Multinational technology consultancy Accenture requested an Amsterdam-based crew and producer to film testimonials at their local branch in The Hague. Accenture sent us a comprehensive brief which our local producer followed closely and we even shot it with the golden oldie EX3.
The Italian broadcaster RAI is a regular client of ours and this time they requested a 2 man XDCAM crew for a vintage car fair in Essen. Our car enthusiast cameraman jumped at the job!
London-based Nucleus Central requested a cameraman with 2 XDCAM camera kits in Nice to shoot a conference so we provided them with our local crew there which is bilingual and familiar with the location.
photo credit: Tobi 87
US based Q Center recently sent these words of praise for us:)
‘The team was really nice to work with and the proof I’ve seen was great. I’m working with a producer to edit with the source material this week-but they also shipped/delivered on time as promised.
I’d work with them again anytime-I liked how the interviewer took care of my target on camera in the coaching I heard in the proof… very happy with that.
I also think the shot looks good and the communication with me was proactive, regular, and clear. Two thumbs up!’
Remember when at the end of shoot we would hand a box of tapes over to the client. Well thats ancient history. We have been shooting tapeless now for over a decade but many Producers are still not accounting for media transfer time within the shoot day. With different codecs it’s important that both the crew and the client be on the same page. Now the crew needs to be aware of what card or drive they are recording to and which one needs to be moved to a client hard drive or backed up. We need to be ready to download the footage at moment’s notice.
Come and rock and roll with our English speaking camera crews at the biggest music trade fair ever – Musikmesse Frankfurt 2014.
After the shoot just pop into our studio right across from the fairground to edit and ftp upload. We have the best crews in town just waiting for you to hire them!
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photo: courtesy of US Air Guitar
At a recent Communications Media Management Association conference in Nashville, Kirk Duffy from Cargill gave a presentation regarding the services he provides for Cargill’s internal customer. He polled his internal customers with the 5 reasons they use his video production services. Kirk said, “It changed the way I approached and delivered our distinctive values to our customers. It also let me know it was okay that we could not be everything to everyone.” Here are the customer’s answers from the least popular to most popular.
Vancouver based “Sports on Fire Productions” requested some support crew for a shoot in Frankfurt which was part of a longer documentary they are producing. We provided a local sound technician, fixer, driver and van.
We are shooting for an unnamed kitchen mixer outfit at the moment and during research we came across this whacky clip….enjoy.
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Die aktuelle Inszenierung von Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso ist ein wahrer Geheimtipp, denn in keinem anderen Opernhaus weltweit wird diese Oper derzeit aufgeführt.
Dies ist jedoch sehr schade, denn die Geschichte um Orlando ist der perfekte Opernstoff: Orlando hat sich in Angelica verliebt und sucht sie nun überall. So landet er auf der Insel Alcinas, einer mächtigen Zauberin. Angelica liebt jedoch Medoro und so ist die Dreiecksbeziehung perfekt. Auch Bramante und Ruggerio verschlägt es auf die Insel und Alcinas Zauber versucht auch die beiden zu trennen. Am Ende siegt jedoch die Liebe und Orlando und Alcina müssen einsehen, dass kein Zauber sie zu zerstören mag.
Die Sängerinnen Delphine Galou (Orlando), Daniela Pini (Alcina), Sofia Fomina (Angelica) und Paula Murrihy (Medoro) waren herrausragend und wir hoffen, sie bald in weiteren Rollen an der Oper Frankfurt zu sehen!
The Frankfurt Opera House is the only company world wide staging Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso at the moment, which is a shame because the story itself is ideal for opera.
The performance is definitely worth a visit even though its the same old story about love, intrigue and of course a happy ending…
Lets hope we can get to see more of the star performers Delphine Galou (Orlando), Daniela Pini (Alcina), Sofia Fomina (Angelica) and Paula Murrihy (Medoro). They were brilliant!
photo credit: Wolfgang Runkel
Es ist kaum zu glauben, dass La Traviata ihrer Uraufführung nur wenig Lob erntete, gehört sie heute doch zu einer der am meisten Aufgeführten Opern weltweit.
Derzeit ist sie auch im Staatstheater Darmstadt in einer klassischen, aber dennoch zeitlos schönen Inszenierung zu sehen. Besonders sticht Adréana Kraschewski als Violetta hervor, die sowohl in ihrer Rolle als verführerische Kurtisane aber auch als leidende und einsame Frau überzeugend darstellt.
What a surprise that the premiere of La Traviata got so little praise considering it’s now one of the world’s favourites. Maybe because the Darmstadt performance offered nothing new. A rather run of the mill interpretation, but nevertheless great viewing!
The major highlight was Adréana Kraschewski who gave a brilliant rendition as Violetta…
photo credit: Staatstheater Darmstadt
London-based Parlour Wood requested a Frankfurt-based sound recordist, lights and grip for a shoot at the Black & Decker facility at Idstein near Frankfurt. The clients saved on transport, excess baggage and accommodation costs and got themselves a bilingual crew member who could not only recommend local bars but could order the right beers.
Clapham-based WBS requested 2 English-speaking sound recordists for a couple of days at the Le Méridien Hotel in the heart of Frankfurt’s red light zone. The job itself wasn’t as spicy as these images but at least they were close by:)
Switzerland is the flavour of the month and we’re back again filming the spectacular White Turf Horse Racing on Snow event in the ever so swish St.Moritz. Our cameraman shot XDCam and we ftp’d the footage to our clients in the UK. A wonderful weekend with glorious sunshine amidst the snowy Engadin mountains.The White Turf event itself is a must for all those who want to see and be seen:))
photos © Andy Mettler
London-based Straightforward Comms. requested a crew in Switzerland so we sent our Geneva-based cameraman and sound recordist to Lausanne to shoot a corporate interview for Tetrapak. We shot XDCam HD.
Yesterday we shot with the ever so popular Canon C300 in Verden. We sent our Hamburg-based crew to Mars Corp. to shoot an interview for a corporate film.
Catherine Turner Ltd. is a regular client of ours and we often shoot for them at Böhringer in Ingelheim. This time we sent our Frankfurt-based crew and provided a 2 man Canon C300 crew with a black screen.
London based Oracle requested an english speaking camera crew to shoot an interview against green screen in Mainz near Frankfurt. Portable green screen jobs are very common and we’ve done more than our share of them. We shot XDCam HD and had one very happy client….even though he had the misfortune of spending a night in Mainz…which aint really the bees knees:)
Vitamix USA requested an english speaking camera crew to cover their product launch recently in Frankfurt. We supplied an XDCam HD crew and after 3 days shooting we converted everything to H264.
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Only one month to go for the world’s largest IT expo: CeBIT.
Every year more that 300.000 people travel to Hanover, Germany to get informed about the latest and greatest in all things IT.
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London based TVC requested an english speaking Canon C300 camera crew yesterday in Munich to shoot interviews and b roll about Ralph Lauren and the Olympics.
St. Moritz is the flavour of the month and we’re back again in the space of 2 days. This time we sent our Austrian based crew there to shoot Polo on Snow for London based TransWorld Sports and Omnisport. We shot XDCam HD, did a rough cut onsite and ftp’d the footage to the clients for a speedy turnaround.
All photos © Filip Zuan/www.filipzuan.com
We regularly shoot for London based TVC group and this time they requested a Steadicam camera crew to shoot at the swish and fancy event “Polo in Snow” in St. Moritz. Our Munich based Steadicam crew were available and had fun shooting the rich and beautiful swanning around on the lake in St. Moritz. The lake freezes over every year and turns into a high society playground with events like Polo and Horse Racing. We shot with a Sony F5 and Angenieux Optimo lenses.
photo © Tony Ramirez/www.imagesofpolo.com for St. Moritz Polo World Cup on Snow.
U.S based Eye Magic Productions, Jill Woo, requested we crew up for a doctors roundtable shoot at a hotel in Frankfurt. We turned up with 11 kinoflos, grip, gaffer and make up artist and turned a hotel conference room into a film studio.
Poetry Slam Deluxe at the English Theatre Frankfurt is a great event, vibrant , hilarious and full of surprises. The audience form the jury and a guest show master is always a member of the public. Lars Ruppel is the heart and should of Poetry Slam, he has the wonderful gift of not only being a great poet himself but his scathing wit and lightning repartee keeps the show pulsating at a permanent high. Its worth going just to laugh along with Lars, but book early, the show is always sold out fast.
London cabbies call this the Kipper Season, when business slows down a bit, so I’ve taken time to reflect and put pen to paper.
I’ve heard that blogs should let the punters know what they want and not what I want to sell them, so here we go!
I recently received these images of a 2 camera shoot. The close up is OK, but slightly heavy on the head room, however, the wider shot is definitely out of order, far too much head room. The subject is forced down the frame and appears diminished and small.
Furthermore when you cut between both shots the image jumps and the flow is interrupted.
The pictures below would be my suggestion:
When I challenged the DP he said the onsite producer approved the shots. A word of caution, many producers are content driven and not too hot on cinematic language. The DP, however, calls the shots and is responsible for the images. He has to see the full picture and how his images work in editing.
So, all you shooters out there….dont give so much headroom.
Seit einer Woche zeigt die Oper Frankfurt die Wiederaufnahme von Massenet’s „Werther“.
Die Sänger Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (als Charlotte) und John Osborn (als Werther) haben in ihren Rollen mehr als überzeugt. Die Leidenschaft der beiden, aber auch das Drama und die Qualen ihrer verbotenen Liebe sind emotionsvoll dargebracht. Vor allem Lottes innerer Kampf zwischen dem gesicherten Leben mit ihrem Ehemann Albert (Daniel Schmutzhard) und der tiefen Verbundenheit mit Werther fesselte die Zuschauer.
Äußerst erwähnenswert ist auch das minimalistische aber dennoch eindrucksvolle Bühnenbild. Mit einfachen Mitteln wurden fantastische Licht- und Schattenspiele erzeugt, die ihre eigene Geschichte erzählen.
Massenet schuf aus der Vorlage von Goethe’s Werther eine zeitlose und bewegende Oper – absolut sehenswert!
Massenets opera “Werther” is now showing again at the Frankfurt opera house.
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and John Osborn, as Charlotte and Werther, oozed passion as they played out their, dramatic and torturous love affair and the audience sat with baited breath as Lotte despairs over her new found love and the long defunct relationship with her husband Albert.
The minimalist stage set provides a perfecting setting for the desperate lovers plight and the cleverly choreographed light effects enhanced the mis en scene no end.
Hats off to Massenet for transforming Goethe’s story into one of Germany’s most famous operas. Definitely not to be missed.
photo credit: Wolfgang Runkel
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For an interview with a physician, UK-based BrandcsatMedia requested us to shoot at the Uniklinikum Leipzig. We provided a 2 man crew with a C300, 5D, lights & sound kit according to their specs. We transferred the footage onto a hard drive onsite for a speedy turnaround.
London based AP are regular clients of ours. This time we had to shoot interviews and B-roll all around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. “What do think of your Government” obviously threw up a whole bunch of interesting and funny replies… including this bear 🙂 We shot XDCam, translated the German interviews into English, did a quick rough cut and ftp’d the footage back to London. Easy!
We’ve joined forces with the English Theatre Frankfurt and now provide them with all things video and media. We recently shot an actor’s outing on Frankfurt’s “Ebbelwoi Express”. Its a street car devoted to Franfurt’s own putrid and acidic cider beverage…Apfelwein. Its like a pub on wheels and tours the cities highlights while your getting loaded.
We shot XDCam and edited a short clip for their Social Media platforms.
For a segment of the Oprah Winfrey Show “Where are they now?”, US-based Harpo Studios requested our crew to shoot with the original and real singers of Milli Vanilli. We set up the shoot in a local studio and shot some interviews and b-roll with them. Our crew consisted of 2 camera operators, a sound recordist, field producer and stills photographer.
While most people just throw away their Christmas trees once the holidays are over, a small village in Southern Germany made a whole new sport out of it! The Christmas Tree Throwing Championship now took place the 8th time this year and attracts visitors from near and far.
We sent our Frankfurt based crew to shoot the event for the sports news wires Omnisport and SNTV. We shot XDCAM EX and FTP’d the footage to our clients for a speedy turnaround.
The talented young Korean artist Jee Young Lee turns her small studio room into surreal dreamscapes …and all without using photoshop!
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London-based Wing Productions requested an autocue operator and a sound recordist with kit for a shoot at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Southern Germany where they filmed with the famous German ex-football player Oliver Bierhoff!
US based Eye Magic Productions requested a green screen studio in Amsterdam for WebMD, the leading health portal in the USA. Our Amsterdam crew came out in force and we shot doctors discussions both green screen and live in a separate studio. We supplied everything: soundproof green screen studio, 3 x XDCam PDW f800s camera kits, teleprompter, lighting, sound and grip.
