Perya - a Canon 7D short
 

Hi all! I'm really from the wedding forum but I (and my excellent videographer friends) had the great opportunity to test out the Canon 7D.

Here's what we came up with -
Thanks for watching!

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Canon Philippines lent us a pre-production model of the 7d. We got it Tuesday 6pm and had to return it the following Thursday at noon.

We wanted to document something truly Filipino and came up with the idea of shooting a "Perya". There really is no direct equivalent in English. It's not as grand as a carnival, not as permanent and posh as an amusement park, there are no pumpkins nor cows in competition like a country fair. It is what it is - a Perya.

Shot in 1920 x 1080 at 24p. Transcoded to XDcam codec. Edited in Premiere Pro CS3.

No color grading was utilized.

No additional lights used.

Very nice, thank you.

Jason, beautiful photography, and beautiful storytelling. Great job. What kind of jib do you have?

My friend Bob used a Kessler =)

Wow! Great storytelling!

Looks good. What lens?

Jason,

This is great, exactly the kind of storytelling that I love. Keep up the good work.

Dan

Excellent short. Well told and beautiful cinematography.

Gorgeous. Waiting anxiously for this camera to ship!

Beautiful piece Jason,

Reminds me of the small town 'fiestas' in Central America. Did I really see an 8-year old smoking at around 1:06?

Great stuff. Thanks.

For some reason, this is stuttering like mad on my G5, even after it loads all of the way. But even with the compromised playback, this looks amazing. Nice work Jason.

*Update - my G5 had an old version of Flash, updated to the latest and it plays fine. Once again, some really nice documentary filmmaking. Love it.

Dan

I'm watching on a MacBook Pro and it's playing fine. Sometimes Vimeo does that to me too, however.

Great piece of shooting. What lense(s) were you using?

I downloaded the source file and initially watched - or tried - using QuickTime.
This is running under Windows XP 32 bit. Stuttered like mad on an Intel Q6600.

Tried again using VLC 1.0.0 and it plays smooth as silk.

The quality of the video from the Canon DSLR's (5D2 & 7D) is really outstanding.
Your short has an excellent story and is a pleasure to watch.
As the kids said "Fun!, Fun!, Fun!, Fun!"

Absolutely beautifully shot and edited. Wonderful to watch. Good show!

Fabulous stuff
 

Yey !!!!!! At last a decent short where there isn't the rampant abuse of depth of field.Great use of the tool......I personally find razor thin DOF a little annoying to watch and you nailed it just right.Perhaps the camera with a crop sensor helps with that as well - keep it up!!!

Completely amazing quality and beautiful idea plus great compositions and colors. Looks like a promising camera. Which lens did you use?

Stunning! I'm actually acting as a gaffer/AC on an independent feature long project for kids using a 5D Mark II. We can't go back shooting narrative with video camera after using these DSLR...!

Terrific! Great color saturation. Felt very natural.

Content is king.

I've raved about this and posted it on to many people. As Alan says, content is king. And what you have created is a fantastic little story and told it beautifully.

Thanks all! =)

Good Job Jason.

You guys did us proud. I was in Hidalgo last week to check on good ol' Ramon, he said 7d will be there by October. Do you have any info from the Canon people when in October they'll start shipping to the dealers?
I have a tourism location shoot with lotsa dark and challenging scenes, I could hold it off till I can get this cam to intercut with our JVC's.

Again, thanks for the great preview you guys did.

Mabuhay!
Ted