The Mortician 3D

OFFHOLLYWOOD is providing cameras, Element Technica 3D rigs, stereographer & technical support for Full Circle Films, Belladonna Productions & Films In Motion for THE MORTICIAN - a thriller starring Method Man directed by Gareth Roberts shooting in New Orleans.

Shooting with RED ONE cameras in 4.5K resolution, Redcode 42 on Element Technica's new QUASAR 3D rig and SI2K mini cameras on a prototype of ET's Neutron 3D rig for steadicam and hand-held shots.

A fantastic camera team under DP Mike McDonough and Stereographer Keith Collea with Grayson Austin operating (and steadicam), 1st ACs Automn Boh and Troy Wagner rocking the focus, IO and convergence and video assist tech Vincent Brunette running a custom QTAKE Advanced Video Assist 3D system.

The Mortician kicks off OFFHOLLYWOOD's 3D feature film initiative - and we are thrilled to be providing Element Technica's new 3D rigs on the East Coast and we are designing complete 3D rental, support and post packages for producers and studios using some of the very latest gear and tools in 3D.

We are also extremely excited to start testing ET's mid-sized Pulsar 3D rig with RED's forth-coming EPIC "Tattoo" cameras as soom as they become available.

Here's some snapshots from SHOOT DAY 1 -

Red Rocket on a MacBook Pro

The guys from MAXX Digital were kind enough to let me bang on the prototype for their new enclosure for the Red Rocket card. It's a realy amazing and empowering thing to play 4K R3D files in full quality in realtime with audio - from a laptop using RocketCine-X application.

Red Rocket i Transporter plugs into the express card slot and gives you dual link HD-SDI out. I shipped the unit off to Detroit - where our cameras are shooting the new Wesley Snipes film - where it will be used to screen dailies back at the hotel after wrap. I also tested it with a AJA HDSDI to HDMI converter to a 50" plasma and it worked fantastic.

Peter Majatan, who was involved in the development of the product, has also created a ruggedized enclosure with battery power that can been seen here - both products are slated to ship this month.

OFFHOLLYWOOD does Orange County Choppers

Director of Photography Christian Hoagland shooting a promo for Orange County Choppers.

Blasco Giurato shooting RED

Blasco Giurato, the cinematographer who shot Cinema Paradiso, was in NYC shooting 2nd unit for his newest film with our cameras and support.

Game of Death starts shooting

Today our cameras started rolling in Detroit on Abel Ferrara's Game of Death starring none other than Wesley Snipes. Our favorite ex-Green Beret/Special Forces DP Ken Kelsch, ASC shooting his first RED feature film.

This film was set to shoot in 35mm and switched RED last Thursday - so there was a bit of drama, fast negotiations for camera and post services - a camera checkout at Offhollywood on Friday and off our gear went to Detroit. Cameras ELVIS, BOND and CRONOS shooting with Cooke S4s. We sent Alonso Homs to DIT / Red Tech the film. Alonso helped Ken get comfortable with the RED shooting some tests about a month ago over at Offhollywood. Cinematographer Brian Przypek, Ken's gaffer, who has shot a ton of RED stuff with us and encouraged Ken to come over to Offhollywood to shoot some tests. Huge thanks to Brian for helping us land this project!

IMBD Pro lists the plot as follows:

Plot Summary
A diplomat's bodyguard and company are injured in a botched assassination attempt. They're all taken to the same hospital, where the bodyguard teams up with a nurse to protect the diplomat from a team of ruthless assassins. The nurse soon learns that there is more to this sticky situation than expected.

There should be some fun stories and pics from this project as Abel Ferrara is a wild director!