Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:18 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that the hit docuseries “Chimp Crazy” was shot with Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K digital film cameras. The cameras’ versatility and reliability allowed the team to capture dynamic interviews and engaging storytelling for the twist filled series.
From Director Eric Goode (“Tiger King”), “Chimp Crazy” explores the world of chimpanzees living in captivity and the women who raise and love them. Featuring Alan Cumming, the docuseries follows cautionary tales of what happens when chimps are brought into people’s families and homes. The series was captured by DPs Benji Lanpher, Gabe Mayhan, Christopher Messina and Ryan Nethery, with Clint Byrne providing additional cinematography.
Byrne captured six interviews for the docuseries, including notable sit downs with Cumming and reporter Cheyenne Roundtree. “My setup typically included the URSA Mini Pro 12K as the semi close up camera, so they could punch in more in post if needed, an URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 for the wide shot, and one Pocket Cinema Camera 6K for additional angles, with another on a gimbal. The interviews with Roundtree and Cumming also featured Goode, so we made sure to have extra cameras ready for verité,” explained Byrne. “Some locations were set up by production and others were in the subjects’ homes, which required us to be a bit more adaptable and use a kit that allowed for a quick set up.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250217-01
From Director Eric Goode (“Tiger King”), “Chimp Crazy” explores the world of chimpanzees living in captivity and the women who raise and love them. Featuring Alan Cumming, the docuseries follows cautionary tales of what happens when chimps are brought into people’s families and homes. The series was captured by DPs Benji Lanpher, Gabe Mayhan, Christopher Messina and Ryan Nethery, with Clint Byrne providing additional cinematography.
Byrne captured six interviews for the docuseries, including notable sit downs with Cumming and reporter Cheyenne Roundtree. “My setup typically included the URSA Mini Pro 12K as the semi close up camera, so they could punch in more in post if needed, an URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 for the wide shot, and one Pocket Cinema Camera 6K for additional angles, with another on a gimbal. The interviews with Roundtree and Cumming also featured Goode, so we made sure to have extra cameras ready for verité,” explained Byrne. “Some locations were set up by production and others were in the subjects’ homes, which required us to be a bit more adaptable and use a kit that allowed for a quick set up.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0250217-01