Over the past few months, we have been able to work with a great local artist Xile as we put together a music video with Mascots for a Cure as an anthem to children fighting diseases like cancer and cystic fibrosis. 

(Francisca was 1 week postpartum when we filmed this!)

Like any good project, problems and issue always seem to arise and you need to be willing to work with the bounces to get the best shot.  The largest scene in the video is when our young cancer survivor, Tony, is defending NFL athlete and Oregon alumni Josh Huff in his “Never Give Up” dream.  We shot this scene in July and it happened to be the one day that it rained in the entire month.  So what do you do when it rains? Strap a giant umbrella to your Came-Tv stabilizer and shoot in the rain!

On this shoot we used as our main camera the Sony RX10 ll,  This allowed us to shoot at a consistent 120fps for the football scene as well as at 240fps for the dancer.  The Came-TV 7800 was another tool in our arsenal that allowed for smooth movement shots as the athletes and artists moved around. 

One of the methods we used in production that made post-production so much easier is we had the artist sing the whole song through and out loud to more easily match it up in post production.  Each clip had its own layer and only needed matched up once.  This allowed me to simply go through and cut clips down instead of moving clips around, which would cause me to have to match the mouth to the words with each movement.

Enjoy the Video Below!