Polecam's Russian Distributor, Maxim Fartukov and rental company MT Productions have recently filmed the Russian Rally Patriot in the Moscow region.
It's run by the the Russian Patriot 4WD club and is a 12 hour endurance race in temperatures of -8 degrees celsius.
The Polecam used an Ikegami HDL-20 and a Sony S280 HD recorder.
The Polecam formed part of a crew consisting of 6 ENG cameras, on-board minicams and two big Panther cranes.
We think the pictures say it all!
Steve Rausch of focused motion media (Sioux Falls, SD) worked with the 724 Factory on the video project for the Browns. They are a family of musicians and singers from Northwest Iowa that performs all over the USA.
The group was looking for new promotional material as well as a complete video highlighting their instrumental skills. To help expand their image and show off performance skills, they wanted to shoot during the day in a harvested field for the slower parts of the song and contrast that material against video taken at night for the faster, edgier sections. We shot with the Camera Corps HD mini-zoom along side two other panasonic HD cameras. The shoot took place in the end of October.
The Polecam was an easy choice. We needed to be agile in the corn field which was uneven and full of stubble. The second location was a rooftop that only had access through a small hatch. Most of the lights didn't make the rooftop, but the Polecam did! We had a blast during the shoot and they loved the images. It was budget friendly as well. To get any other rig on the roof we would have needed to rent a crane for the 6 story lift. Thats a budget buster no matter who you are. Plus, the field in Iowa had a 6 foot drainage ditch around with no field approach. We just carried the Polecam in. The hardest part was finding the right field!
The pic was taken during a break on the shoot. We set it down to work out some steps and thats when Michael Winkelman (724Factory.com) took the image.
The promo can be seen at http://www.3215009.net/proof1a.mov
Steve Rausch
focused motion
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A record nine Polecam systems have been commissioned to provide live video from the Winter Games which commence in Vancouver on February 12. All nine will be working in full 1080i high-definition.
"The number of our rigs in use at these big international sports events has increased steadily over the years," comments Steffan Hewitt who invented the first Polecam system in 1998. "Six systems were fielded at the 2004 Games in Athens, eight at the 2009 Beijing event, and now nine in Canada. Obviously we are hoping to see at least 10 in use at the 2012 London Games, including some of our new 3D kit."
TV Skyline, a broadcast equipment rental company based in Mainz is supplying a total of seven Polecam systems. Six will be deployed as sources for the Winter Games host feed and one will be allocated specifically to ZDF Germany. The six Polecams dedicated to the host feed will be fitted with Toshiba IKHD1 1080i HD cameras. Some of these will be working totally wireless.
One of the world's most experienced Polecam owners/operators, John Gillan, will be in Vancouver shooting with one of his two his HD rigs and covering the curling events. Born in Britain, John now lives in Los Angeles and commutes between the the USA and Europe. Pete Williams, South African born and now living in Canada, will be shooting the short track and figure skating with his HD Polecam rig.
Three of the Polecam rigs will cover sections of the Biathlon in Whistler Park. Others are designated for speed-skating, bobsleigh and the medal presentations. They will also be deployed to other areas as the Winter Games progress, and will also be used in the opening and closing ceremonies.
One of the nine rigs is being supplied by Polecam's Belgian distributor, Studiotech Belgium.
Rob Wick sent us this film of his local village church before it closed down. He wanted to capture it's spirit before they turned it into a Starbucks. There was only one camera that could get the shots (of course).
Stuart Nicholls
Emagine Productions
For the “Help for Heroes” 2009 Charity Single “We will remember them” was shot on a combination of EX3’s, Canon 5D MkII and of course Stuart's Toshiba HD polecam rig using the Flash XDR.
