – in whatever shape or form.
The FS7 is definitely up front at the moment but nothing is future proof in this game… apart from decent tripods and C-stands.
photo © Camera Crew Germany
God and his wife will be at the Frankfurt Motow Show (IAA 2015)… And we will be there too! Whether you need an English-speaking cameraman, sound recordist or fixer – we’ve got them all! Complete fully equipped Frankfurt based bilingual camera crews filming with state of the art gear. Furthermore, editors and fast FTP upload facilities in our studio, which is just a 5 min walk from the fairground. If you need an uplink we can supply SNG trucks too.
We’ve been filming for major broadcasters at this show for the past 20 years and have a wealth of experience!
Please contact us now and beat the rush!
Last week our crew went to Düsseldorf to shoot a documentary with our brand new Sony FS7. Subject of the documentary was a historical plane crash in Erkrath. They were filming on site and interviewed various experts as well as the last witness of the crash.
Here are some words of praise for our client:
“Here is the crew from the Big Silver Bird shoot after completing all of our work a 1/2 day early. Great group of people to work with from Camera Crews Germany. Marius, Nils and Toby were fantastic! Markus and Terry really pulled off the talent portion of the project.”
After a gruelling 3-day shoot in Amsterdam our local fixer gave the American clients a sightseeing tour in his boat!
The wonderful SonyF5 out on the streets in Munich shooting a corporate for one of our US clients!
photo © Camera Crew Germany
London based SNTV requested we shoot the annual madness at Bognor Regis Pier, The Bognor Birdman Championships. Crazy fun loving enthusiasts take the plunge in all manner of fancy dress outfits, most of which are just not meant to fly. We shot XDCam HD and ftp’d the clients a rough cut for a speedy turnaround.
God and his wife will be at the Frankfurt Motow Show (IAA 2015)… And we will be there too! Whether you need an English-speaking cameraman, sound recordist or fixer – we’ve got them all! Complete fully equipped bilingual camera crews filming with state of the art gear. Furthermore, editors and fast FTP upload facilities in our studio, which is just a 5 min walk from the fairground. If you need an uplink we can supply SNG trucks too.
We’ve been filming for major broadcasters at this show for the past 20 years and have a wealth of experience!
Please contact us now and beat the rush!
London based Merchant Cantos requested a support crew and equipment for their recent shoot in Kassel, north of Frankfurt. We supplied an english speaking camera assistant, sound recordist and teleprompter operator with full kit. The producer and DP flew out from London with just the camera and lenses and we gave them the rest. This is a standard format for many of our shoots, the clients bring their own lightweight core crew and we bring in the big guns.
Toronto based Daily Planet produce a daily tech programme for Discovery with stories from all over the place. We often crew for them on their European shoots and this time they needed help on a shoot inLinz, Austria filming an electric mortorcycle. We supplied an english speaking Vienna based sound recordist with kit.
Photo source. http://imagefriend.com/total-motorcycle-games-zombie-killer.shtm
We seldom get requests from Denmark and were more than pleased when Aarhus-based Design It requested a sound recordist to supplement their crew for a shoot in Munich. By booking our English-speaking sound recordist they not only saved on travel and accommodation costs, but got a free translator too with local knowledge!
photo: Bavarians by Filipe Fortes
Alle Jahre wieder füllt sich die Hugenottenhalle in Neu- Isenburg, wenn Deva Premal &Miten zum Konzert erscheinen.
So war es auch am 11.6. wieder. Schon Wochen vorher waren alle Karten ausverkauft für diesen Abend mit Mantras und spirituelle Liedern Mit dabei ist wie immer der nepalesisch Bansuri-Flötenspieler Manose. Diesmal wurden die beiden noch begleitet von Joby Baker and Spencer Cozens .
Die Konzerte sind ein Event besonderer Art- ein Abend nach em Motto: Deva and Miten meet friends – die Künstler präsentieren nicht nur ihre Musik, sie laden die Zuhörer zum Mitsingen ein. Zwischen den Stücken gibt es keinen Applaus.
Das Konzert begann wie immer mit einem gemeinsam gesungenen “Om”.
Schon beim ersten Mantra, das Deva anstimmte, begannen die Zuhörer mitzusingen und wiegten sich zur Musik. Die meisten Fans sind textsicher, damit alle anderen auch mitsingen konnten, wurde der Text auf die Bühne projiziert. Es ging ums gemeinsame Erlebnis- jeder sollte aktiv dabei sein, mitsingen.
Und so entstand im Laufe des Konzerts eine Atmosphäre einer großen Gemeinshaft, die sich zum Mantra singen getroffen hat und ihre Impulse dafür von Deva und Miten erhält.
Miten teilte zum wiederholten Male die Stimmen auf, mal sangen nur die Frauen , mal die Männer, dann wieder alle zusammen…dabei durfte natürlich „So much magnificence“ nicht fehlen- spätestens da war der ganze Saal von Stimmen erfüllt
Bei all der Harmonie und Schönheit gab es dann auch den Moment , in dem Die Künstler an all die Menschen in Nepal erinnerten, die unter den Folgen des Erdbebens leiden. Der aus Nepal stammende Manose berichtete von den Zuständen in seinem Heimatland und rief zu Spenden auf.
Die Mischung war perfekt: Devas Stimme, Mitens Witz und Humor , Manose Flötenspiel und zwei tolle Gastmusiker sorgten für einen gelungenen Abend.
Wie immer endete das Konzert in Stille, und wer sich beim Hinausgehen noch einmal umgedreht hat konnte nach all der wunderbaren Musik ein schönes Bild mit nach hause nehmen: die Künstler standen winkend auf der Bühne- als wenn sie sagen wollten“ Bye,bye- thank you for sharing the evening with us“
Photo source, Deva Premal http://www.vestibune.net/?p=337
London and USA based Nucleus requested several crews to shoot at an event hosted in Vienna. It wasn’t the Eurovision Song Contest but the image here certainly beats a conference event image. We shot XDCam and C300 and provided local crews
Photo: Albin Olsson. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
Our old friends from London based Maverick Advertising and Design kept us on our toes again shooting with various crews this week for DHL in Bonn, Germany. We shot Canon C300 and 5d and supplied not only the kit and lighting but camera operators, sound recordists, camera assistants, make up artists and teleprompter operators.
Photo: mavad.co.uk
Texas-based “Staging Solution” came back to us with a request for a good old EX3 camera crew and an FS700 camera crew. We filmed in and around…wait for it….The World Gas Conference. Strange but true 🙂
London based “We are very social” have been keeping us on our toes again this week filming all things Adidas both at their German headquarters in Herzogenaurach and at a mega event in Berlin where they requested 4 x FS7 camera crews.
photo credit: Adidas ‘World of Football’; gallery of WorldCup-Balls & Adidas ‘World of Football’ area in front of the ‘Reichstag’ by Times
The annual Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling Bash is something not to be missed. We were there again this year amongst the hilarity, the bruises and broken bones for London based SNTV. Great stuff:)
Boston based Pellet Productions have come back to us again for their crewing needs in Frankfurt and Berlin. We supplied 2 C300 crews for them in both cities to shoot interviews and B Roll for their ongoing corporate project for the Law firm Wilmer Hale.
Toronto based Daily Planet regularly request crews throughout Europe to film unusual items for their daily Discovery Programme. This time we sent one of our Cologne based crews to shoot Vera Schlüssel doing research with sharks in Bonn.
Photo credit: Zac Wolf via Wikipedia
We often receive requests to shoot in the Netherlands and this time we sent our Amsterdam based crew to shoot interviews and b roll on XDCam using the PMW 300 from Sony. 3 chip cameras still have their use but the majority of our corporate and documentary projects are all shot on large sensor cameras with the Canon C300 at the top of the league followed by the F5 and F55.
Photo credit: “Carnaval oeteldonk” by Hazelares
We have a longstanding relationship with London-based Maverick and we regularly supply support crews consisting of camera assistants, sound recordists, gaffers, etc. plus equipment for their ongoing shoots at DHL both in Leipzig and Bonn. We use our local lads from Leipzig and Cologne for these shoots.
photo source: DHL Helikopter by Deutsche Post AG
US based Maslow Media requested a Frankfurt based crew to shoot interviews and b roll in the neighbouring city of Mainz. One of our most common requests is portable green screen, teleprompter, camera crew and make up artist. We’ve got it off to a T 🙂
Sweden based Luminante requested help for a rather gloomy shoot in Dachau, Germany. We provided one of our Munich based sound recordists to accompany them there.
Photo source. Wolfgang Manousek from Dormagen, Germany
Sydney based 50 Kaliber have been shooting worldwide for Tempura who make all things beds. They needed to host an event in Düsseldorf for customers and clients and requested we set it up. We got our location scout onto the job and came up with a desirable setting, Tafelsilber In Düsseldorf, we then contacted customers and invited them for an evening event where we shot testimonials and stills for documentation purposes. Furthermore we hired an interpreter so the Australian producer could communicate with and interview the German customers.
Photo source: Tafelsilber.tv
Chicago based Solid Line contacted us out of the blue for a camera crew and producer to shoot interviews as part of a world wide program they are producing. We enlisted our local crew in Hamburg to shoot this on the ever so popular Canon C300. We also supplied a bilingual interviewer, also based in Hamburg
Photo source Bo Pilgrim statue at Pilgrim’s Pride distruibution center in Pittsburg, Texas by John Bonzo
London based Red Shark requested a 2 man camera crew for a green screen shoot in Hannover. We mobilized our local heroes there and shot XDCam HD on a Sony PMW 300. Another satisfied client that keeps coming back for more 🙂
LA-based TVgla requested an Engish-speaking runner and cameraman for a 3 day shoot in Cologne about the Hard Rock Cafe. We came up with local talent so the client got not only a crew without additional expense but a free translation service! We shot on the Canon 5D and the incredible Sony A7s!
photo credit: Doro Pesch im Hard Rock Cafe by Schröder+Schömbs PR
As part of an ongoing project producing a DVD about music teaching methods we shot pieces to camera at a local photographers studio.
The Washington D.C. branch of Al Jazeera requested a fixer and camera crew to produce a documentary on the effects of the Digital Revolution on Germany’s workforce. One of our bilingual journalists spent a week researching and setting up the shoots in Stuttgart and Berlin and our local C300 crews filmed there with the D.C. based producer.
