JVC ProHD Camcorder Used To Film 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Filmmaker and 2007 Oscar Winner, Davis Guggenheim used a JVC ProHD camcorder to shoot 'An Inconvenient Truth', a documentary on Al Gore’s presentations of his slide-show on global warming.
At the 79th Academy Awards, an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature was presented to 'An Inconvenient Truth'.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences includes among its members some of the most gifted and skilled artists and craftsmen in the motion picture industry.
Guggenheim’s recent interview with Corey Boutilier about his selection and use of JVC’s ProHD camcorder features on the independentfilm.com website. "In the process of making the movie, we travelled everywhere with Al Gore. I took the JVC GY-HD100 on the road with me and it turned out to be the workhorse of this film. Whether we were in a car, on an airplane flying over the North Pole or in Beijing, I had this camera under my arm whenever we were on the road. A lot of footage in the film was shot with JVC’s ProHD camera. Sometimes we’d intercut it with 16mm film and it was flawless and beautiful,” stated Davis Guggenheim.
"We feel privileged that our camera was selected for the making of a large part of such an important film," said Ian Scott, Director Pro Video Operations (UK), "and we are delighted to learn how the camera’s key design features were so skilfully put to full use."
Commenting on the ergonomics of JVC’s ProHD camera, Guggenheim said: "JVC’s ProHD camcorder has enough size to be able to put it under your arm and really control it, unlike a lot of the smaller cameras. Additionally, the lens is beautiful and fantastic. Other smaller cameras are just not meaty enough and you can’t hold the focus and zoom in and out. It’s nice to finally have a small camera that has a professional lens -- it’s like heaven to have a lens that you can really grab, hold and push."
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