DAYTONA SUPER SPEEDWAY from the spotters stand
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY looking into Bowyer's pit box
TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAY from pit road.
PHEONIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY P.I.R.
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY fom the SPEED booth ..
there will be MORE to come...
"Track Side Live" will be shot out on an open stage with a surrounding crowd. This is a total makeover and should definitely give the show a needed face lift.
This is what I designed as a lighting and show package.
TESTING and Rolex24 went smooth. We had the Daytona studio with SPEED desk and probably the best looking background for any network all year long.
"NASCAR Victory Lane" has stayed the same but our "NASCAR Live" shows are shot in different track locations and "NASCAR Race Day" is on our old stage.
Trevor Bayne WINS the Daytona 500 in his second SprintCup race.
"NASCAR Race Day" 2011 with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace
... and thats how we will roll through the 2011 season, forty two weeks and counting down ...
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"Track Side Live", "NASCAR Live", NASCAR Victory Lane", "NASCAR Smarts" were the shows of the 2010 year for SPEED. We shot @10 shows a week which equals 400 shows for the year. These are a few photos from the year.
SOOOOOO LONG 2010 . . . . I have 2 months off before i leave for Daytona in early January..
: ) HAPPY HOLIDAYS !
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DJ called me about building a lifting rig/hoist to help lift his 550lb camera off the back of the boat and into the water. We are using 60'+ Hatteras that had a rear deck of 10'x12' and approx 5' off of the water. This may not seem like a hard quest but, this equipment has to be rented in the USA, traveled into the Bahamas, and has to work 100% RIGHT on the first try. We are on the small island of Bimini. There are NO hardware stores, NO lumber stores, NO "ooooooooooops I need that" stores. I took the boat dimensions, drew it out, and between 2 rental houses here in Atlanta and Ft Lauderdale I got the gear.
We flew over in 3 cargo planes, the camera and rig weighed almost 4,000lbs.
Day#1 was spent traveling into the Bahamas, clearing customs, and transporting all the gear to the docks and rooms where we were staying.
Day#2 I built my masterpiece,. all 1,500lbs of lifting rig.. 12inch box truss, 10inch iBeam, speed rail, lumber + lumber, and enough straps to keep this thing from falling into the water while we were out at sea.
Mostly built of 12" BOX truss from ROC-OFF in Ft Lauderdale and a 10" iBeam from Atlanta Rigging Systems, it all worked out perfect.
Day#3 we went out to sea for the first time and had the camera launch down to 5 minutes... We would spot dolphin and could launch the camera in the same amount of time it would take to get our scuba gear on.
We spent 7 days chasing sharks and dolphin in the Bahamas. DJ and his team left here and went to the South Pacific to finish filming. The iMax movie should be out shortly and something awesome to see.
The Liquid Pictures Team and myself:
DJ Roller DP, Craig Waller KeyGrip, Vance Wiese AC, Mark Carroll AC
THE LIQUID PICTURES AND MOVIE LINK:
The iMAX movie "The Last Reef"
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The Consellations - Felicia from Raygun on Vimeo.
"Set Back" was the second video shot by Director Eric De Fino. This video was shot in several locations throughout Atlanta over a 4 day period. We used a "body rig" and car mount to give this video a certain look.
The Constellations - Setback from Raygun on Vimeo.
The shows are still the same with the exception of "NASCAR Performance", that will now be shot in Charlotte.
I have ordered all the lighting gear and equipment through True Grip in Knoxville and we start with 6 different shooting locations in Daytona.
SPEED starts out with a crazy amount of "air time" the first week, something like 100 hours of programing with most of it being shot at the Daytona Super Speedway. We bounce between stages and locations constantly and its a real challenge to keep it all looking consistent.
Its always a challenge but thats what its all about...
Hello 2010
]]>I shot the camera on a white background... then colored the white grey....
SORRY for the "BLUR" but this camera system is still VERY top secret..
I wanted a dark industrial back ground so the camera system would blend into the darkness. I found a great piece of stained concrete, shot it in a .raw form so i could color it anyway i wanted...
THIS becomes my background image...
I spend hours cutting the camera out from the grey back ground and then started the feather and airbrush the RED camera system into the final product. I also decided to add a light to it in 1 version so it would appear the camera was in an interrogation room. These are the final versions which were used in his world wide press release and still on the Liquid Pictures website.
CWP
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Martinsville Speedway has barely enough room for actual racing series and the supporting People and safety equipment. they call it the paperclip because of its appearance.
With this in mind, we have to stage ALL of our equipment in a vacant Pit Box. Then wait until the end of the race, the Winning Driver does his victory dance, and then for NASCAR Officials to give us the "OK" sign to jump the wall and do our thing. I have just about 10 minutes to get the scene lit for our live show..
That is the generator placed, cabled, lights up, metered, and focussed..
Fontanta and Michigan both have their "Victory Lanes" out in the grass in front of the spectators. The SPEED crew has to wait in golf carts and then drive up the front stretch on the track out to our location...
after that we have our fun rolling stage "Victory Lane" which are the AllStar Race in Charlotte, Richmond #2, and the FINALE in Miami..
Our rolling stage is set up behind a Kenworth tractor and we are pulled around the race track toour landing position right at the start finish line. This is always the BEST looking shows of the year.
Thats is Tony winning a MILLION BUCKS... He's a happy guy.
Jimmie Johnson winning his 4th Cup Championship in a row in Miami...
This particular show I was using LED lighting for the first time on our rolling stage. We were able to shoot the show as we drove around the track with the lighting being properely balanced. The previous years we had to wait until we stopped and parked, then we hooked the power up to the Gennie and turned lighting "on".
Whats next ?!?
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"TRACK SIDE LIVE" from Daytona's Speed Week
"TRACK SIDE LIVE" from Phoenix International Raceway
Director of Photography - Coy Melnick (left)
Director - Todd Reynolds (center)
Monika's voice was amazing and she would play accoustic sets as we set up our shots and light positions.
By The River from Monika Leigh on Vimeo.
Dust in the wind from Monika Leigh on Vimeo.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE MADE
Just want to be loved from Monika Leigh on Vimeo.
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