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WATER FEATURES The crew had to navigate streams, tough climbs and scary drops while carrying all their kit
“Recommended weight for trekking in the canyon is max 18kg, but we were closer to 25kg each”
the canyon is up to a maximum of 18kg, but we were each carrying closer to 25kg. Most of our filming was a case of me throwing the Cinesaddle down and unzipping the Blackmagic 6K Pro, shooting quickly then moving on. There were no retakes or covering a particular scene from different angles. We didn’t have the time to do that and complete the day’s trek before nightfall. Our guide was pretty strict, and of course we needed to hit all the targets of the trek - from the South Rim to the North Rim and back again in just five days. The camera team was also racing back and forth to leapfrog Gripari and get shots ahead and behind him. All the creative decisions about shots are being made in the moment. There’s no recce, no pausing and no doubling back to get the shot. TRAVELLING LIGHT Camping gear and camera equipment were lugged through the tricky environment – but it all came through unscathed
so this challenge didn’t feel removed from the style established elsewhere. For example, lens choice should be consistent. Fundamentally, you make better creative decisions when you’re not exhausted from lumbering around kit all day, so we were keen to find a perfect middle ground of production value versus weight. With all that considered, in my bag was a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro kitted up as a shoulder rig with a DZOFilm 20-55mm T2.8 Pictor Zoom, monitor, filters and V-Lock batteries. Producer Tom Neish was carrying a DZOFilm 50-125mm T.2.8 Pictor Zoom, drives and a lightweight Benro tripod. That left the director, Charli, carrying a Pocket Cinema Camera 4K with a Meike prime lens on a DJI Ronin RS 2 motorised gimbal. The recommended weight for trekking in
AWESOME ARIZONA The Grand Canyon was a majestic background for the shoot – but it’s a tough location to live and work in for five days’ trekking
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