‘Free Fall’
With the growth of shooting HD video on DSLRs, there are now a whole world of very slick videos being made all over the place ranging in subject and quality from cats to cars. The current camera of choice is the Canon 5d mkII, who’s rise as an affordable and serious alternative to film HD with started with Vincent Laforets ‘Reverie’ back in 2008, and who’s mainstream credits also include the ‘House‘ Season Finale.
With the now apparent ease of filming in HD, its always refreshing to watch something that makes you think more about whats being shot, rather than what its being shot on. With this in mind, I found a video shot by two freedivers, Guillaume Néry and Julie Gautier called ‘Free Fall’. The fact its shot on 5dmkII really is irrelevant, as the cinematography, location, content editing, and music all come together and make for a rather spectacular video. Citing itself as fiction and artistic concept, its proof that its much more important to have an idea and vision than to have equipment. I like to look at it as an example of a crossover between photography and video, producing something with the artistic vision of a photograph, but with a moving subject. Other examples of this crossover that spring to mind is the Oracle scene in 300. I’m not really that up on free diving, so for more info click on the links above for all the how its done blurb (some in French).