Projects
DIGGING DEEP
The HVR-Z7E proved to be robust when shooting in tough
conditions down mines for a corporate film
Video and digital production
company Brandcast Media worked with agency compact size enabled us to get into tight and very
Phoebus Associates filming across Kazakhstan to awkward places, such as down mines, up cranes and in
produce a series of corporate films for ENRC, one of very hot foundries,” says Brandcast Media cameraman
the leading natural resources groups, with operations Dave Walters. Executive producer Charlie Grieve also
in Kazakhstan, China, Russia and Brazil. The compact found the camera’s ability to shoot in low light conditions
size, affordability and low light capabilities of the crucial for shooting down the mines: “We were able to
HVR-Z7E made it the ideal model for the project. shoot instantly too, helping us capture some footage we
The project involved Brandcast Media shooting were unable to get from the bigger HD cameras we
extensively across Kazakhstan, for a selection of investor, were working with.”
corporate and internal audiences. The company used the In addition to the great value and reliability the Z7E
Z7E it bought from Mitcorp alongside another larger HD offers, its portability was also vital when shooting in fast
camera, for a range of different uses during filming moving situations, as Brandcast Media often had to do
ENRC - Bridging East and West, including behind the during this project. The team found that the HDV
scenes footage, filming in the capital city Astana and to footage integrated seamlessly with the footage from the
shoot in unusual and challenging conditions. other full HD camera too: “With a little bit of grading it
“The camera can provide very high quality footage is extremely difficult to tell the difference between the
in the right hands and the Z7’s functionality and two,” adds Grieve.
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