A Short Film, Shot and Co-Directed by Justin Wu and Marc Lantos
Well, it has been a fun and exciting journey experimenting with both video and the Canon 5D Mark II! Both of us have been avid photographers for quite some time now, but neither of us have wandered extensively in to the realm of video until now. After we got a taste of Canon’s 5D Mark II, however, we were excited to give it a try.
Filming was quite an adventure. We were under quite rigid time and budget constraints (think the price of a meal), so we essentially had one shot to get it right. It didn’t help that there were intermittent snow storms and temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius during the time period we had available for filming either! Thankfully everyone was as determined as we were to make our first go at a video successful, and pushed through. Sure, we couldn’t feel our fingers and toes for hours, but doesn’t that make it even more interesting? 
Aside from the camera and lenses, equipment was pretty basic. Actually there was no other equipment at all, aside from a tripod that was on its last leg (no pun intended).
The concept of the video is pretty simple, but you may miss it if you aren’t paying close attention! We weren’t just randomly changing clothing between scenes, though that could have been fun too. There are three couples in the video, as illustrated by the different clothing styles; the “urban professional” couple, the “punk” couple, and the “hippie” couple. The basic message of the video is that we all face the ebbs and flows of life, regardless of our status, lifestyle or upbringing.
All in all, we had a lot of fun making this video and hope our next one will be even bigger and better. Ideally, we’ll have more time (and maybe equipment!! Maybe? No? I’m being told no 
) for our next video and we can really try and take it to the next level. Thanks to everyone who played a part in creating this film (there’s a full list of credits at the end of the film). We apologize for everyone we kept anxiously waiting. We hope the wait was worth it!
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Thanks!
Marc and Justin
Marc Lantos
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Justin Wu
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Copyright 2009, Marc Lantos & Justin Wu. “Giving Up” and “The Chain”, as contained in this video, are property of Ingrid Michaelson and are licensed for this video by Secret Road Music Services. This video may not be copied, or distributed without the written permission of all parties previously noted.
Great work!
wow - great bit of work there. I’ll be adding this to the 5D blog at http://bit.ly/Fh1Bx We’ve got more 5D reviews/still/video samples than anywhere else on the planet.
well done! Keep up the good work.
you have a promising career in visuals dude.
rock it out
that was fantastic. I only wish I could do that myself … one other wish would be to have that camera. By the time I can buy one it will be the Mark VI !!
could you detail what lenses you used?
looks gorgeous.
Thanks for the comments guys.
@greg
We used the following lenses:
135mm f2/L
24-70 f2.8/L
70-200mm f2.8/L
85mm f1.2/L
Nice vid. I think it was executed very well. Makes me really want a 5DMKII as well.
“The moral of the story is… alcohol brings everyone together…”
THat was VERY VERY nice. The line was amazing in addition to the quality. That also makes me want to jump out and buy one.
Very well done. Way better than I expected (that’s a compliment, not an offense)
Nicely done! It flowed very well.
Pro quality video to be sure. The 5DII is a formidable instrument, and you have a lot of talent for using it (as well as for editing).
-Noel
Great work!!
Beautiful video guys, fantastic work. Hope you and the team get some serious recognition for such a well-made video!
Amazing video for a first attempt. Hope you guys continue to make more.
But the blog (from 2/14) contains some errors. Canon does not make f/2.4 lenses. Only f/2.8. Just a small error.
If you are truly an amateur I’ll give you a B+.
Some of your transitions are a little rough and I can not understand the relevance of the skating shot nor does it seem to fit into the overall script also the shortness of each sequence in the beginning made it made me wonder if I was looking at a news shot waiting for an out cue.
Other than that good job.
Good job. The camera performs admirably. The file does not stream all that well so let most of the file load before playing.
Great job, it looks great. That camera outputs the video as a quicktime right? What kind of compression does it use?
very impressive video. it’s the only short film i watch that kept me interested till the end credits
did you transcode to ProRes also then edited in FCP? thanks
Guys,
Great film. We’d love to include it on our site http://www.theeoscars.com. The EOScars.com aims to provide a central hub for the best Canon 5D MkII films available on the web. Please email me if you are happy for us to include your film.
Phil.
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