CrossFit Games 2011 - NorthCentral Regionals - Day 1

It has been a long two days here at the CrossFit Games 2011 - NorthCentral Regionals presented by Reebok and Rogue Fitness.  Sorting out a lot of hick ups, missing packages, bad equipment and wrong equipment we've managed to shoot one successful day.  It's been a lot of fun.  We're on hour 22, yesterday was 19 hrs, and we're just wrapping up our edit for the Day 1 highlights.  I'm tired, Kyle is tired and the rest of the unit is sleeping so no everyone is smashed tomorrow.

Two more days of this and I think we're going to be a lot more efficient.  No more fighting with the facilities who wanted $10,000 for a 5MB internet connection over 3 days.  YEAH! $10,000.  Justin and I got them down to $1,000 for 7.5MB speeds.

It's been quite a bit different in the current roll; I'm a…field producer, or something.  I'm supposed to run 3 cameramen, an announcer, an editor and several runners.  Not my usual, one to three man -- I'm shooting and editing.  No one has proposed anarchy yet so I must be doing okay.  My unit is outstanding.  Everyone is gelling very well and we are getting everything we need.  It has been a little behind schedule but we're succeeding nevertheless.  More to come.

Arnold - The Final Countdown

Sent this off to Rogue Fitness right before I came to New Zealand.  This was a piece we did for Arnold and his crew.  It's pretty simple, consisting of Arnold counting down the race, being blown away at the intensity of the athletes and everyone smiling and being stoked.  This was filmed at the Arnold Classic in Ohio a few weeks ago.

We shot this on our new Panasonic AF100 with a Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 lens using a (I forget the name of our adapter) german adapter.  I love the color spacing on the camera.  The blacks are deep and the image is just superb.  It has texture, character and a richness that is just groovy.  We also stuck a GoPro on Rob Orlando's head as he ran the course.  We had to color correct the GoPro to somewhat match the AG AF100.

For now you'll need to select the link below to watch the piece.

ARNOLD - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

SEALFIT EVO6 - Live

While I'm in New Zealand the work goes on.  Nate got EVO6 and EVO7 sent off while I've been here and EVO6 is live.  This was a gnarly evolution as it took place from 12am to 8am -- if my memory serves me right -- and needless to say all the footage is more or less the green goop footy.  The participates were very exhausted and the teaser doesn't begin to describe the exhaustion they were experiencing.  All things considered, they did perform well and made it through to the next day.  Only 30 some-odd hours to go.  And I'm not sure if I mentioned this, I'm sure I have, but Heber and I filmed for 55 hours straight -- a new personal record for me.  EVO7 should be out soon.

One more thing... I should say thanks to Manahi for the images of me being choked by the kid and in the pool.  Thanks dude.

SEALFIT EVO1 - Preview

Here's the preview for the first film, SEALFIT EVO1, in the SEALFIT series we shot in October.  We're wrapping up SEALFIT EVO2 today.  They just keep getting cooler and cooler.  ...Evo is short for evolution.