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17. Images Of Papua New Guinea - Scene 1
2 years ago
As promised this is the first installment of my journey to the remote islands and villages of Papua New Guinea on the vessel the True North.
I was asked by owners Craig Howson and Mark Stothard to record the journey through the lens of my trusty 5D mk2 in a way that highlights the beauty of this spectacular country.
I was slightly nervous about PNG as you hear stories about it being an unsafe travel destination but this could not be further from the truth. It was so the opposite that I hope my short productions can dispel any doubts people have about this wonderful country.
Northstar Cruises have been building and fine tuning their Adventures in Paradise PNG tour for 5 years now and it's a credit to the crew of True North for it's well planned, interactive, and safe tour through one of the most remote places in the world.
Papua New Guinea is one of the most beautiful, clean and friendly places I have ever visited and am hoping to return one day to see more of this spectacular land.
It's a photographers paradise and as with the remote Kimberley of Western Australia one of the best travel experiences available.
For all of you who care this production was shot by me using the following equipment. Boy was I tired after I got back.
Two Canon 5D mk2's, Canon lenses 16/35mm, 24mm, 85mm, 18mm tiltshift, 400mm. Fostex FR2LE Field Recorder, Rode Mic's, Azden Wireless Mic's, Aqua Tech Water Housing, Various filters, Lee, Polarizers etc. Macbook Pro, MacPro, Final Cut Studio 7.
For details on Da Boat go to northstarcruises.com.au or check out Mark's blog at truenorthmark.wordpress.com
For those interested in our business check out christianfletcher.com.au or christianfletcher.wordpress.com
Music was by Hans Zimmer from the movie "The Thin Red Line"
I was asked by owners Craig Howson and Mark Stothard to record the journey through the lens of my trusty 5D mk2 in a way that highlights the beauty of this spectacular country.
I was slightly nervous about PNG as you hear stories about it being an unsafe travel destination but this could not be further from the truth. It was so the opposite that I hope my short productions can dispel any doubts people have about this wonderful country.
Northstar Cruises have been building and fine tuning their Adventures in Paradise PNG tour for 5 years now and it's a credit to the crew of True North for it's well planned, interactive, and safe tour through one of the most remote places in the world.
Papua New Guinea is one of the most beautiful, clean and friendly places I have ever visited and am hoping to return one day to see more of this spectacular land.
It's a photographers paradise and as with the remote Kimberley of Western Australia one of the best travel experiences available.
For all of you who care this production was shot by me using the following equipment. Boy was I tired after I got back.
Two Canon 5D mk2's, Canon lenses 16/35mm, 24mm, 85mm, 18mm tiltshift, 400mm. Fostex FR2LE Field Recorder, Rode Mic's, Azden Wireless Mic's, Aqua Tech Water Housing, Various filters, Lee, Polarizers etc. Macbook Pro, MacPro, Final Cut Studio 7.
For details on Da Boat go to northstarcruises.com.au or check out Mark's blog at truenorthmark.wordpress.com
For those interested in our business check out christianfletcher.com.au or christianfletcher.wordpress.com
Music was by Hans Zimmer from the movie "The Thin Red Line"
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Good luck with your book mate. If you need a hand with anything let us know.
Mike
Did you send any stills back to the locals? After several trips to Africa and Asian I sent loads of still photos back to villagers and I think they really appreciated it.
Thanks for watching!!!!
It's coming to a computer screen near you soon.
It was pretty awesome from the air and would be pretty cool to shoot from the ground.
Thanks for tuning in. I believe you have been talking to Mark Stothard also.
Yeah I'm pulling together a case study on the great job you and North Star have been doing. I might hit you up for some stats at some point if that's ok with you.
I'm curious to know how you handled your mics, equipment and shooting alone. No wonder it's hard!
Love the faces and incredible color. Thanks for sharing:).
Hey, it was worth every second.
I love your glance on these people !!
Just, I wonder :
Scene 2 : You fall in love with a Princess Papua ?
Scene 3 : You're escape ? :))))
Thanks for watching mate.
Your hard work paid off man. I'd pay to see this in a cinema for sure so thank you for posting it here and allowing us to see PNG on these short winter days.
I mean this in a very good way but,
I take it you are inspired by Terrence Malick? In turn, you have inspired me.......big time!
All the best
Gavin
Have you tried ..and for all those reading this and have a canon 5d cineform.com/neoscene/ ..?
Converts the horrible canon 30p footage to 10-bit CineForm Intermediate (4:2:2) YES 4:2:2 mov or avi files!! and 29.9p & 23.9p ...... you can really grade it ! Its pretty cheap...
anyway - always enjoy watching your work Michael !
Luke
I haven't tried this but will have a look. I use Compressor to convert all my footage to Apple Pro Res 422 LT.
Thanks for watching
Mike
the rendered files have a high latitude range in colors for post grading - they are 10 bit 4:2:2 . cinform have free 7 day trial - love to know if it improves your footage !
cheers luke
Cheers mate.
~Chris
Cheers mate
Nicholas
Mike
I guess goal achieved: I want to visit it ASAP. I haven't seen much nature quiet like this...
I use the widescreen matte in FCP to widescreen the footage. It's very easy to do and I love the results.
Cheers
Terrific association with the music too!
Rod was always in my shot, snored heaps, wore his undies around the boat, and constantly asking what are you doing there Fletch.
OK I lied. He was great company and a really funny f$#@er.
I recon you should join me on the next trip mate.
Beautiful images, absolutely stunning.
Not sure how much colour grading you did in Final Cut, or whether it was just imaculate coming out of the camera, but the colours were just sensational.
Beautiful
Brent
I'll see you in Karijini next year.
Cheers Mike
How did you stabilize the helicopter shooting?
Did you used any particular gear? or made it in post?
Glad you liked it.
Mike
Mike
Avey
Hope you hate it. Tee Hee!!!!!
Mike
Cheers Mike
You've got an incredible eye for visuals.
Blogd it!
jonrawlinson.com/2009/12/images-of-papua-new-guinea-spectacular-footage/
Thanks for the rap mate and thanks for blogging it for me. Hows things for you. Are you keeping busy? I just got back from shooting with a 1Dmk4 on Sydney Harbour for New Years so I am just catching up. I have just posted some stuff if you have nothing better to do. Have you reached a Billion hits on you Aquarium vid yet? Fancy sharing some with me :)
Mike
Thanks for watching mate.
Mike
Mike
On your panning shots, I noticed quite a bit of stuttering, is the original footage like that?
merci