Patrizio De Sica Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I found this... It seems it is one of the SW's last portfolio pieces of work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Steve.. great work! Saw this on another thread last week. How did you achieve that 'surreal' separation between the runners and the BG.. around sec. 9 - 12... What was done in post? Was it all green Screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted August 20, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 20, 2008 > Was it all green Screen? I confidently assert that it was :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 20, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 20, 2008 > Was it all green Screen? I confidently assert that it was :P Hi Phil, There was no green screen in that commercial, other than individual crowd members, lots of painting & 3d replacement as the stadium was the 'wrong one' There is another Omega Spot '76' where there is 1 bluescreen shot, the girl looking over the wall (towards camera)which was shot in Zurich on my Ultracam. We had 300 extras for 1 day, forground people are real. We shot some scenes with a Photosonics 4ER+ ( 200 -425 fps). It was quite a difficult shoot, I only had the runners for 2 days, they were jet lagged & tired the 1st day & exausted the 2nd. The stadium only got sun through the roof for 5 hours a day, one day being completly overcast. We only got written agreement to use the stadium 5 days before the shoot. Some shots got dropped because the post would have taken too long, especially shots using the Arri 8R lens Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Thanks Stephen! Were you Swing & Tilt on the 'Watch'? Edited August 20, 2008 by David Rakoczy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 20, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks Stephen! Were you Swing & Tilt on the 'Watch'? Hi, The watch was shot on a Fries Mitchell with bellows using an 85mm Zeiss (Ultracam lenses) @T2.00. The commercial with blue screen is here:- Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks Stephen. Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lowe Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm super impressed, Stephen! I saw both those ads and thought they were great during the Olympics. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 A beautiful piece of work Stephen . John . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2008 A beautiful piece of work Stephen . John . Hi John, Thanks very much, I wanted to use the 'Russian Arm' but unfortunately the budget did not stretch that far. It's funny the lighting was all brand new, I think they just bought my equipment list new from Arri, when I asked for a 4K I could not work out why it was taking so long. I went over to the truck & they were unrapping it :lol: Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Francis Kuhn Posted August 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hi John, Thanks very much, I wanted to use the 'Russian Arm' but unfortunately the budget did not stretch that far. It's funny the lighting was all brand new, I think they just bought my equipment list new from Arri, when I asked for a 4K I could not work out why it was taking so long. I went over to the truck & they were unrapping it :lol: Stephen Stephen, Really beautiful work. I think these are two of the best spots on the entire Olympic roster. BTW: Who were the production Co. and Director? And maybe I should know, but where is that stadium? Fantastic location! That Russian Arm-type rig (Filmotechnics or Lev's newer Ultimate Arm) seems to be getting a lot of use around the U.S.; they probably need an agent in Switzerland! Again, superb work. Thanks for the production stills. -Fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2008 Stephen, Really beautiful work. I think these are two of the best spots on the entire Olympic roster. BTW: Who were the production Co. and Director? And maybe I should know, but where is that stadium? Fantastic location! That Russian Arm-type rig (Filmotechnics or Lev's newer Ultimate Arm) seems to be getting a lot of use around the U.S.; they probably need an agent in Switzerland! Again, superb work. Thanks for the production stills. -Fran Hi Fran, The Director was Liberato Maraia, Eye to Eye Zurich. The stadium is in Athens from the 2004 Olympics, we looked at most of the old stadiums, often the running track was in bad condition. When I went for the Rece 2 weeks before the shoot there was 30cm of snow & the airport was closed so we had a nightmare journey. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Shani Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 great work!!! looking at the BTS pic with the firing the gun i wonder why there is a 24*36 gobo in the 6*6 frame is it for blocking the source of the light(the sun) ? looking at your web i am very very impressed by your work it's great to see something i like on TV and then to know that i can talk to the DP here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2008 great work!!!looking at the BTS pic with the firing the gun i wonder why there is a 24*36 gobo in the 6*6 frame is it for blocking the source of the light(the sun) ? looking at your web i am very very impressed by your work it's great to see something i like on TV and then to know that i can talk to the DP here Hi, It was for blocking the sun from hitting the gun, originally we were moving around on tracks, just a static version got used. Thanks for the nice comments. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Wendell_Greene Posted August 22, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2008 Great work, Stephen. How did like working with the Arri 8R lenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 22, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2008 Great work, Stephen. How did like working with the Arri 8R lenses? Hi Wendell, I would have liked to have used it more, it's quite incredible. The downdide was portholeing wide open at T2.8, not obvious through the eyepiece. I guess it caused too many complications with the 3d & croud replication, the VFX supervisor suggested not moving the camera as it would make their work easier! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrizio De Sica Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Great work, Stephen. How did like working with the Arri 8R lenses? They should be quite useful for the best screening on the TV screen or at youtube, sure... That is, if the Omega spot hasn't been seen on the movie theatre as well... Or am not I right? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted August 25, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 25, 2008 They should be quite useful for the best screening on the TV screen or at youtube, sure... That is, if the Omega spot hasn't been seen on the movie theatre as well... Or am not I right? :rolleyes: Hi, Since the majority of international commercials are shot on Film using Cooke or Zeiss prime lenses I don't really understand your post. None of the shots from the 8R got used as it would take too long in post, we only scheduled 3 months. We scanned @4k on a Spirit. The next spot for Omega I am woking on will be world wide for the Cinema. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Achterberg Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Most Impressive Stephen! I expected nothing less from a man with such a wealth of Knowledge! Good Job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted September 10, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted September 10, 2008 Hi, The production company has confirmed that the commercials were shown world wide in the Cinema as well as television. There have been some copyright issuse as the crowd contracts did not include cinema world wide. Stephen They should be quite useful for the best screening on the TV screen or at youtube, sure... That is, if the Omega spot hasn't been seen on the movie theatre as well... Or am not I right? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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