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"I got a call from Den Lennie and James Gavin of Hangman
Studios. Did I think we could shoot a Duran Duran concert
with just 7 days to prepare? Of course I said yes. So James
and Den got together with Director Gavin Elder who has
been working with Duran Duran since 2003 and the magic
started to happen.
"Shooting a concert with Super 35mm is a challenge. It's not
as easy as traditional broadcast, not in any way. But when you
start pairing up 12 PMW-F3s with 1000 mm, yes 1 meter, lenses,
beautiful ARRI Alura 18-80mm and Optimo 24-290 mm lenses,
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shooting an incredibly dynamic light show at a massive sell-
out arena concert, I think you can see why this project was
so exciting!
"My role: camera setup, creating a custom picture profile,
helping on lens and kit choices, on-site tech support and then
operating one of the two PMW-F3s using the MTF B4-to-S35
adaptors that I designed along with a Canon 10 to 400 mm
zoom. When you add the 2.5x magnification factor of the
adaptor, that equates to a 25mm to 1000mm zoom. My role
was to shoot the close ups of lead singer Simon Le Bon from
the Front of House area, 160 feet from the stage. With such a
long lens the Depth of Field was tiny and the shoot was hard
work, but incredibly rewarding.
"The end result was an electrifying atmosphere and from
what I've seen so far, jaw dropping images. This is one of those
projects I'll remember for a long, long time."
"
Pairing up the F3
with ARRI Alura and
Optimo lenses, the
images were jaw
"
dropping.
—Alister Chapman,
Cinematographer,
Duran Duran in Concert at the
Manchester Arena,
available on DVD and Blu-ray
Disc, Summer 2012
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