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It even mixed well with the F55s shooting Raw, with the size of it on stage you never even notice it. Things like that are really a benefit, I’m really keen to bring cameras like that on- board provided they have the log look so it can be a benefit to us in post. “Having said that, it was the trickiest thing I’ve ever had to grade in terms of matching everything, in spite of setting everything in Slog2 or Slog3 to start with and 90% of the sensor being Sony. Creatively
were also a couple of SONY A7Rs; one was on the keyboards and I think we did one of the drums for the first night which we switched to an SONY F5 for the second. There was also a Blackmagic Design URSA Mini. I usually turn up with as many cameras as I can carry and then we talk about where we can put them for extra angles. We’re shooting on stage and manning some of the static cameras as well making sure they are all exposed and running for the whole gig. “We had assigned roles and mine included the documentary and also making some time-lapse at the back and then running backwards and forwards making sure these other cameras were primed and ready for the show. Then making sure I was back on stage in time to do my stage shots. The A7Rs were particularly great on the keyboard rig, it was pretty much a set-and-forget camera. It has a big sensor on it and recording on Slog2 it graded up really well.
camera and Blackmagic URSA Mini in 4K and a DJI Drone in 4K H.264 and RAW DNG. James was a rogue element on the RED camera, “Most of the camera crew were on Sony F55s recording hero angles in Raw. There were also plans for two or three Sony 4300s all on long box lenses just because of the nature of trying to get those shots from the back. Everything else was my responsibility which included the RED DRAGON I was shooting with on stage. There
ABOVE The Pompeii concert had long been planned as the venue for the 4K film. BELOW James Tonkin shot for the concert and also graded it.
WE HAD ASSIGNED ROLES, AND MINE INCLUDED THE DOCUMENTARY AND ALSO MAKING SOME TIME-LAPSE AT THE BACK
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