Raúl Shoots Grant in 3D
Earlier in the year, I was asked by the creators of the Channel101.com show “Everything” to create a 45 second clip of awesome. No other parameters. I thought of an idea based on a live music performance where every member of a band was the same person, seemingly shot all in one moving shot. I was able to get access to a motion control rig and had plans to make it really slick on a RED camera, yadda yadda.
In a random meeting at The Masses, I overheard that Grant Leuchtner had dozens of songs that he had written all the instrument parts for himself which made him the perfect fit for the project. In one day, Grant wrote and recorded an entirely original piece for the video.
Then, a few weeks before the project was due, I was told that they wanted all of their submissions to be in 3D. Having never shot in this format, I initially freaked out a bit. After loads of research, and bringing on my good friend Chris Cantey to man the special effects, we realized that in order to stay in the budget ($0) and pull off the effect we wanted, we’d have to embrace a low-fi capture format (not to mention we could not get two Canon 7D’s close enough to produce a clean 3D image.)
We created a super simple, super janky, do-it-yourself rig, lined up two “flip” style cameras side by side and finished through a workflow that was completely foreign to all of us. The cameras had no manual controls and often shut down without warning. Good times.
Find some red/ cyan glasses and have a ball with our little slice of 3D fun.
For behind the scenes clip, click here.