Pro Motion Selects Sony F55 For RAF Ski Shoot

Watch-maker G-Shock has been following and filming the Royal Air Force ski team's expeditions, down active volcanoes at speeds of 70mph and turning though gates, hitting jumps sending them 50 metres into the air.

G-Shock followed the team to a group of active volcanoes in the Andes, Chile. The aim of the trip was to film a cinema commercial, dubbed 'Project Chile', to promote the team and G-Shock Aviator watches.
While the production team was shooting the commercial, a separate film crew, equipped with a Sony F55, was busy capturing behind-the-scenes footage and on-the-slope interviews.
DoP was Tom Swindell, who who shot on a Sony F55. "I had the opportunity to use the F55 for the documentary film and jumped at the chance after having used the F5 for music videos quite a few times before," says Swindell.
"[Hire company] Pro Motion originally suggested the F55 to provide optimal picture quality and to ensure I was able to shoot at high resolutions internally if asked to capture images for the cinema advert as well as the documentary.
"Shooting in such bright environments like the snow covered mountains, over exposure would normally be a concern, but using the S-log and the accurate Peaking function the F55 gave me confidence and control.
"The G-Shock commercial was being shot in 5K and, on occasions, I was brought into the ad shoot and asked to shoot in 4K on the F55 so my images could be slotted into the ad. It was really simple for me to flip the F55 from 1080 for the documentary to 4K for the cinema advert when required."
Swindell chose a Fujinon zoom lens for the shoot. "I knew using primes wouldn't be very practical for the bulk of this shoot – fortunately Fujinon had recently brought out a 19-90mm ENG Zoom lens designed for full-frame cameras, which made it possible to capture great looking images without having to do lens swaps," he said. "And the servo zoom was easy to operate wearing gloves. You really don't want to be delving into bags and changing lenses in those circumstances."
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