Film director: Greg Mirzoyan (professional photographer) www.gregmirzoyan.com

Editing: Greg Mirzoyan & Ben.B (video producer see www.flatlandseries.info)

Shooting: Greg.M & Ben.B

Assisting: Stephane Mossé (photographer) see blog.stephanemosse.com

Blader: Frederic Duff Llosa

Synopsis: The artisic side of street skating seduced me so I decided to make a video that shows how a basic street session goes. This was shot in Paris on the 19th of july 2009

Production equipment used: The entire video was shot with a canon 5D MKII with dolly and profoto tripod, lenses: 50mm 1.4 and 70-200mm 2.8 is L apart from the slow motion shots that were shot with another canon video camera

Editing software: Premiere, Photoshop, Twixtor

Editing hardware: PC quadro FX570 Nvidia

Editing workflow: HDV mp2, 1920×1080

Favorite shot or clip in this film: My favorite shot in this film was the last action shot underneath the subway following the skater on 180º (01′14″) where you can actually see the cars and the buildings properly while he is performing (a combination of urban life and urban sport)

Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: If I could give a tip to 5D MkII film makers I’d say that the whole point of shooting with a 5DMkII is to use the depth of field but this also means that you have got to be careful not to be accidentally out of focus when opening the aperture to the max. Review each shots you take before validation

Filmmaker: Alex Sufit (www.lexitricity.com)

Pro or amateur: Professional

Synopsis: Nominated for 2009 Rushes Music Video Award. A young man loiters by Hammersmith Bridge. When a pretty young thing appears they begin a tentative flirtation, until she draws a line between them

Production equipment: Mostly hand-held and tripod, using prime lenses

Editing software: Final Cut Pro

Editing Workflow: We found that converting the files into Apple Pro Res and 25fps before dropping them into the timeline was the best workflow, then exporting using the H264 codec

Favourite shot or clip in this film: As “Chalk Boy” clumsily tries to seduce the girl, by leaning over the brick wall in a bid to grab her attention. I also really like the shot when she draws the chalk-line, filmed with the camera low down on the ground

Tip for 5D MkII filmmakers: The camera has a 35mm full frame digital censor, capable of shooting HD at 30 fps. Combined with the range of Canon EF lenses, this allows effects and depths of field beyond what is offered by traditional 35mm motion picture cameras because of the larger frame size. However, controls are not necessarily where you would want them to be, making focus pulling difficult. The viewfinder/ screen is extremely high quality on the other hand and it is easy to see when something is in or out of focus, which does compensate for its difficulties. Live AF is effectively pointless as it relies on face contrast detection. In other words, the focus is correct when the highest contrast is achieved, which is not reliable auto-focusing so you are better off doing it manually.

Vish Vishvanath, the DoP, is a photojournalist by trade and we both love the camera. From my perspective as a Director, the great advantage is the fact it is so light, portable and discreet. This means you can capture unusual angles that would require  time, preparation and rigging using traditional methods. It is also unobtrusive, making it easy to film in otherwise difficult locations and freeing up the actors’ performance, leading to a more natural result

Filmmaker: Norman Bonney DP, Tyson Wisbrock Director/DP

Pro or amateur: Pro DP

Synopsis: Music video for Lost Trailers “How ’bout You Don’t” shot in Las Vegas and Valley of Fire nearby

Production equipment used: Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm L II, 24-70mm L, 70-200mm L Non IS, Nikon 35mm 1.4, Nikon 50mm 1.4

Editing software: Avid

Editing Workflow: Uploaded video was just resized in Quicktime pro for You Tube

Favorite shot or clip in this film: Night stuff was amazing. I couldn’t believe how little light we needed for the night interiors. Shot at 2000 ISO and it seemed very clean at that speed. We shot this before the manual firmware so we were waving our hands around in front of the lens a lot to get consistent exposure

Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: The aliasing really surprised me. You have to watch out for it where there are strong horizontal lines. It can be quite nasty. The camera’s size is a real pleasure to move around and get angles with which made it a very nimble tool. Used a loupe on the back which was really useful in bright locations. The car stuff was shot out of an SUV

Great trailer for the forthcoming feature length production by Sebastian & Ben Conley being shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II.  Check out the film website (www.colinheartskay.com) for more information.

The Conley Brothers are proud to announce a new independent feature film currently in production and slated for film festival debut in early 2010.

Colin Hearts Kay is a romantic comedy featuring a combination of live action and unique “indie comic” animation. The feature is being created on a shoe-string budget of 50k. The Conley Brothers´ Emmy-winning filmmaking and animation experience enables them to create innovative visuals with limited financial resources. And a smaller budget means more potential upside for investors.

Pivotal to the project is the unique, heartfelt, yet comedic script written by Emmy-winner Sebastian Conley. Set against the picturesque and multiculturally hip backdrop of Brooklyn’s Park Slope, the story strips love to its essentials and is sure to make a splash in the 2010 film festival circuit.

Series of three films for Oxfam.

For more info see http://www.oxfam.co.uk/hereandnow

Filmmaker: David Stephenson (www.mophojo.com) with writer/narrator Amy Wilson
Pro or amateur: Pro, photojournalist. This piece was produced for Time.com
Synopsis: Tom McCarthy and his horse, General Quarters, are sentimental favorites heading into the 2009 Kentucky Derby. The General placed 10th, though, after a rough trip through the nasty mud. McCarthy was pulling dirt out of the horse’s nose and eyes after the race. He will likely run in the Preakness on May 16
Production equipment used: Canon 5D Mark II, Gitzo tripod with leveling column, 2180 fluid head, Glidecam HD2000 steadycam, 24-105 f/4 IS, 300 f/2.8, 70-200 f/2.8, ND filter, Sennheiser wireless mic, Sennheiser MKE 400 mic
Editing software: Final Cut Pro
Editing hardware: MacPro (2009) Quad Core 2.66ghz 3gbRAM
Editing Workflow: I edited in the native h.264. Drag and drop, baby! I exported to Quicktime Movie using the Apple ProRes 422 1920 x 1080 60i 48kHz
Favorite shot or clip in this film: @:57 mark, when the trainer leads the General out of his stall. Also love the steadycam and light as they walk to the track @2:40
Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: Practice practice practice! Keep it simple and tell a good story

Filmmaker: MG Studio (www.mgstudio.com)

Pro or amateur: Pro - Full Time

Synopsis: An unfortunate event on a hot summer day, Sarah’s is stranded in the middle of the desert. Todd, a predator on the prowel, finds Sarah and decides to help her out in his own evil way

Production equipment used: All L-Series Canon Lens, 13′ Jib, Great Crew On Zero Budget!

Editing software: Final Cut Studio 2

Editing hardware: Mac Quad Core Duo

Editing Workflow: Proxy to XDCam. Edit on FC Pro, Export to Color for adjustments, finalize to Compressor for Web/DVD/HD

Favorite shot or clip in this film: Jib/Crane Opener or Chase

Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: USE AN ND8 FILTER ON HOT SUMMER DAYS AND A FIELD SOUND RECORDER AT 30fps Nondrop

Filmmaker: Aharon Rothschild (aharonrothschild.com)
Pro or amateur: Photojournalist
Synopsis: In this b/w dance short Shouman Shaha dances several “Mudras” or meditative movements in classical Indian style. Shot on location in Kolkata India
Production equipment used: Canon 5d Mark II, canon 24-70mm 2.8 lens, Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens, Bogen tripod and ball head. Rhode Video Mic
Editing software: Final Cut Express 4
Editing hardware: Macbook 2.16 GHz
Editing Workflow: Mpeg Streamclip to apple intermediary codec, Import to final cut express. Export as HD .mov file
Favorite shot or clip in this film: Second to last cut as Shouman pulls left. There’s a hit in the music at the same time and it really works well
Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: It’s a hard camera to work with. As a photographer I would never use a body that didn’t allow me to get exactly what I wanted or needed, so I imagine anyone who works with video would feel the same way. Having said that, the movies coming out of the 5d II are unreal, absolutely incredible. This is the beta version of the future

Filmmaker: Daniele Zedda (flickr.com/astragony)
Pro or amateur: Amateur (university student)
Synopsis: Minimal landscape shoot with a lonely cold mood to it, more like motion photographs
Production equipment used: 5D mkII, 50 f1.2L, Gitzo 1541T
Editing software: Premiere Pro Cs3
Editing hardware: Intel Q9400, 4Gb DDR2 ram, nvidia gtx280, WD raptor HDDs
Editing Workflow: Transcoded all the h.264 into cineform, then edited those in premiere (everything full res)
Favorite shot or clip in this film: Probably the fountain in the beginning, I really like how I made the water react to the music
Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: Previsualize, get into the mood and get off your *** and shoot. It’s the only way to improve. Forget about the technical part, just create art or tell a story

Filmmaker: Braden VanDragt
Pro or amateur: Student
Synopsis: This is a short documentary on two former photojournalists at the Seattle P-I who lost their jobs and their careers when the paper shut down print production on March 17, 2009. This is a trying time for photojournalism as well as a time of great opportunity to start fresh and try new things
Production equipment used: Canon 5DII, Canon 40D, Sennheiser mke400 shotgun mic / k6 power module, Bogen 3021BPRO tripod legs, Bogen 501HDV Fluid Head, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS
Editing software: Final Cut Express
Editing hardware: MacBook Pro 2.5 Ghz, 4gb ram
Editing workflow: Aperture 2.0, Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe Photoshop cs3, Final Cut Express - uploaded in H.264

Filmmakers: Erika Calmayer, Jakob Skøyen, Kyrre Lien, Martin Flatmoen, Christer Eckermann, Anders Bergh and Stian Thorvaldsen (www.kyrrelien.com and ecker00.deviantart.com)

Pro or amateur: Amateur, High School Students

Synopsis: A short film about a guy getting drunk and inviting a guy to move in with him. He later regrets this and try to get him out

Production equipment used: It is shot with the new Canon EOS 5d mkII along with lenses like 50mm f/1.2, 24mm f/1.4, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8. We also used KinoFlo, homemade dolly, and recorded the sound with External audio

Editing software: FinalCut Pro, After Effects, Automaticduck and Compressor

Editing hardware: MacPro 2008, 2,8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2TB

Editing Workflow: While editing we used proxies that was compressed and scaled 33% of original size (640×360) with Apple pixlet codec, which made it a lot faster to render. Later all proxies was replaced with the original files when moving on from FCP to AfterEffects (where we used Automatic Duck to export the timeline to AfterEffects so it was all editable). For the final render we used Apple Animation and later Compressor to make it into all different kinds of format, the current one is QuickTime H.264 1080p

Favorite shot or clip in this film: The beer shot or the overhead shot over the bed

Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: Always have a extra battery charging so that you can replace this with the empty one. Always have memory cards so that you don’t have to stop filming , and always have a workstation where you’re filming so you can easily transfer the clips and backup with an external drive at the same time. We used a lot of time to trick the cameras exposure both with duck-tape on the contacts as well as locking the exposure so that the aperture didn’t move. We also had some problems with the h.264 compression that killed a lot of detail in the blacks. We had to overexpose some of the shots and drag the exposure down in post-prod to get the details that we wanted in the blacks

Filmmakers: Ian Provo & Neil Provo

Pro or amateur: Professional photographer (www.ianprovo.blogspot.com)

Synopsis: Shot on location at Powder Mountain ski area in Northern Utah. Its all about the Pow!

Production equipment used: EOS 5D mark II, canon 15mm fisheye, custom handheld mount

Editing software: iMovie HD 2006

Editing hardware: MacBook Pro, Intel, 4gb ram

Editing Workflow: Compressed with Quicktime Pro, h264 codec

Favorite shot or clip in this film: The last clip!

Tip for 5d MkII filmmakers: Figure out what the 5D II does best and milk it. Also go take some pictures, this thing is Ill!