Trailer for the film Following The Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony http://followingtheninth.com by Kerry Candaele. The film tracks the global impact of the 9th, from China to Chile, from Japan to Vienna. Includes the story of Billy Bragg and his writing of a new version of the 9th for our time. Leonard Bernstein performed the Ninth at the fall of the Berlin Wall, and four months earlier students at Tienanmen Square broadcast the 9th over loudspeakers to the world. In Chile, women sang the Ode To Joy in the streets under the Pinochet regime. The Ninth has transformed lives, healed and repaired, since Beethoven composed one of the greatest works of art in 1824.
Here's a music video we co-produced with Young Replicant. Hope you like it! This was shot on our AF-100s with Zeiss Super Speeds provided by Evidence productions and a Duclos PL mounted Tokina 11-16mm Zoom.
If anybody had doubts about getting cinematic looking images out of the AF-100 I hope they are put to rest now. I really think this video came out looking amazing. Everything was shot at 24p (with lots of overcranking) and the widescreen was achieved by shooting at 1080p and cropping down to a widescreen 720p. A heck of a lot cheaper and easier than messing around with anamorphic lenses!
As an alternative to the RED, I think this camera really stands up. It even has some features that may even make it better for some uses. For example, the built in NDs can save you a ton of time when you're trying to get shots off as quickly as possible and the light is changing on you. Add that to the fact that you can rent this entire camera, lens, support and accessories package from me for $500 a day and I think we'll see a lot of great video like this one being shot with this camera system.
Please ask if you have any questions about the gear or production!
