Mixing Formats: Arri Alexa, Canon 5D and C300 all in one Spot

Shane Hurlbut ASC breaks down a shoot where he utilizes three different cameras each according to their strength.

The tone of this spot was about silence, that dead calm which slowly puts you on edge. These intimate lock off frames show you an intimacy, an uncomfortable, personal moment in time. We chose to shoot with a mixed format approach with the Arri Alexa, Canon 5D and the C300. I used each format to its advantage. The 5D was used for its shallow depth of field on Macro CU photography. We chose the Leica 60 and 100 macro lenses.

The Alexa was our A camera, shooting all of the graphic wides as well as the medium shots of destruction.

Our third camera would be the C300, which was used for the final twilight shot of the drunk driver being loaded into the car and the empty liquor bottle in the foreground. We capitalized on the high sensitivity of the Canon sensor to extend our dusk light.

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