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e’d like to congratulate the recipi- in their community, which is critical as production get a wider audience or recognition.” ents of the 2012 Digital Video All techniques and technologies are constantly evolving. That said, we’d like to introduce you to this Star Awards. Introduced to recognize The All Stars share their experiences, post reviews year’s All Stars, although you may have already met Wvideo professionals for their passion and creativ- and sample footage, offer advice, speak at events, them, seen their work and learned from them: ity, as well as their ongoing commitment to the and donate their time and talent to worthy causes. Cristina Valdivieso and Jon Connor production community, the Digital Video All Star Each of our All Stars demonstrates a dedication Tom Guilmette Awards are presented yearly to a select group of to his or her community; you can find Tom Lowe Shane Hurlbut, ASC individuals or filmmaking teams. The editors of conducting video tours of his 4K editing setup for Vincent Laforet Digital Video magazine and DV.com agree that the TimeScapes, Tom Guilmette posting the results of Tom Lowe creative efforts of these pros consistently produce various camera tests, Shane Hurlbut tirelessly— Patrick Moreau innovative, uncommon results. and candidly—discussing his use of DSLRs to Kevin Shahinian It’s important to emphasize that these All Stars are shoot , or Patrick Moreau initiating the immensely generous with their knowledge, expertise “Share” video program that donates time and gear Digital Video All Stars profiles written by Jennifer and talent. They’re active and participatory members to, as he says, “tell a story that could use our help to Wolfe

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hiladelphia-based filmmaking duo roundtable sports show World’s Greatest Ever using how honest you can be,” says Valdivieso. “That’s Cristina Valdivieso and Jon Connor met the Canon EOS 7D camera. Primetime tapped what I love about working with Jon—we can be six years ago, while Valdivieso was study- them again in 2011 to shoot a knockout promo for completely open with each other.” Ping photography and Connor was working in the the highly anticipated boxing match between Amir Connor urges aspiring filmmakers to stay commercial video industry. The couple’s work Khan and Zab Judah. Valdivieso and Connor shot hungry. “You have to constantly put yourself out covers many genres, including documentary, the promo with Canon 7D and Canon EOS 5D Mark there and work really hard,” he says. “Nothing in commercial and event filmmaking, and they’ve II cameras, traveling to to shadow this industry is going to come easy, and if you just worked for high-profile clients including NBC, Khan and his family for four critical training days sit around and wait for an opportunity to present CBS, Showtime and Primetime. In 2011, Valdivieso before the match. itself, it’s never going to happen. Work hard and and Connor were named on Event DV magazine’s Earlier in 2011, Valdivieso and Connor don’t get too discouraged when you fail, because Top 25 list of the hottest and most influential wed- spent a week in Kivalina, Alaska, some 80 miles it will happen, but you have to learn from those ding and event filmmakers. above the Arctic Circle, to document the impact mistakes and keep going.” Together, Valdivieso and Connor run of climate change on the indigenous Alaskans “When people feel like they’ve already learned ShootEditLearn.com, an educational web site faced with moving their entire village to higher everything they need to learn, that’s when they they use to share their knowledge with the ground because of rising sea levels and storm- are at their weakest and that is when they fail,” filmmaking community. The pair also conducts related erosion. Shot with the 7D, the project Valdivieso adds. “Stay humble, and never stop educational tours across the United States with was included in the February debut issue of the learning.” dv corporate partners including Kessler Crane and Episcopal Church’s Wayfarer iPad app, which tells Zacuto; they recently announced a three-day compelling stories through video, photographs intensive workshop in Austin, Texas, in December and words. online with digital cinematographer Philip Bloom, DP According to Valdivieso and Connor, the shooteditlearn.com/blog Alex Buono and Light Iron colorist Ian Vertovec, ongoing success of their filmmaking partnership @shooteditlearn, @jonconnorfilms, among others. is based on their ability to be honest and open @cristinavaldivi In 2009, the duo was hired by British pay-per- with one another. “When you work with someone vimeo.com/canonfilmmakers view channel Primetime to shoot a pilot for the you don’t know very well, you feel limited about

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oston-based director of photography and help me tell a story using shallow depth of field.” capture stunning high-speed footage of wildlife. documentary filmmaker Tom Guilmette Most recently Guilmette teamed up with Guilmette is dedicated to sharing the became a proponent of the DSLR move- National Geographic for its new web series, Beyond results of his experimentation, and his web Bment in 2009, when, inspired by Philip Bloom’s the Puck. The 10-episode series, shot entirely on site, tomguilmette.com, is a rich resource that work with the Letus 35mm still lens adapter, he the 5D Mark II, offers a glimpse into the sustainable offers filmmaking tutorials, webcasts, equipment began to use the Canon EOS 5D Mark II for short lifestyle of eco-warrior and NHL hockey player reviews and ongoing documentation of his work film and projects. Andrew Ference. experiences. “It’s important to post your work on Guilmette began his career as a sports Guilmette also recently started experimenting the web—everyone in this business should do television camera operator and has worked in the with high-speed cameras from Vision Research. it—but it’s more than that; it’s about participating professional sports market for more than 10 years, His 2011 video “Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with in conversations that are online, feeding off covering nearly 1,000 games for the Boston Red Sox a Phantom Flex” went viral when it was posted inspiration, hooking up with companies to and many other sporting events throughout the online, generating more than three million views improve products and contributing to the global United States, including the Olympics, Super Bowl on Guilmette’s Vimeo channel alone. filmmaking community.” and World Series. “I shoot professional sports and follow fast- Guilmette’s best advice: “Stop trying to buy the Attracted by the DSLR camera’s large sensor moving objects, so 30 frames a second is not newest camera—get out there, shoot with what and low-light capabilities, Guilmette quickly enough,” Guilmette says. “I started working with you’ve got and tell the world a story.” dv discovered other advantages to capturing video the Phantom Flex camera shooting at 2,500 fps in with a still camera body. “Most people have no full HD. It’s mind-blowing. You can see the bend of idea I am recording video, which allows me to a hockey stick as it connects with the puck, or bits online shoot in tight or restricted places,” he says. “DSLR of dirt suspended in air as a bike tire rips through www.tomguilmette.com technology has completely changed how I shoot a berm.” @tomguilmette documentaries. These inexpensive cameras are Guilmette plans next on taking his talents vimeo.com/letus more light-sensitive than the human eye and they into nature documentary filmmaking, hoping to

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or Shane Hurlbut, storytelling always Salvation, so I really didn’t want to do another by the Tiffen Company as an ImageMaker. A trumps technology. But he’s no slouch action picture unless I could reinvent the style. passionate speaker, he has been sharing his filming when it comes to trying out new things— I think this film did that. It feels immediate, it experiences for years on the HurlBlog, where he theF renowned cinematographer’s latest film, Act feels visceral, it feels immersive. You become details the lessons learned from Act of Valor in of Valor, is the first HDSLR-shot full-length feature emotionally invested in the characters and their order to inspire young filmmakers. “These are very to be released by a major studio. Directed by Scott journey. You are one of the SEALs on that mission.” exciting times, and it’s wonderful that we have Waugh and Mike McCoy of Bandito Brothers, near- In 1998, Hurlbut was recognized by the these tools that enable filmmakers who would ly 70 percent of the narrative film, which details the American Society of Cinematographers for his otherwise never have a voice.” covert operations of a group of U.S. Navy SEALs, work on the HBO film The Rat Pack, directed by While Hurlbut recognizes the democratization was shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras. . Over the next decade Hurlbut lensed of filmmaking that DSLR cameras enable, he urges Hurlbut works with a contagious level of passion 17 additional features, including aspiring filmmakers to thoroughly learn their craft. and excitement. Always seeking new challenges, he Salvation and We Are Marshall (both directed by “Going to film school teaches many life lessons,” he isn’t afraid to try new things. He pushes boundaries McG), The Greatest Game Ever Played ( says. “Become a responsible adult first, a filmmaker and seeks to inspire the community of his peers, director) and Drumline (Charles Stone III director). second.” dv fans and readers to do the same. “When I told Hurlbut also shot the soon-to-be-released crime people I was shooting a feature on a 5D, everyone thriller Deadfall, directed by said that was impossible,” he laughs. “That’s when and starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie online I knew I was going in the right direction.” Hunnam, Sissy Spacek and Kris Kristofferson. www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog About Act of Valor, Hurlbut says the goal was A member of the ASC and the Academy of @hurlbutvisuals to reinvent the action genre. “I don’t like to do the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hurlbut is vimeo.com/hurlbutvisuals same thing twice,” he comments. “I had already also among a select group of cinematographers facebook.com/hurlbutvisuals done a big action blockbuster with Terminator recognized by Canon as an Explorer of Light and

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BLACKMAGIC DESIGN WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE PASSION, CREATIVITY, EXCELLENCE AND COMMITMENT OF THE VIDEOGRAPHERS AND CINEMATOGRAPHERS WHOSE EFFORTS CONSISTENTLY PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.

Tom Lowe Kevin Shahinian Vincent Laforet Tom Guilmette

Shane Hurlbut Patrick Moreau Cristina Valdivieso Jon Connor

Learn more today at www.blackmagic-design.com Vincent Laforet toolkit Canon EOS 5D View Factor Studios Contineo 15mm Thin Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Bracket Canon Cinema EOS C300 Canon TC-80N3 Timer GoPro HD Helmet HERO Remote Controller Canon EF lenses LPA Design Carl Zeiss Compact PocketWizard MultiMAX Prime CP.2 lenses wireless triggering system Litepanels 1x1 Bi-Focus LED Schneider Optics 4” x 5.6” HD ND set (0.3-1.8) Litepanels Sola 6 Fresnel Petrol Bags PD510 DSLR Litepanels Croma Plus Rain Cover Sekonic L-758Cine G-Technology G-DRIVE DigitalMaster light meter mobile (500 GB) Cinevate Atlas 30 cam- Lexar Professional era slider UDMA Dual-Slot USB Cinevate Atlas 200 cam- Reader era slider G-Technology G-SAFE Vincent Laforet Kessler Crane Stealth RAID-protected storage slider system (2 TB) wards and accolades underscore the the youngest staff photographer for The New York Kessler Crane CineSlider AJA Ki Pro Mini com- career of director, DP and photographer Times; by the time he left, he had a Pulitzer Prize pact field recorder Kessler Crane Pocket Jib Vincent Laforet, who is renowned for his for feature photography under his belt. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Agroundbreaking use of tilt-shift techniques and His combination of candor and expertise has Porta-Jib Explorer by Production Premium Losmandy aerial photography, as well as for his pioneering made him highly sought after as a consultant for Red Giant Magic Bullet work shooting HD video with DSLR cameras. companies including Apple, Canon, Manfrotto, Zacuto Z-Finder EVF Pro Suite Laforet has directed and shot numerous Lexar, X-Rite and Carl Zeiss. In 2010, as the director Marshall Electronics Singular Software commercials and short films, including “Reverie,” on the groundbreaking The Story Beyond the Still V-LCD651STX-HDA PluralEyes the first movie to be shot in 1080p with a still photo competition, which he spearheaded with Grey Marshall Electronics Squared 5 MPEG camera. Widely recognized as one of the films that Advertising to promote Canon’s EOS 7D and 5D V-LCD70XHB-HDIPT Streamclip video converter helped launch the HDSLR movement, “Reverie” Mark II DSLR cameras, Laforet was honored with Redrock Micro micro- Kenyon Laboratories/ received more than two million views within the gold, silver and bronze awards in the titanium MatteBox Aerial Exposures ATM first week of its release online in 2009. category at the Cannes Lions International Redrock Micro microFol- Gyro Stabilizer A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, Laforet Advertising Festival. lowFocus v2 Glidecam HD-4000 cam- era stabilizer has been commissioned by just about every In 2011, Canon tapped Laforet for the launch Redrock Micro micro- important international publication, including of the company’s first cinema camera. Using LensGears Glidecam X-10 support vest Vanity Fair, Magazine, the Canon Cinema EOS C300, Laforet shot and OConnor O-Box WM set National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, directed the “Möbius,” which premiered OConnor O-Grips Manfrotto Magic Arm Newsweek and Life. In 2005, American Photo at Paramount Studios for an exclusive filmmaking 16x9 Cine Lock mount Manfrotto 501HD head named him one of the 100 Most Influential People audience that included Martin Scorsese, Ron View Factor Studios Manfrotto 546B tripod in Photography, and his work has been recognized Howard, Robert Rodriguez and J.J. Abrams. Contineo 5D/7D Powered OConnor 1030HD fluid in the Communication Arts and PDN annuals and Laforet speaks to the importance of striking Cage head by the World Press Photo Awards, the Pictures of the proper balance with technology: “One very View Factor Studios VBag camera support the Year Competition, the Overseas Press Club and important point is that toys should never eclipse Origo start/stop switch pad the National Headliners Awards, among others. content. While I can at times become obsessed Laforet began his photography career at the age with how something is done, I never lose sight of of 15. He started as a photojournalist, honing his the fact that the main goal should be why it is done. online abilities by landing internships with newspapers I come from a pretty strict journalism background blog.vincentlaforet.com such as the Los Angeles Times and with Reuters. By where we were taught that content and ideas are @vincentlaforet vimeo.com/laforet the time he was 25, he had established himself as king. I’m a firm believer in that.” dv

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amed the 2010 Astronomy Photographer “When the 5D came out, it was of the Year by the National Maritime a complete game-changer,” Lowe Museum in Greenwich, Tom Lowe is says, referring to the camera’s anN acclaimed time-lapse shooter, cinematogra- 3200 ISO image sensor. “I took it pher, photographer and director. His latest work, out to Joshua Tree National Park TimeScapes, is an exquisite portrait of our planet and mounted it to the windshield, shot in 5K resolution and the first movie available put the car in low gear and starting to consumers at 4K. The stunning 48-minute docu- driving through the desert. It was mentary is available on iTunes in 1080p or can be the first time anyone had done this downloaded from Lowe’s web site, timescapes.org, type of astro drive-lapse, and it only in 1440p. To see the film in its full 4K glory, the 160 worked because of the camera’s Tom Lowe GB Cineform 4:2:2 format file is available for pur- high sensitivity.” chase on a USB drive. The short films caused a sensation when they everything from scratch, and I even hired a local “4K resolution is super important to me,” says were released on the web, and since then Lowe’s blacksmith to help me make the dollies and Lowe, a former writer and veteran of the U.S. work has appeared in international television other gear I was using. Fast-forward to 2011 and Army who served in the first Persian Gulf War. commercials as well as various BBC, History 2012 and now I know five or six people who are “Everything that I did in this film was done in a way Channel and Discovery Channel shows. Lowe has full-time time-lapse photographers, traveling so I could shoot, edit, color correct, finish and play collaborated with Terrence Malick, shooting time- around the world shooting everything from the film in 4K.” lapse footage of starry night skies for the celebrated feature films to ESPN tennis matches, music Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark III and RED director’s Tree of Life, and served as second unit videos and reality shows.” dv EPIC cameras, TimeScapes is the culmination of director and director of photography on Godfrey Lowe’s experiments with time lapse that he has Reggio’s forthcoming The Holy See. conducted since 2006. Inspired by night skies Lowe’s work with time-lapse cinematography online while camping near California’s Mt. Whitney, has completely changed the field. “When I timescapes.org Lowe began to develop his time-lapse technique started doing this in 2006, you could count the @DreamCorePics using a Canon EOS 350D camera before moving number of time-lapse photographers on one vimeo.com/timescapes on to the 5D and RED EPIC cameras once they hand,” he comments. “There were no off-the- facebook.com/timescapes became available. shelf systems you could buy. I had to build

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atrick Moreau is part of stillmotion, a cre- allow us to tell these stories,” Moreau comments. intensive workshops designed to foster a better ative collective whose goal is meaning- “People know about DSLR technology because of understanding of the art of filmmaking, and the ful storytelling. Based out of Mountain the image quality, but what we are really drawn to experience has been such a success that workshops PView, Calif., and Toronto, the stillmotion team is the intimacy and how, as a camera operator, you often sell out within the first 48 hours. includes Patrick and wife Amina Moreau, along can disappear so that the subject has no awareness This year stillmotion will release an iOS app, with Justin DeMers, Joyce Tsang, Ray Tsang, Paul of the camera.” SMAPP, chock full of tools and tutorials to help Los, Evan King and Alicja Parlak. While stillmo- Following The Season, director Pete Radovich filmmakers understand the choices they make. tion got its start years ago in wedding videogra- tapped stillmotion to shoot the 2011 Showtime/ Moreau urges aspiring filmmakers to find phy, their journey has taken them all over the CBS documentary Game of Honor, which their voice. “The more you understand yourself, world, including the sidelines of the Super Bowl chronicles a year in the lives of freshmen on the the more you can tell original stories. To us, and behind the scenes with the Army and Navy football teams at the U.S. Naval Academy and at filmmaking and strong storytelling really comes football teams for a feature-length documentary West Point, culminating in the celebrated Army/ down to understanding all of the elements. with CBS and Showtime that recently won three Navy football game. The feature, shot mostly with Knowing your audio, lights, lenses, movement Sports Emmy Awards. the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, was nominated in and, in turn, what those aspects say, as well as In 2010, stillmotion caught the attention of 2012 for eight Sports Emmy Awards, including knowing what you’re about, and then being able the NFL for its 12-episode series The Season, an Outstanding Camera Work, and won three awards, to see what makes your characters different will unprecedented view of the NFL season, from the including Outstanding Sports Documentary. allow you say anything.” dv first kickoff to the final whistle. While a team stillmotion’s signature style has drawn the of wedding filmmakers might not seem like the attention of, and sponsorships from, Tiffen, logical choice, it was stillmotion’s storytelling Cinevate and Canon. The stillmotion blog, online approach using HDSLR cameras that got them stillmotionblog.com, provides information to stillmotionblog.com the job. aspiring filmmakers, even answering questions @stillmotion “When we choose tools, we’re thinking about submitted by readers. vimeo.com/stillmotionfilms not only about the story we’re telling but the Last year stillmotion introduced the facebook.com/youarenotcattle experience [the cameras] provide and the way they “Evolution Experience,” a series of three-day

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evin Shahinian is an award-winning calls him “one talented bastard.” “Having come from a traditional production filmmaker, graduate of the USC School “Flawless,” Shahinian’s concept film shot with a background, it was natural for me to try to infuse of Cinematic Arts and founder of Los Canon EOS 5D Mark II, was widely praised when it fiction into a documentary piece,” he comments. KAngeles-based boutique production company was presented at the 2011 NAB Show. It continues to “Live events, about real people and things, help me Pacific Pictures, which produces live event, corpo- inspire HDSLR filmmakers with its high production break down the role of fiction to understand which rate and original concept projects for clients around values and lush cinematography. A bold mix of type of narrative best represents an historical event.” the world. His groundbreaking work has been fea- action and romance, the film’s production spanned It’s safe to say that we can continue to expect tured in EventDV, HDVideoPro, Videography and four nights on location in Los Angeles and included innovative work from Shahinian. “We try to do American Photo magazines, among others, which the use of a process trailer, a Porsche Cayenne stunt something new and different with every project,” he has led to partnerships with such companies as car and Gemini crane for a police chase scene. says. “Pushing the boundaries with no precedent Canon, Adobe, Zacuto, Kessler and Cinevate. Shahinian attributes his breakthrough work can be scary, but hugely rewarding when you’re Shahinian was featured in Zacuto’s original web to his deep-rooted ties to storytelling. “It’s the successful.” dv series FilmFellas (discussions with influential and medium itself, and my respect for the medium, emerging new filmmakers making, creating and that drives and inspires me,” he says. “The power challenging the independent film scene), and he to capture our dreams and relive memories is what online has been voted one of EventDV magazine’s Top I think film is all about, and exploring those themes www.pacificpictures.net 25 most influential event filmmakers in the world is what I try to do in my work.” @kevinshahinian numerous times. But perhaps the highest praise of Combining fiction and documentary filmmaking vimeo.com/channels/pacificpictures all comes from DSLR proponent Philip Bloom, who gives Shahinian a unique perspective as a filmmaker.

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