This short documentary piece was a 6 day shoot in total. We filmed for 1 day in Lititz, Pennsylvania at the fabricator’s workshop; another day at the artist’s design studio in Brooklyn, New York; and then 4 consecutive days at the Oculus World Trade Center filming the installation and the reveal itself. We were fortunate enough to be able to use a tool we don’t often get to work with, the DJI Ronin 2 motorized gimbal system. This allowed us to get long, smooth tracking shots. Normally we use a Glidecam to get similar shots, but the Ronin, in combination with an Easyrig, allowed us to get these types of shots all day, every day without fatiguing at all. On the final day of filming, we brought out both RED cinema cameras that we own for the big reveal. We wanted to make sure we got as much coverage as possible of different people’s reactions to the art piece. This also allowed us to get a larger variety of footage. One camera covered all the moving shots and the other camera did the handheld or locked off shots, generally with a more telephoto lens.
