Joe Simon shoots cinematic short doc ‘Gerry’ with the new Kessler Second Shooter

By site editor Dan Chung:

Since posting ‘Gerry’ last week, Joe Simon’s latest cinematic mini doc has gained more than 70,000 views and been awarded a Vimeo staff pick. Joe is no stranger to this blog and his company The Delivery Men does some great work. This short tells the story of gun engraver Gerry Beathard and is shot using Canon C100, C300 and 5DmkIII, along with a variety of Kessler gear including the new Second Shooter motion control, the Pocket Jib, CIneslider and Parallax. Also used were a MoVI M10 brushless gimbal and a DJI Phantom.

The new Kessler Second Shooter motion control system.

Now Kessler University have published a great blog post in which Joe walks us through the shoot. It is well worth a read. There is also a short behind the scenes video of Joe talking about how he achieved the shots. It was great to see the Second Shooter (formerly the UniDrive) in use and I’ve personally been waiting since NAB for this little gadget to ship.

In The Field With Joe Simon from Kessler Crane on Vimeo.

NAB 2014: News Shooter Kessler from Teradek on Vimeo.

By Dan Chung

Co-founder of Newsshooter, Dan Chung has over 20 years of experience working behind a camera. His career started in photography but evolved into documentary, multimedia and broadcast TV. He shot the first news video on a DSLR and has been on staff at Reuters, The Guardian and CNBC. Dan heads up the editorial team at www.photogearnews.com.