Digital Video - April 2008 - (Page 15) SHORTS DV UPDATE FUJINONS ON A TRAIN CINE STYLE LENSES ARE THE TICKET FOR THIS TRIP. Panasonic VariCam and Fujinon HD lenses were the tools of choice for director of photography Marty Mullin on the short film This Man’s Life, starring Michael Rooker and Bill Cobbs. Written and directed by Todd Thompson, This Man’s Life tells the story of a doctor (Rooker) who is traveling home by train to claim his inheritance after his father’s death. Mullin sets up with the VariCam on Cobbs (left) and Rooker. Most of the film takes place from placement,” he says. “The luggage rack within a moving train, and even the was too open to hide the lights, the roof story’s flashback sequences never leave of the train was not an option because of the interior of the train car. tunnels, and there just wasn’t any extra Such a cramped location, filled with room anywhere. Thankfully, the Fujinon principal actors, 65 extras and crew perlenses were fast. They transmitted more sonnel, presented Mullin with many challight, which allowed me to put up fewer lenges, the most trying of which was lightlights. Even when I went to the telephoto ing. “There were so few options for light A end of the zoom, I didn’t have the ramping problem you sometimes have with other lenses.” The Fujinon Cine Style lenses, in particular the HAe5X6 (E series Cine Zoom 6-30mm) and HAc15X7.3 (C Series Zoom 7.3110mm) satisfied some major “must-have” elements on the set for Mullin. “I knew going into this film that the E series has some of the best HD lenses you can get and the C series is also superior,” he said. “But even I was taken aback by how beautiful the images were when I first looked through them while we were prepping. The lenses provided good barrel rotation, let me lay proper focus marks, and we saved time because we didn’t have to change primes.” —Douglas Bankston Blazing Fast! • Supports multiple streams of HD • Up to 1400MB/sec • 4TB to 80TB per system • Compatible with Xsan • Lifetime support from Rorke Data Engineering Services Division Available in 8, 12, 16 & 24 Bay SCSI, Fibre Channel, SAS, iSCSI RAID & SAN for Apple • Adobe • AJA • Matrox • GVG Edius • Protools WIN a FREE 1TB Seagate External Drive! Register online at www.rorke.com/1TBFREE or register at NAB Booth #SL4010 www.rorke.com/1TBFREE 1.800.328.8147 Rorke Data reserves the right to change product specifications without notice. All other trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. http://www.rorke.com/1TBFREE http://www.rorke.com/1TBFREE http://www.rorke.com/1TBFREE http://www.rorke.com/1TBFREE
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