The Walking Dead joined forces with Deloitte, DoorDash, Ring, and Autodesk for a deadly collection of commercials aired during The Walking Dead finale. Cinematographer nickmahar shares an inside look into the thought process and the making of while shooting on the RED
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“We had less than a week to prep, shoot, and give the post team only 2 days to finish 4 commercials which ended up being 5. We had some heavier VFX in one spot so everything needed to be well thought out and prepped to make it a smooth process. Lastly, we wanted to shoot Anamorphic for some of the characteristics. To make sure we captured all of the lens glory we shot on the RED VRAPTOR XL & VRAPTOR VV Sensors. It allowed us to shoot in 7k 6:5 2x Anamorphic. Finally having built-in ND with the VRAPTOR XL body was a dream that I’ve been wanting with my RED for years. Especially when I used to shoot doc work.
We had a total of 3 commercials for 3 different brands to shoot in one day. Addi...