‘Reality Check’ for JVC ProHD Camera

The first film in the world to be shot with two JVC GY-HD101E ProHD cameras is now in production.
‘Reality Check’ stars Paul Mercurio (lead actor of Australian film, Strictly Ballroom) and Dieter Brenmar (actor in Australian television drama, Home and Away) is a kind of ‘Survivor gone wrong’ movie.
The film is directed by Geoff Cox, a director and DOP with over thirty years’ extensive experience in film and television. Cox’s credits include movies such as Rapid Fear 1, The Turner Affair, Beastmaster and Flipper as well as the television drama, E-Street. Reality Check is produced by Cox’s Tempo Pictures, an Australian independent production company, fast building a reputation for developing high quality commercial feature films, high-end commercials and corporate videos.
Shot entirely in HD and on-location on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Cox went to considerable lengths to buy two GY-HD101E ProHD cameras after being introduced to them by JVC’s Brisbane distributor ProVisual.
Cox commented: “When Steve (Hibberd) from ProVisual told me about the GY-HD101E I knew I had to see one live in action, so I booked a ticket to NAB that day and went for a demo. That’s where I met Noel (Oakes), National Sales Manager at JVC Australia and we put the camera through its paces. I was very impressed by not only what the camera could do but by its affordability and the service offered by both JVC and ProVisual. I realised very quickly that this is a true operator’s camera. JVC have nailed exactly what we want so I ordered two of them to shoot Reality Check with.”
ProVisual Managing Director Steve Hibberd adds, “At this point the hard work started as the cameras had only just been launched at NAB and the demand for them was incredible, so we pulled out all the stops with JVC to get the first two cameras available from the factory over to Geoff on the Gold Coast in order for him to meet his start date. Fortunately we did just that.”
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