We finally got the chance to test out the ‘book light’ lighting set up on a recent shoot at Williams F1 in Oxfordshire. It’s awesome.
Bouncing a 2.5k HMI off a poly and then through frost creates a beautifully subtle and soft key light, then using a Kino for the fill and Fresnel for hair. We’re super happy how it turned out.
Also, Frank Williams might be the nicest man alive.
For tips on how to make it happen, go to Shane Hurlbut blog
A pretty manic shoot day was had for BT Sport the other week as it gears up for launch… 2 F5’s in separate locations capturing various bits of content they’ll use in upcoming promos.
This particular landscape of London from Primrose Hill with the BT Tower in the right of frame (straight out of the F5 with no grade) was achieved by getting up at around shit ‘o’ clock. Long ass day.
This year we’ll be camera op’ing 5 rounds of the German touring car championship (the DTM) through Whisper Films for ITV Sport.
It’ll be broadcast every saturday the week after the race has happened on ITV4 at 10AM. We’ll keep you up to date with which races have been Trunk’d.
If like most people, you’ve no idea what the DTM is, it’s this:
Trunk directed/edited this promo for Silverstone through Whisper Films. We had a great time being thrown around by professional driver Andrew Bentley and ex-F1 racer David Coulthard for the day.
We’ve been producing some content for the University of Greenwich through Media Trust.
Our good friend TV director/producer Matt Reid (The Savoy, John Bishop Sport Relief, Comic Relief trekking) is making a feature documentary about 80s punk rockers New Model Army.
We’ve been DP’ing bits and pieces for him throughout the production and on a recent trip up to Bradford (where the band are from) we shot the title sequence.
Here’s a screengrab of the F5 eating up Bradford’s low light. At base ISO 2000, we’re blown away with how clean the image is. F5 loves night time.
Whisper Films asked us to help out with some more F1 promo action on the F5. It rained heavily.. turns out bin bags are an excellent camera rain guard.
Look for car & driver set up shots with a set of Kino’s that were brought with us, tracking out of hire cars and GVs. Sadly, the helicopter isn’t ours.
We can’t tell you about this film that we made for a large corporate as its a secret. All shot & delivered on site in the space of 3 days. Here’s an un-graded screen grab from the F5.
We’ve started using our new 10-bit colour 4K capable Sony F5 cinema camera. It’s very very good.
We’ve put a lot of hours in, bided our time and taken a few risks along the way to get to this point. Nearly 4 years ago we were living off beans and working shitty jobs to pay the rent and keep Trunk alive, we now own a camera capable of making movies. We’ve come a long way and that’s a pretty satisfying feeling.
We’ve recently been working with US based agency IB5k for data storage specialists IntraLinks. We were back at the *space ship again to shoot this one.
*McLaren Technology Centre
It’s been cool to see some of our footage that we shot back in February for the Red Bull & Williams F1 teams through Whisper Films popping up on the BBC F1 coverage this season.
Prince Charles personally commissioned Trunk* to make a promo for their ‘Get Into’ programme. We’re pretty sure Charlie is stoked on it.
*Actually commissioned by Media Trust.
Point ten cameras at the Red Bull Racing F1 team at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for two days and you end up with this finely put together promo for the 2013 season produced by Whisper Films.
It’s the second year running that we’ve had the chance to hang out with Red Bull in and around the garage. To be standing a few feet away from a formula 1 car leaving the garage is a unique and intense experience. As the engine fires up you feel the air pressure change around you, you’re hit by a wall of heat from the exhaust and subjected to a cacophony of sound. At that moment you’re not just a spectator, you’re a part of it.. you feel the energy around you. We’re pretty lucky.
We’ve been helping shoot some features for BBC F1 which we’ll post about as and when we know what races they’re being broadcast at.. one we do know about is this which we shot with Jenson Button & Sergio Perez at McLaren HQ and should be broadcast live during the Chinese GP pre-race build up.
At the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, they craft some of the most technologically advanced components in the known universe. But even in this most clean and efficient of space age buildings, Ergocine still stood out. She keeps turning heads, she’s Badass.
We’ve been working with ad-agency VCCP on the ‘O2 Untouchables’ campaign. Willus spent the day running around Chelmsford following freerunner Thanda Mutero on the steadicam with a C300.
So if you’re looking for suggestions for a great date this valentines day, why not stay in and watch a Channel 4 documentary about the worlds most prolific streaker, Mark Roberts. He’s streaked everything from the Champions League Final and the Turner Prize to Crufts.
There’s some Trunk footage in there somewhere. WATCH IT, it’s ideal date material for sure. 10PM Channel 4
Produced by our good friends over at NERD TV titled STREAK! The man who can’t keep his clothes on
We just pre-ordered a Sony F5. IT BETTER BE GOOD.
For the past two years, January and February have been F1 months for Trunk.
We’re working with our friends over at Whisper Films again this year to help with promotional filming and VT features that will end up on the TV throughout the season. We’ve been shooting the Williams and Lotus F1 teams and Red Bull Racing in Barcelona. Fun times.
Trunk once again linked up with London based ad-agency VCCP again to shoot a parkour short for an upcoming O2 campaign. Here’s a screen grab from one of many steadicam shots throughout the day. We’ll re-post when its online, check it!
On a trip to Essaouira, Morocco filming a pilot for Red Bull Media House and Nerd TV about the Red Bull Stormchase we hooked up with Boujmaa Guilloul for a day. After lunch he launched his 4×4 off a sand dune.
Bouj is crazy.
Handstands in Morocco from Trunk Films on Vimeo.
