Using the brand new Canon EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera and the XC10 4K Digital Camcorder, the short films, “Trick Shot” and “Battle Of The Ages,” were shot in cinematic 4K (4096 x 2160) and recorded in-camera on SanDisk Extreme PRO® CFast™ 2.0 cards.
- Canon EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera: The short film “Trick Shot.”
- The camera was mounted with Canon’s new CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom lens to produce a tracking shot of a speeding car from more than two miles away.
- Flying with a Canon EF 24mm 1.4L II USM lens on the Aerigon, a professional cinema drone from Intuitive Aerial Inc., the Canon EOS C300 Mark II captured the vast landscape of Valley of Fire State Park.
- Canon XC10 4K Camcorder was used in both short films “Trick Shot” And “Battle Of The Ages”.
To view the short films, please see below the press release as follows.
Canon EOS C300 MARK II
PRESS RELEASE
The New Canon EOS C300 Mark II Camera And XC10 Camcorder Capture Short Films “Trick Shot” And “Battle Of The Ages” In Stunning 4K
Films Premiere for the First Time at Canon Theater During the 2015 NAB Show
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 13, 2015 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce the premiere of two short films “Trick Shot” and “Battle of the Ages” today during the 2015 NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV. Both films will screen daily in true 4K at the 2015 NAB Show in the Canon Theater at Booth #C4325.
Canon XC10 4K
Using the brand new Canon EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera and the XC10 4K Digital Camcorder, the short films were shot in cinematic 4K (4096 x 2160) and recorded in-camera on SanDisk Extreme PRO® CFast™ 2.0 cards.
“Trick Shot,” directed by Evan Kaufmann with cinematography by Gale Tattersall (Grace and Frankie, House M.D.), is a classic con movie with a twist. Reformed pool shark “Eight Ball” Bobby is forced to play one more crucial billiards game to save his son Devon, who got mixed up in the wrong crowd. Shot on location in Nevada, Tattersall utilized the EOS C300 Mark II camera to capture the menacing darkness of a seedy pool hall, the stark beauty of the barren desert, and the tense drama of a clever heist film.
Canon EOS C300 Mark II, body only
“The new sensor in the Canon EOS C300 Mark II is a game changer,” said Tattersall. “The 15 stops of dynamic range and cinematic quality put this camera in the big leagues.”
Canon CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom Lens with hood
Mounted with Canon’s new CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom lens, the camera produced an incredible tracking shot of a speeding car from more than two miles away. Yet when the script called for aerial photography, the camera easily transitioned from sticks on the ground to propellers in the sky. Flying with a Canon EF 24mm 1.4L II USM lens on the Aerigon, a professional cinema drone from Intuitive Aerial Inc., the camera captured the vast landscape of Valley of Fire State Park.
Canon EF 24mm 1.4L II USM lens
“The small form factor makes it wonderful to move around very quickly,” Tattersall noted. “It took seconds to go from handheld to drone to Steadicam to jib arm to studio mode. The EOS C300 Mark II is absolutely one of the most versatile cameras I’ve come across.”
Canon XC10 4K
Tattersall also had the XC10 camcorder in his toolkit. The 4K fixed-lens, video-and-still-shooting hybrid served as a point-of-view camera, which the filmmakers put through its paces by mounting it under cars and on pool cues.
Canon XC10 4K
Tattersall added, “I like the XC10 camcorder enormously. It’s a true 4K camera that creates beautiful images in one tiny form factor.”
“Battle of the Ages,” shot entirely on the XC10 4K digital camcorder, is an action-packed comedy from YouTube filmmaker Scott Winn, whose channel, ScottDW, has amassed more than 59 million views. Riffing on the 1980s crime drama trope, “Battle of the Ages” features two young thugs who learn the hard way that appearances can be deceiving and age is nothing but a number. Scott captured his fearless cast of three professional parkour athletes through an exhilarating chase and an epic fight scene with the XC10 camcorder mounted on a Freefly MōVI M5.
“While we love epic, extreme adventures, we prefer to keep the crazy on screen and away from our camera crew,” said Winn. “The XC10 camcorder worked perfectly out of the box. And, the image this tiny, lightweight camera produced is larger than life. I know my work will look great if it is streaming on the small screen of someone’s phone or projected in true 4K in a massive theater.”
To capture the action from every angle, Scott teamed up with Helivate Films’ Zac Eskelsen to fly the camera above Salt Lake City’s skyline. They mounted the XC10 camcorder on a DJI Spreading Wings S1000 drone with a MōVI gimbal to get the bird’s eye view.
“We love what we were able to accomplish with this camera from above, these shots add a dynamism to our film that was shot in one day with a small crew,” said Winn. “The sky is the next frontier for filmmakers, and this camera puts quality drone work within reach for every creator.”
Following NAB, the films and their accompanying behind-the-scenes featurettes will be available on the Canon U.S.A. website: https://www.usa.canon.com. “Battle of the Ages” will also be available in streaming 4K on the ScottDW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/scottdw.
For more information about Canon Cinema EOS cameras and lenses, please visit the Canon U.S.A. website at http://cinemaeos.usa.canon.com
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The following video presents Trick Shot from Canon Pro on Vimeo:
A classic con movie with a twist, Trick Shot is a a film about a family of con artists who travel across the country to pay off their son’s gambling debt and get more than they bargain for.
Directed by Evan Kaufmann and shot by Director of Photography Gale Tattersall Trick Shot is the first film to be shot on Canon’s new EOS C300 Mark II Digital Cinema Camera.
Partial Credits:
A LēTo Entertainment Production in association with Revolution Pictures
An Evan Kaufmann FilmCast
Colin Ward
William Patrick Johnson
Adam Cristian Smith
Danielle AndradeEditor Zach Prichard
Sound Design & Mix DeFacto Sound
Music Seth Earnest
Director of Photography Gale Tattersall
Written by R. Scott Shields
Produced by Steve Tobenkin and Randy Brewer
Directed by Evan Kaufmann
The following video presents Battle of the Ages from Canon Pro on Vimeo:
“Battle of the Ages,” shot on the XC10 4K digital camcorder, is an action-packed comedy from YouTube filmmaker Scott Winn, whose channel ScottDW has amassed more than 59+ million views. Riffing on the 1980s crime drama trope, “Battle of the Ages” features two young thugs who learn the hard way that appearances can be deceiving and age is nothing but a number. Scott captured his fearless cast of three professional parkour athletes through an exhilarating chase and an epic fight scene with the XC10 mounted on a Freefly MōVI M5. They also mounted the XC10 on a DJI Spreading Wings S1000 drone with a MōVI gimbal to get a bird’s eye view of all the action.
“Battle of the Ages” is available in HD on the Canon Pro Vimeo page and will soon be available in streaming 4K at http://www.youtube.com/user/Scottdw.