Video Shoot - Making Waves

Running the creative agency isn't all sitting at the Mac workstations with the dogs wrapped around my feet.  Some clients come up with the best requests and today was no exception.  Video shoots are some of my favorite aspects of this business and whether they're industrial or creative in nature, no two shoots are ever the same.  An early AM crew meetup found us at the docks at John's Pass boarding the 80ft. Sea Sub 1 from Sea Sub Systems and a downpour sufficient to scrub most offshore tasks.

Sea Sub 1

Onboard the Sea Sub 1

After an assessment of the conditions and project goals, Captain Robin factored all the available information, particularly for any safety concerns, and the determination was made that the shoot was a go.

Safety Assessment

Without detailing specifics of the client or product, certain test and performance factors needed to be documented as well as general recording of the event.  Our close partnership with the great folks at Robin Photo Design met the clients needs to a “T”.  Robin Photo Design is a longtime fixture in the Tampa Bay area for outstanding photography services and our mix of services are very complimentary to meet your project needs.

Man Overboard

Working on this project has the potential to promote life saving work for individuals who work at sea in dangerous conditions and fill a need in maritime life support systems. Not to mention it gets us out of the office and partaking in the finest cuisine Wa Wa's has to offer.

Rescue swimmer at the ready

We were capturing the event in DVCProHD 720p @ 60 fps on a Panasonic AG-HPX170P on two P2 storage cards.  To be sure the gear stayed dry, we used several dry plastic barriers affixed to the cameras so the most that had to be done was the occasional wipe of the lens. Looking back at the shoot, the only thing i’d do differently (in addition to keeping dry socks in the car) would be to bring along a set of FRS radios so that the still photographer and I could better coordinate when we were at opposite ends of the boat. From here, we'll edit the footage down in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 to the pertinent material and deliver a time code burn version to the client for further review and edit decisions.  Final edits & CG will follow that to polish it up.

Making the jump from Apple's Final Cut Pro to Adobe's Premiers Pro CS6... I like what I see so far. 

Panasonic AG-HPX170P

Wet.

Overall, a good day all around... happy clients, goals accomplished, squishy tennis shoes and nice dry gear.  If your organization has needs for unique video shoots, photography, documentation & editing, feel free to contact us for day rates & editing plans.  We may just be able to make that video project a proud accomplishment instead of a looming nightmare.  Give us a call to set it up.