This 9-minute segment was shot in two short days in Portland, Salem and McMinneville, Oregon with WNET producer Karla Murthy and audio mixer Morgan Hobart.
Prior to the shoot I was a little worried that the FS100 would slow down this news-style production. The rather ambitious plan was to shoot five subjects at separate locations in three cities over two days using the FS100 for interviews and the Panasonic HPX300 for b-roll. Surprisingly we pulled it off without a hitch.
The Sony’s large sensor combined with fast prime lenses creates creamy out of focus background easily. It’s changing the way I light interviews. Alexis Peterka’s interview was shot only with natural light from the window in her small condominium. Pat Sanderlin’s interview at the Oregon Employment Department was shot with a single KinoFlo fixture in the tiniest office I’ve ever shot in.
