I was hired as a documentary cinematographer for “At the Fork,” a feature-length documentary film from executive producer Dave Matthews (yes, that Dave Matthews). My credit was Second Unit Cinematographer. The film follows people and animals throughout the farming process. My focus was the Junior Swine Competition at the 2015 Wisconsin State Fair.
By the time I was brought on board, production was well underway. Emergent Order hired me less than 12 hours before my first call time! For any documentary cinematographer, it’s a good idea to keep your batteries charged and your camera kit ready to go. The director of photography Matt Porwoll chose the Sony FS7 as the A camera. We acquired UHD in XAVC-I with the S-log2 LUT. While XAVC-L would be a more natural choice for documentary shooting, XAVC-I gave the editors an easier workflow. The XAVC-I looks absolutely great, but it does burn through data very rapidly. We ended up with about 400 GB each day. Read More