Shot on EOS 5D Mk II

Posted by DocumentaryTech on September 26, 2009 · 1 Comment 

A short doc shot entirely on the Canon DSLR.

Intrinsic Self from It Donned On Me on Vimeo.

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One Response to “Shot on EOS 5D Mk II”
  1. Evan Donn says:
    September 28, 2009 at 9:34 am

    Thanks for featuring our video!

    A little background for those who don’t click through to the Vimeo page: this is our third short doc – we’ve made 11 shorts overall in the past couple years and all of our videos were made during timed competitions (48 hour film project, etc). This particular one was part of a 7 day competition but due to unforeseen complications we put the initial film together in the final two days of the competition and then added a third day of work after the competition was over.

    We switched over to the 5DmkII entirely this year and have used it for our last four films (prior to that we primarily used a Canon XHA1). It’s an incredible camera with a few shortcomings that can be worked around if necessary –
    personally I find it worth the trouble. We run dual-system sound on a Zoom H4n, and the 12-minute limit on single takes is occasionally annoying during interviews but overall a minor inconvenience – you can tap the record button twice to start a new file with just a couple seconds lost. The small size and incredible low-light capabilities make it a great camera for shooting without drawing too much attention to yourself. In the hands of a skilled operator it’s a great tool for documentary filmmaking but it does require an investment of time in understanding how to use the camera itself as well as developing a proper post workflow.

    We’re shooting our first project outside of competition next month – a short doc on a distance runner which will be the first of an ongoing series of similar short docs. We’re also in the early planning stages of putting together a feature-length doc on the fire performance community – we feel like we barely touched the surface of the subject with ‘Intrinsic Self’ and there are a lot of stories there that will appeal to an audience much broader than just the community itself.

    You can see all of our previous films and keep up with our upcoming projects on our website – http://www.itdonnedonme.com.