Epic goes racing - 6 Hours of Silverstone

[Steve Marshall]

Shot and edited within a 24 hour period, using an Epic, a 7D and a couple of GoPros.

There are another few episodes of the same series if you're interested.

[Eric Z]

VERY INTERESTED!!!
Keep 'em coming.

[Steve Marshall]

this is the last one in the series. There were four but these two were the best.

The Epic is a very good camera for this type of stuff. I used RPP's for this which were a bit heavy when trekking around the circuit. Can't wait for the Canon mount so I can put some LONG lenses on!

[Eric Z]

Thanks!

[Neil Horner]

cool stuff Steve!

[Sergio Perez]

Love it. We do similar kind of paid work :)

http://www.vimeo.com/17118810
http://www.vimeo.com/17117095

Both shot with a 7D, a 1D mark IV and a Canon XF300 camera. (and some broadcast beta sp)

How did the Epic worked for you on the track? Boot up, changing lenses? I see you were in very challenging weather situations... Do keep us posted with your experience with the canon mount! I have heavily invested in Canon lenses and would love to be able to shoot this year- middle of November- with some sort of Epic gear...

Would also like to know your workflow for the editing? The above videos I posted were also edited in 24 hours, and doing log and transfer as well as Magic Bullet Looks on them was an almost impossible task to complete the deadline... I needed them ready for the prize ceremony! How did you manage the Epic files? It would be great if you could share your workflow! Thanks!

EDIT- I don't know if this is asking too much, but can you share your Epic shooting rig? what configuration are you using? Thanks !

Sergio

[Steve Marshall]

The Epic was great on track - no problems with booting up. I had a battery belt on with a spare battery in my pocket. got about 3 hours runtime with that.

I used the 100mm Red Pro Prime and used different aspects ratios to get different looks i.e. 5kFF was quite wide, whereas 2k was tight. Everything was shot over 100fps and ramped in post. The thing I missed the most was being able to playback and then delete clips. I would sometimes do a 20 second (3 mins in real time) take and knew it wasn't very good, but I had no way of deleting it.

Weather wise the Epic got rained on a bit, but didn't have any problems due to that.

Our workflow was fairly simple. Got the footage back to the edit suite at the end of the day. Immediate transcode into 1080p ProRes 442(LT) with a RED Rocket. And then the editors would work through the night whilst I got some sleep :)

The only thing that bothers me is the grade on the footage is a bit sloppy. If I'd had more time, I'd of done a grade in RED Cine-X before the output to ProRes.

The Epic rig I used was very simple. It was the Epic with the side handle, the 5" LCD screen and an outrigger handle. And I used a monopod instead of a tripod, sometimes going completely handheld - no tripod at all. I got around the track on a scooter, balancing the Epic on my chest. Had some scary moments with it! I need to devise a more workable solution for driving round with it.

[Sergio Perez]

The Epic was great on track - no problems with booting up. I had a battery belt on with a spare battery in my pocket. got about 3 hours runtime with that.

I used the 100mm Red Pro Prime and used different aspects ratios to get different looks i.e. 5kFF was quite wide, whereas 2k was tight. Everything was shot over 100fps and ramped in post. The thing I missed the most was being able to playback and then delete clips. I would sometimes do a 20 second (3 mins in real time) take and knew it wasn't very good, but I had no way of deleting it.

Weather wise the Epic got rained on a bit, but didn't have any problems due to that.

Our workflow was fairly simple. Got the footage back to the edit suite at the end of the day. Immediate transcode into 1080p ProRes 442(LT) with a RED Rocket. And then the editors would work through the night whilst I got some sleep :)

The only thing that bothers me is the grade on the footage is a bit sloppy. If I'd had more time, I'd of done a grade in RED Cine-X before the output to ProRes.

The Epic rig I used was very simple. It was the Epic with the side handle, the 5" LCD screen and an outrigger handle. And I used a monopod instead of a tripod, sometimes going completely handheld - no tripod at all. I got around the track on a scooter, balancing the Epic on my chest. Had some scary moments with it! I need to devise a more workable solution for driving round with it.

Thanks a lot for sharing! Its great to hear you could move around with just such a small amount of gear. I work in a similar fashion, also move around on a scooter but bring a manfrotto lightweight tripod with a 503 head with me with my current DSLR kit. I mainly use heavier (more "professional") cameras for pit lane, paddock, starting grid and interviews, but I can see from your post that the Epic is perfectly manageable in the "field of battle". With the Canon mount, it could be the "perfect camera". Thanks again Steve, and, once again, great job. The grade looked very good, to me. How about a highlights video with all your best Epic racing footage? Would love to see that!

Thanks and cheers, from Macau,

Sergio

[Dave Weber]

Steve,

Great stuff thanks for sharing!

Would love to shoot some stuff like this but there's nothing like this in southern california US.

[Dan Passaro]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.


on a side note; are those editors knife lovers? they went nuts with that blade tool lol, I was starting to get dizzy