Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:02 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that Chris Ortenburger of Flying Lap Media, best known for shooting dynamic auto racing footage, recently shot the 2024 Superkarts! USA Winter Series with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K digital film camera.
Already accustomed to the Blackmagic Design cinema camera family, Ortenburger chose to move to the full frame Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K for this event, which was a familiar format from past days. “Having begun with video on a DSLR many years ago, my first efforts in filmmaking were with a full frame camera,” said Ortenburger, “Since then, the industry has shifted almost entirely toward the Super 35 format. Finally getting the chance to shoot full frame again instantly reminded me how fun and captivating it can be. It gives you tremendous power to get separation with subjects and create compositions that show a much wider frame for dynamic storytelling.”
With his customers insisting on multiple format deliverables, Ortenburger was excited about the Open Gate 6:5 format sensor. “Being able to shoot open gate is also a tremendous boon to filmmaking,” added Ortenburger. “Love or hate vertical video content, it’s here to stay. Much of the paid work we do requires creating vertical content for daily social delivery, followed by a horizontal, more historically cinematic version at the end. Previously, this created a conundrum around how to capture the footage. The open gate option gives tremendous flexibility in using a single shot for a variety of aspect ratios. We can get a full frame image and then crop in post to the desired size, whereas before we had to shoot the same clip twice, once in portrait and once in landscape.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0240319-01
Already accustomed to the Blackmagic Design cinema camera family, Ortenburger chose to move to the full frame Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K for this event, which was a familiar format from past days. “Having begun with video on a DSLR many years ago, my first efforts in filmmaking were with a full frame camera,” said Ortenburger, “Since then, the industry has shifted almost entirely toward the Super 35 format. Finally getting the chance to shoot full frame again instantly reminded me how fun and captivating it can be. It gives you tremendous power to get separation with subjects and create compositions that show a much wider frame for dynamic storytelling.”
With his customers insisting on multiple format deliverables, Ortenburger was excited about the Open Gate 6:5 format sensor. “Being able to shoot open gate is also a tremendous boon to filmmaking,” added Ortenburger. “Love or hate vertical video content, it’s here to stay. Much of the paid work we do requires creating vertical content for daily social delivery, followed by a horizontal, more historically cinematic version at the end. Previously, this created a conundrum around how to capture the footage. The open gate option gives tremendous flexibility in using a single shot for a variety of aspect ratios. We can get a full frame image and then crop in post to the desired size, whereas before we had to shoot the same clip twice, once in portrait and once in landscape.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0240319-01