Recent Work – Chris Forsberg POV @ Seattle

NOS ENERGY DRINK – Chris Forsberg POV @ Formula D Seattle

Production Company: Keep Drifting Fun

Project: Shoot an entire Formula Drift event with Contour HD Point Of View cameras.

Role: Co-Director, Graphics, and Co-Camera Operator, Edited by Joshua Herron

Shot exclusively with the CONTOUR HD cameras. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Graded in Magic Bullet Looks.

For Formula Drift Atlanta, Josh and I decided to follow each of Chris’ runs and produce a 7 minute video that was an in-depth look into the competition. For Formula Drift New Jersey, we made a widescreen cinematic visual narrative short. Both videos were radically different from previous drift videos and marked a new level in quality for individual driver re-cap features. For Keep Drifting Fun, we teamed up with Contour HD and started using their 1080p POV cameras on and in-car to capture a different perspective of grassroots drifting. I wanted to make an entirely POV based short. I worked on the Need for Speed – Driver’s experience films as a camera operator and had experienced the challenges of mounting cameras to drift cars and drivers. With Contour HD’s support and utilizing Chris Forsberg’s own Contour HD cameras we mounted around 6 cameras to the car for each run. Downloading each camera between rounds, making changes to camera placement, and settings. This is no easy task on a professional drift car – where body panels are zip tied in place and the fiberglass panels tend to vibrate and move under the violent action that is drifting.

Thanks to NOS, Contour HD, Chris, Kevin, and Sergio – for their support with this project. It was a big risk and I’m pleased with how Josh’s edit came out from the coverage we acquired with the Contour HD cameras. Another first.