Well the Nikon D4 Camera has finally been released! I’m super proud to have been part of the production team for the release film “WHY”!

Nikon asked Corey Rich, adventure photographer and filmaker, to dream up a project that would not only show off the D4’s video capabilities but inspire those that watch the film. Corey brought together 3 of the top adventure athletes in the world to figure out why they do what they do…a glimpse inside their minds!

As one of the 3 shooters and film editor on the project, I can not say thanks enough to Corey Rich for asking me to be a part of the production of the film. I had an unforgettable time working with Corey Rich, Rex Lint, Shawn Corrigan, Mike Hagadorn, Marina Rich, Blaine Deutsch, Jason Jenkins, Tommy Thompson, Chris Mac and all three of the insane athletes in Mexico, Moab and Joshua Tree.

We are currently working on a Behind the Scenes video to accompany the film. It will answer many questions you may have of how many of the shots were captured. So stay tuned!

The video has been getting an incredible amount of views and great feedback on Nikon’s Website, Vimeo and Youtube, with almost a half million aggregate views in only 3 days!

Jump on over to Corey Rich’s blog to get a little more insight into how he came up with the project.

You can view it here:

WHY on Vimeo

WHY on YouTube

WHY on Nikon’s Website

Client: Nikon
Production Company: Corey Rich Productions
Director/Director of Photography: Corey Rich
Post Production Services: Novus Select
Film Editor: Dane Henry
Camera Operators: Dane Henry, Rex Lint, Shawn Corrigan
Heli/Aerial Camera: Mike Hagadorn

-Dane

Well, this was a giant of a project and we finally get to talk about it!

Corey Rich, Adventure Photographer and Filmaker, put together an incredibly ambitious trip…to summit AND document unclimbed peaks in the Arctic Circle! He put together a great team of adventures and friends. I came along to film and support Corey’s filming (as he had to focus much of his time on still photography).

We had several deliverable’s to various clients, Nikon needed a Behind the Scenes of an Arctic Adventure, Patagonia needed a trip report and Polartec needed several shorter videos about the adventure. It was a long Post-Production process, Corey and I spent countless hours in the edit suite for everything that needed to be done. The clients wanted a cleanly toned Color Grade, nothing to fancy, so that you could really see what it was like out there.

Above is the 1st video to go live, Patagonia’s “Deep North: A trip to the Arrigetch Peaks”. You can also view it at Patagonia’s website http://video.patagonia.com. I will post the rest as they go live. Enjoy…

Client: Patagonia, Production Company: Novus Select, Director: Corey Rich, Cameras: Corey Rich & Dane Henry, Editor: Dane Henry

-Dane

Big news for the Tahoe area, Deep Roots Media, has purchased the brand new RED Scarlet-X Digital Cinema Camera! We are super excited to share the advance in technology and the unparalleled images produced by the RED Scarlet-X to our client’s productions. The camera fits directly into the philosophy of Deep Roots Media, simply to provide the best images possible! The RED Scarlet-X shoots RAW, just like a professional stills camera, but in motion and at 4,000 pixels wide! Not only does this future proof footage, it gives a production the added flexibility in the edit to re-frame, zoom in, vfx motion track with precision and pull Hi-Res stills from the actual footage.

We have received the 1st few bits of our package this past week and are waiting for final delivery of our new camera.

Here is a link to the tech specs:

http://www.red.com/products/scarlet

We will update when the camera system completely arrives.

-Dane

Tune in to the Discovery Channel on Friday, December 9th at 10pm EST/PST (9pm CST) to see some of my peeps & maybe me(?????) on the small screen as we’re featured in Flying Wild Alaska.

Join Corey Rich, Tommy Caldwell, Hayden Kennedy, Todd Offenbacher, Tommy Thompson and myself as we head out on an expedition to climb & film unclimbed peaks in the Alaska’s Brooks Range. With the one & only bush pilot Jim Tweeto flying us in, it’s gonna be a killer adventure!

BIG, BIG thanks to Tommy Baynard & Trans-Global Group for the opportunity to be a part of their hit TV show and for the vision to make this awesome adventure a reality!
Additional thanks to Nikon, Patagonia, Polartec and Revo for their support of this expedition.”Flying Wild Alaska”

You can check out the trailers here:

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/flying-wild-alaska-mountain-scouting.html

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/flying-wild-alaska-making-the-trek.html

I had the privilege of shooting again for DLP Entertainment, a production house out of LA, for 35 days this past August and 2 weeks in September on two ESPN Films. We had a small footprint crew, and had the great opportunity to work with DP, Matt Pederson and his First AC Scott Jannson. As one of two camera operators on each film, our team was embedded with the team and coach’s for 35 days in Auburn and 14 days in Arkansas.

It was a real privilege to work on these projects and I totally admire the guts it took for the Ex. Producer, Mike Hughes, to push for the stylistic choices of shooting a documentary almost entirely Cine-Style! It made the actual shooting a bit more difficult but the images speak for themselves. The Post Production team did an incredible job with the turn around and produced a stellar finished product!

From Espn.com:

“The series aims to offer a rarely-seen glimpse into the lives of these elite student-athletes.  Hour-long installments at Auburn, Oklahoma State, and Wisconsin will chronicle the lives of QBs, from freshman recruit to incumbent senior, beginning with the rigors of training and practice and continuing through each school’s first home game. Depth Chart culminates at Arkansas with the final episode exploring how each QB on the depth chart prepares for game week.

Utilizing specialized cameras and lenses, the filmmakers will capture the drama playing out live on the field with a cinematic quality previously unseen in this genre on ESPN. Depth Chart is produced by ESPN Content Development and DLP Entertainment.”

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/09/14/espn-announces-new-college-football-series-depth-chart/

A review from Arkansasonline.com:

“So it was with great interest that I watched Arkansas’ episode, which aired last week. By the time I was through, I felt like I had watched the most beautiful sports infomercial ever. Visually, the piece is stunning.

The cameras’ cutting-edge clarity, coupled with gorgeous lighting, give some of the scenes an otherwordly effect. Everyday, ho-hum sights from my UA college days — Fayetteville’s square, sorority row, the pre-game pep rally at the campus’ amphitheater — transform into something out of Lord of Rings under the spell of these magical cameras.”

-Dane

So, after being in Manchester, England for the last 4 days I have come to one conclusion…it rains…alot.

I’m currently on a shoot for a 3 minute feature that will play before the Manchester United vs. Manchester City Soccer Derby on American televisions this coming weekend. Producer, Adam Goldberg, and I are trying to capture the local flavor of the city and the passion for soccer up here in the northern part of England.

Being my first time to the UK it seems odd to say but, the city and the surrounding landscape has been almost exactly as I have imagined it. I guess movies have done the place justice, thanks Harry Potter.

Check out the Darby October 23rd on Fox Soccer.

Cheers,

Dane

Heavenly’s 2011 summer spot is now airing. Deep Roots Media produced the piece over the past 2 weeks. We have been getting some questionable weather up here in Tahoe as of late, so when a decent opportunity arrived, we squeezed all the shooting into one day! We got pretty lucky and Heavenly is super happy with the finished product. We are waiting for another spell of good weather to shoot the Climbing Wall and Spider Climber/Slide so we can replace the 2 years old footage we had to use.

-Dane

Had a busy April! Started the month off with my final winter shoots for both Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe then flew down to LA/Big Bear for 6 days to shoot for “Fight Camp 360″, Showtime’s 4 part documentary series about the Pacquiao vs Mosley Boxing match. I then flew to Alaska for 2 weeks filming an expedition to the Arctic Circle…more to come on that later!

From Showtime Sports on Fight Camp 360: “Inside their lives. Outside the ring. SHOWTIME SPORTS presents FIGHT CAMP 360°: PACQUIAO VS. MOSLEY. This four-part documentary series gives fans unprecedented access to the lives of boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosley as they prepare for their World Welterweight Championship matchup. Go beyond the gym and behind the scenes for a ringside seat into the deals, disputes and drama leading up to the biggest boxing event of the year.”

I shot for Episode 2 & 3 at the Shane Mosley camp. You can check out the full episodes here: Ep. 2 – Ep. 3

Be sure to catch the fight tomorrow, May 7th at 9pm ET/6pm PT!

-Dane

The Deep Roots Media production of the “Let Nevada Capture Your Heart”, Nevada 2011 Winter Advertising Campaign, videos are being featured in Killer Tracks NAB booth this year.

NAB is the biggest trade show of the year for Broadcast Professionals. “For more than 85 years, the NAB Show continues to be the essential destination for broad-casting professionals who share a passion for bringing content to life on any platform — even if they have to invent it. From creation to consumption, this is the place where possibilities become realities.” -nabshow.com

KillerTracks is one of the largest production music services around. They are unique in the fact that they have a an abundance of complex music from extremely talented artist around the world.

KillerTracks is using the Travel Nevada Campaign as one of the featured productions to show off what their service has to offer! – killertracks.com/NAB

Make it to NAB if you can,

-Dane

I’ve recently been spending a lot of time on Tahoe’s north shore shooting at Northstar-at-Tahoe for their next season’s marketing campaign. I’ve been working with photographer, Corey Rich, as we captured lifestyle shots through out their Village base as well as the on-mountain Ritz-Carlton. It’s exciting to tell the story of Northstar and It’s been very enjoyable working with the Marketing team there. Above are a few still grabs from the video I shot. This spring I will be cutting a Northstar overview sales video that will use the assets we have captured this season.

-Dane