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I worked with a Dubai-based creative agency to produce these videos showcasing the first, business, and economy cabins of Etihad Airways, the national airline of Abu Dhabi.  We had to really move fast in tight quarters, so I shot everything handheld on 5dmkIII in RawRec.  We had a small dolly for some of the walking shots.

RawRec --> Rawmagic --> Resolve, export flat (BMDFilm) --> FCP X (Apply LUT + EOSHD 5dMKIII LUT)

Stabilized in post with Coremelt Lock & Load.

Rokinon 14mm, 24mm, 35mm
Zeiss 50mm f/1.4
Canon 16-35mm
Canon 24-105mm

Lighting:
2.5k HMI
1k HMI
Litepanels 1x1 LED Panels

Titles were done by the agency.  Music by my friend Steve Davis at Trevor Morris Music.

I've been using the 5dmkIII raw for some commercial work in Dubai.  Here's a video I made in my spare time showcasing the region's many visual contrasts, highlighting people and places I don't often see in other travelogues.

Testing the 5dmkIII slow motion on a rollercoaster (why not?)  I was able to get continuous recording at 1600x500.  Also some regular-motion stuff in this clip.

I've been slowly getting used to the raw workflow.  This is my first video where I'm happy with the color grading.  I skipped the LUT entirely and outputted flat ProRes 4:4:4 from Resolve, then graded that in FCP X using the native color correction tools.

I had been using the Alexa LUT beforehand, but it gave me some weird color curves with nighttime footage.