Music Video Shoot: Hit and Run by Jessica Ridley

Posted by Rick Burnett on January 25th, 2010 filed in Hit and Run Music Video

This last weekend I had the opportunity to work with All Aces Media as a camera operator for Jessica Ridley’s upcoming video for her song Hit and Run to be shown on CMT. The crew and actors were great to work with as well as working with Jessica Ridley, a writer/singer from Canada who is making her US debut shortly.

This is the first paid job with the Canon 7D and I have to say, I am absolutely impressed with the results.  As I have mentioned, the 7D does have limitations that have to be watched out for, but working around those, we were able to shoot some amazing video without having to use a ton of lights or additional equipment.

Here are a few screen grabs from the video I shot during the day:

There is no color correction to these shots.  The last shot was near the end of the day, I’d have liked a bit more light, but we really didn’t have a choice at that point.  In any case, I am really happy with the shots.

The first shot was done with the Sigma 30mm F1.4 lens.  The last shot was done with the Sigma 10mm-20mm Ultra Wide angle (F4.5) and was at 10mm zoom.  I am really happy with the Sigma lenses.

We have some additional shoots coming up soon that I am looking forward to shooting.  I was very happy with the follow focus I used, although I was having trouble with the gear ring on the stock Canon lens that came with my 7D.  I need to figure out how to fix that.  In addition, I think a Pelican case might be necessary for the lens as they are VERY wide and unruly with the rings on them.