Shooting parkour commercial with Red.. Help needed..

Kujtim Ereqi · 02-18-2009, 12:40 PM

We have a new commercial which includes parkour movements. I never shot parkour. Any help would be appreciatted: direct advices, websites, tutorials, lighting, frame rates, editing techniques etc

Sorry if this thread is not in the right place..

Thanks in advance.

Shawn Booth · 02-18-2009, 01:28 PM

Try Google and youtube for videos out there. From there you can figure out what you need for your job.

Make sure your talent is good (talented/experienced), rested.
Try higher frames rates like 72/96 fps while shooting -
Wider lens selection most likely -
Steadicam for sure...
How many cameras can you afford to have on set?

Kreisky · 02-18-2009, 01:42 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQRRmdTvH4

its kind of nice......:-D

this is the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GpOroM0g80

Ryan Velasquez · 02-18-2009, 03:01 PM

I wish I had more help than links to show you.

Here's a super stylized version... lot of overcranking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB7MZqasUFQ

And then of course the famous coke commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYEWn4O-ZnE

Matthew Chuang · 02-18-2009, 04:49 PM

Check out a movie called 'District 13'.

It's a french film produced by Luc Besson

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

also the opening scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIw3cv8Zls

David Wyatt · 02-19-2009, 12:30 PM

Don't know if anyone else has posted this one (couldn't be bothered to watch all the others):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMAr8y-Vtw

This one was quite a successful BBC trailer with a French dude who's big in Parkour.

Andrew clemson · 02-23-2009, 10:38 PM

What exactly will you be shooting? I would have thought you'd be safest sticking to high frame rates , wide-ish lenses and as many angles as you can cover (just in case one of the runners falls off a building and you cant repeat a take).

Watch as much reference as you can. You can see parkour in a bunch of films nowadays, like Casino Royale, District 13, one of the bournes (i think its ultimatum) even the first matrix I guess. There was a cool doco i remember called jump london too.

Where are you shooting out of interest? I noticed a piece in the newspaper about parkour taking off over here.

Andreas Fernbrant · 02-23-2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kujtim

We have a new commercial which includes parkour movements. I never shot parkour. Any help would be appreciatted: direct advices, websites, tutorials, lighting, frame rates, editing techniques etc

Sorry if this thread is not in the right place..

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have a lot of experiance with parkour and free running.
Feel free to PM me!

Kind Regards
Andreas

02-18-2009, 12:40 PM	#1
Kujtim Ereqi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 154	Shooting parkour commercial with Red.. Help needed.. We have a new commercial which includes parkour movements. I never shot parkour. Any help would be appreciatted: direct advices, websites, tutorials, lighting, frame rates, editing techniques etc Sorry if this thread is not in the right place.. Thanks in advance.

02-18-2009, 01:28 PM	#2
Shawn Booth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Honolulu/Los Angeles Posts: 1,657	Try Google and youtube for videos out there. From there you can figure out what you need for your job. Make sure your talent is good (talented/experienced), rested. Try higher frames rates like 72/96 fps while shooting - Wider lens selection most likely - Steadicam for sure... How many cameras can you afford to have on set? __________________ RMS Productions Oahu.HI Demo Reel #994 - Cassavetes

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David Wyatt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: London Posts: 823	Don't know if anyone else has posted this one (couldn't be bothered to watch all the others): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMAr8y-Vtw This one was quite a successful BBC trailer with a French dude who's big in Parkour. __________________ David Wyatt http://www.4klondon.com/ 4K London for Mysterium-X Red camera rental, DIT services & post-production. Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 2857

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02-18-2009, 01:42 PM	#3
Kreisky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 177	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQRRmdTvH4 its kind of nice......:-D this is the best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GpOroM0g80

02-18-2009, 03:01 PM	#4
Ryan Velasquez Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 8	I wish I had more help than links to show you. Here's a super stylized version... lot of overcranking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB7MZqasUFQ And then of course the famous coke commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYEWn4O-ZnE

02-18-2009, 04:49 PM	#5
Matthew Chuang Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 115	Check out a movie called 'District 13'. It's a french film produced by Luc Besson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/ also the opening scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIw3cv8Zls

02-23-2009, 10:38 PM	#7
Andrew clemson Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 481	What exactly will you be shooting? I would have thought you'd be safest sticking to high frame rates , wide-ish lenses and as many angles as you can cover (just in case one of the runners falls off a building and you cant repeat a take). Watch as much reference as you can. You can see parkour in a bunch of films nowadays, like Casino Royale, District 13, one of the bournes (i think its ultimatum) even the first matrix I guess. There was a cool doco i remember called jump london too. Where are you shooting out of interest? I noticed a piece in the newspaper about parkour taking off over here.