The Nation of GO Tour has reached its final stop, so we’re taking a look back on three weeks on the road. Shot for the BFGoodrich Nation of GO tour. The Nation of GO Tour is a 20+-day road trip supporting the launch of nationofgo.com, a new social network for gearheads from BFGoodrich Tires. Equipped with cameras, a mobile editing suite and all the latest tools for social networking, the Nation of GO Tour is posting constant updates along the way. Pics. Videos. Anything cool we see.
Production Company: Medium Monster
Client: BFGoodrich – Nation of GO
Role: Director, Camera Operator, and Colorist. Co-edited by Joshua Herron
Delivery Format: Quicktime 720/24p
Damion - love your work man! What model camera do you use for videos and is it the camera you've been using for a long time?
Will - Yo Damion, for the Nation of Go tour videos I used a Panasonic HPX-170 with a Letus 35mm adapter and Canon EF Prime lenses. Same setup I have been using lately - although doing more with the Canon 7D lately. Thanks for the comment.
Death Machines, asked Joshua Herron and I to do video interviews about our backgrounds and specifically our drift videos.
If you have ever wondered what got me into shooting automotive videos, what I do on the daily, and if I look like Harry Caray when I wear glasses - all of your questions will be answered – in this video.
On the serious, thanks to Death Machines for the questions and asking us to share our stories.
Now to cut the 2010 Medium Monster demo reel. A sneak peak is in the first minute of the interview.
andy. - The demo reel pretty much melts my face off!!!
Val - Will,
You work looks awesome! I check your site every week. Please post more.
V
Al - i always thought your last name pronunciation "ROUGE" but didn't know there was an E at the end.
Mark Pakula - So that's how you pronounce Roegge :)
Yeah the demo shots are absolutely amazing mate, honestly some of the best car clips I've ever seen.
Will - Yeah, it the pronunciation looks like it would be ROGUE, silent "e". But instead its a hard E. - def. digging your blog Al.
Will - Thanks Mark! Gotta cut a proper demo reel for Medium Monster - the quick 45 second bit in the interview was done in about an hour and a half of scrounging through drives and drives.
Will - Gracias Val. I have been slacking on posting. If you don't have Art Pants - http://artpants.com in your reader or RSS - do it. new photo, everyday. Thanks for the support and encouragement.
Joe Todaro - Will Roegge is god. I love everything you do!
Video Of the Week – Fecal Face, Jeremy Fish Studio Visit.
Fecal Face, the San Francisco based art website, visits Jeremy Fish’s studio to check out his largest body of work to date – for his show Weathering The Storm. The video gives insight to mr.Fish’s process and inspiration for the collection. Which seems to be the storm that is the economic climate. The use of umbrellas and struggle against the storm are strong images – contrast to a usually upbeat Fish style. Still the anthropomorphic creations remind me of Richard Scarry’s humanized animal kingdom. Which is incredible, because anyone who can mix animals and juxtapose current world themes – is a rare talent. Which is why Jeremy Fish is one of my favorite artists.
Here are the details on the show. If you are in the Los Angeles or OC area, check out:
Scion Racing has been up to big things in 2009. Two Scion Tc drift cars, numerous Tc time attack cars, and a wicked 2jz powered drag car.
To show the racing programs style and performance, they came to me to create a year in review video. Combining footage from the teams themselves + my own cinematography from Formula Drift Las Vegas + ADRL Virginia + add in a Scion soundtrack = a seven minute montage of Scion Racing’s best from 2009.
Production Company: Medium Monster
Client: Scion – Scion Racing
Role: One of many Camera Operators, Editor, and Colorist.
Delivery Format: Quicktime 720/24p
andy. - I love love LOVE the shot where Gushi's car rounds those cones with the light-streaked from the headlight. So sick!!!
Will - Thanks, I've wanted to try that effect in After Effects using motion trackers and a light emitter- to create a light trail from a car's headlights. A stationary, non-panning shot would work better. Glad you like it though.
Brandon Scarpelli - Will, you have such a fantastic way of capturing the perfect angles and putting emphasis on the coolest parts during your editing! Amazing job! I have yet to have the slightest bit of a complaint from any video you have ever done! Keep it up man....
Will - Thanks Brandon! Do you know Parker Wilson? I did a couple of edits for web rides tv last year - SEMA 2008 edit.
My roommate Aya’s Camry died after overheating. Our TV stopped working. Sounds like two negative things, wrong, we made the most of the situation by taking care of both problems – at the same time.
By dropping the busted up TV onto the Camry out of our third story apartment.
Luckily, Joshua Herron was in town, and Peter had just picked up some GO Pro HD cameras – so we were well covered from multiple angles.
“If you have ever been on YouTube and seen Rhys Millen’s videos…”
Here is Rhys’ segment on Last Call with Carson Daly. Thanks to Andy Sapp for the capture and post of this clip. It features a TON of footage from Climb Attack.
Sweet exposure for Rhys and Climb Attack. Very cool.
Chris Forsberg, the 2009 Formula Drift Champion, is the first champion to come from a drifting background and not a professional motorsports background. NOS Energy Drink and Speedhunters.com teamed up to document Chris’ weekend at the Formula D finals at Irwindale. After writing the interview questions and operating camera during the event – it was nice to congratulate Chris and his team on their triumph.
Production Company: Medium Monster/Speedhunters/Spitfire Studios
Client: Speedhunters/NOS Energy Drink
Role: Director, and Camera Operator
Delivery Format: Quicktime 720/24p
Linhbergh and I had been talking about doing a 365 photo challenge for a couple of months now.
What is a 365 photo challenge? Its simple, take a photograph a day – for an entire year.
ARTPANTS.com or RODCHONGSPANTS.com is that challenge blog site. Linhbergh and I will each post an image a day of our own shooting. By the end of the year – November 2010, we will have developed creatively and pushed ourselves to a new level. Currently, we are on the eighth day of the challenge.
We want viewer feedback and suggestions for daily themes and inspirations. Subjects, topics, themes, styles, photographers, or images to emulate.
Climb Attack,Rhys Millen’s 2009 Record-Setting Pike’s Peak run is a Finalist for the 2009 Motor Press Guild – Dean Batchelor Award for Audio/Visual. Climb Attack is a short film which documents Rhys Millen’s 12:09 ascent up Pike’s Peak during the 2009 Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. The short, was envisioned by Rhys and developed over the course of the weeks leading up to the Hill Climb. Director, Will Roegge, brought on fellow filmmaker Joshua Herron as a second Camera Operator. Millen and Roegge story boarded the film prior to the running and utilizing a variety of POV, on-CAR, and manned cameras along the route – pieced together the final edit. Inspired by other Pike’s Peak films – like Pugeot’s Climb Dance – Climb Attack sets a new benchmark in image quality and presentation of the ever changing Pike’s Peak surface.
To date, November 2009, Climb Attack has over 500,000 plays through YouTube, Vimeo, and Streetfire. It has been syndicated on AutoBlog, Fast Lane Daily, Top Gear UK’s blog, Speedhunters.com, and hundreds more.
The 2009 Motor Press Guild Awards are on Decemeber 8, 2009 in El Segundo, California.
Here are some of the original conceptual storyboards drawn by Will Roegge and Rhys Millen:
The storyboard frames in comparison to frames from “Climb Attack”:
Clint Davis - "Inspired by other Pike’s Peak films – like Pugeot’s Climb Dance – Climb Attack sets a new benchmark in image quality and presentation of the ever changing Pike’s Peak surface."
I like the sound of that.
Honda Research Center, Honda Element drift. For 2010 the Honda backed Element will be in the Formula Drift series – here is a preview of the Element sliding around the Honda Research Center test track in Marysville, Ohio. Shot for the BFGoodrich Nation of GO tour. The Nation of GO Tour is a 20+-day road trip supporting the launch of nationofgo.com, a new social network for gearheads from BFGoodrich Tires. Equipped with cameras, a mobile editing suite and all the latest tools for social networking, the Nation of GO Tour is posting constant updates along the way. Pics. Videos. Anything cool we see.
Production Company: Medium Monster
Client: BFGoodrich – Nation of GO
Role: Director, Camera Operator, and Colorist. Edited by DC Chavez.
Delivery Format: Quicktime 720/24p
andy. - I dig the feel of this video. The sky looks awesome!
Did you use the Letus for the interview shots?
Will - Letus for sure on the interviews. 50mm 1.4 lens and the Panasonic HPX-170. Driving footage was partial Letus for static or ground shots. Then rigged on a lead/chase car with a couple of suction mounts. Look wise, I'm really glad you dig it! Wanted to try to punch up the blues and make it cooler - it was foggy and drizzled all day.
The Scion Gallery on Helms Ave, Culver City. Not to be mistaken for the Helms Bakery off Venice. Different spot. Both hip, in their own respect.
As a pre-SEMA show, Scion displayed a few of it’s project cars at the Scion Gallery. Scion really has a good sense of whats good. The Kogi truck has popped up at a few of their events, plus the venue being their own art gallery, and inviting some really fine folks to check out the latest builds.
Gotta love a Scion Xd – turned mobile Kogi truck. Suede seats? “I noticed that you’re a gangsta…I’m pretty gangsta myself” – Gangsta approved.
Cartel Racing’s Scion Tc – on 22’s with an insane motorized trunk that contains a clean speaker setup.
The scene outside by the Kogi truck. Was able to test out more than just the amazing short rib tacos – that I’ve come to love. Smashed some kimchi quesadillas and some short rib sliders. Verdict = you can’t go wrong with any Kogi menu item.
This piece in the Scion gallery really caught my attention. The strands of yarn are tied in the middle and connect on both ends to square mirrors. The gallery was a fitting backdrop for beuatifully designed SEMA show cars.
Nice work Scion! Can’t wait to see all of the cars at SEMA 2009.
Electronic Arts/Speedhunters x NOS Energy Drink present Chris Forsberg – Portrait of a Champion. Premiering this Tuesday November 4th, 2009 at the Bank in the Bellagio Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thanks to NOS & Speedhunters for giving me the chance to Direct this short! It came out excellent thanks to Rod Chong, Riley Vigier, and Rachel Kelly from Speedhunters. Plus for giving me the opportunity to follow Chris around at Formula Drift Irwindale and to interview him. Props to Joshua Herron, Tripp Rhame, Tom Hamiliton, and Ernie Manansala for their help and footage.
I’ve also heard that Houston’s favorite photographer Linhbergh -is responsible for the image in the promotional posters.
RSVP to RSVP@spocomusa.com to secure your spot at the party.
Cheers to Chris Forsberg, Kevin, Sergio, and Blair on the championship season!
by Will
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