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In the pink How CVP helped David Spearing capture a star on tour
D avid Spearing is an award- his work documenting tours and filming music videos for famous artists, from McFly to Mike Oldfield. Last year, following shooting the dynamic documentary Pink: All I Know So Far , directed by Michael Gracey, he shadowed Pink on 30 dates of her European and North America tour to capture shots for her own personal archive and social media feeds. “She likes to document and archive things, so I was following her around and filming everything,” he introduces. “That included her and her kids, when they’re backstage getting ready for the show, during the show and on days off with the winning director, editor and DOP who has become well-known for
band where the crew and I would film elements there as well. If there were some social media videos to make, I would also cut some shots together.” For the initial batch of dates in the UK and Europe, he selected a Sony FX6 – the same one he had bought from CVP for a McFly tour in Brazil a few years previously ( Pink: All I Know So Far had been shot on Blackmagic). He paired this with a range of vintage glass. “I had several vintage lenses to use because I like working with vintage glass,” he says. “I had a bunch of Olympus Zuikos and Canon FDs which looked great, but they’re a bit more fiddly to use on tour because of how small and fragile they are.” A summer break in the schedule
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