Thanks, Blake... and thanks for the HD Channel Add!

Thanks, Ozzy!

Thanks, PK! This was shot on the Sony Ex1 & LEX... I used a variety of Nikon primes, but mainly 50 f1.4, 85 f2 and a 105 f2... Steadicam shots were on a naked EX1, didn't have the lcd link cable so shot it blind. Thanks again!

Man... The EX1 quality was amazing!

Thanks, Emrys!

Thanks dude!

jeez, i don't know why someone wouldn't be a fan of the EX1 LOL, it's a fantastic camera. I love mine to death, and Peter, this is just a stunning piece of work for a 48hr job!

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get permission to shoot in the airport? I assume you were past security for the concourse shots - how'd you manage this?

Everything was really well done, the acting was convincing, and the camera work was very nice even if a tiny bit unpolished (which is to be expected for this type of quick project!)

Great job, and bigtime kudos buddy.

Trevor,

Our producer actually just called national airport's operations command and requested permission, we got our insurance policy bumped up to cover the shoot and went in for a quick pre-production meeting with the manager and were free to shoot from that point on.... It was pretty harmless, actually!

Thanks for the great words!

Thanks , Joe!

An awesome producer, Matt Dixson, got us access-- see above for Brian's more detailed response.

Thanks, HALOTV! Not sure if we'll pursue a longer version, our actors are from out of state, so more coordination would have to be done...

We might add 1 intercut scene, but essentially we'd like to leave it alone as a 48 hour piece.

Thanks again for the great comments

I know how hard it could be to coordinate actors from out of state. I worked on a film that had a lot of that.

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If you ever need any help in the future, just let me know.

The Letus Extreme
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Thanks, Callum... we were going for a Michael Clayton/CSI look and feel, hopefully we accomplished something similar to that.

No problem :)
Out of interest, did you use any filters/extra settings at all?

This was shot completely clean... Picture Profile was really basic, gamma/cine3/-20blackgain... 77mm Sky on Fujinon, and as for post... I was going to run though MBL, but ran out of time, so no post filters were used.. VERY basic color correction was done to get the levels safe/true and color balanced. So in other words, you're seeing a pretty naked image.

The quality and imaging is fantastic :)

Balancing the Letus rig on the steadicam is really a pain... it's so top heavy you need a ton of counter weight and by the time you have it all balanced and level, the rig weighs about 80-90 lbs when extended off the body... EX1 alone with rails/ff/mb is much more manageable, plus with the LEX on there, the focus is so fine you can't fly the rig and pull fine focus... I mean, I'm sure there are much better Steadicam ops out there that could, but for this film, it was a no go... Also, we never really got to post, we minor cc'd some shots but just couldnt' get to everything we wanted to to get a uniform look... Hopefully, you're one of the only people who noticed the switch!

Because we were on the run, I used almost exclusively an Oktava 012 with a hypercardioid capsule, and a Shure m276 mixer strapped to an ammunition vest, and then running line level directly into camera. The "B-unit" stationed just outside of the airport used a Sennheiser 416 outfitted with a Sennheiser zeppelin and fuzzy, and was plugged straight into camera (no mixer, since they had no sound guy, so I made it simple for them.)

Eddie, no, no cost involved, our producer called the airport operations and explained that we were doing a 48 hour film on zero budget, and they were super nice and just let us film there for free with a skeleton crew... No harm in giving them a call and explaining you're on a micro budget...

B

Thanks, Lew... maybe if there was funding and more time it could be a feature! but, that's usually wishful thinking, thanks for the shout out!

What type of camera did you use for filming? You mentioned 5D? Brand? Not what I think, is it?

Thanks, Alan! Haha, most of us do production for a living, but I think all of us would love nothing more to do more creative filled weekends like the 48 more often.

Anthony, thanks!