As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we took to the rooftops of Manhattan to see how New York City honey with made in the hives of urban Beekeeper David Graves.

Planet Green Interstitials

Roof Top Farms

Bee Man

Brooklyn Standard Sustainable Bodega

Recycle-A-Bicycle

About Planet Green Interstitials

Discovery's Planet Green Network

Treehugger Dot Com

BCP Tapped

We Did It: Planet Green Interstitials

Planet Green Interstitials Team BCP

George Spyros, Executive Producer / Director

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Clark Caldwell, Writer & Producer

Michele LaTorre, Editor

Ryan Velasquez, Camera Assistant

Henry Torbin - Sound Mixer

Antonia Law, Assistant Editor

Johanna Wolff Abzug, Graphic Designer

Planet Green Interstitials BCP Gearhead

Sony PMW-EX1 Hi-Def Video Camera

Letus35 Ultimate Lens Adapter

Canon EOS 7D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Panasonic P2 Card

Microdolly Hollywood: Basic Dolly Kit (Video)

Kino Flo 2ft. 4 Bank 4 Tube Fluorescent Light Fixture

Final Cut Pro Non-Linear Editing System

Sapphire Effects

Sony SxS-1 Cards & Memory Stick Adapter

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we ventured out to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to the Roof Top Farms to speak with Annie Novak about her Growing Chefs program for kids.

Planet Green Interstitials

Roof Top Farms

Bee Man

Brooklyn Standard Sustainable Bodega

Recycle-A-Bicycle

About Planet Green Interstitials

Discovery's Planet Green Network

Treehugger Dot Com

BCP Tapped

We Did It: Planet Green Interstitials

Planet Green Interstitials Team BCP

George Spyros, Executive Producer / Director

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Clark Caldwell, Writer & Producer

Michele LaTorre, Editor

Ryan Velasquez, Camera Assistant

Henry Torbin - Sound Mixer

Antonia Law, Assistant Editor

Johanna Wolff Abzug, Graphic Designer

Planet Green Interstitials BCP Gearhead

Sony PMW-EX1 Hi-Def Video Camera

Letus35 Ultimate Lens Adapter

Canon EOS 7D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Panasonic P2 Card

Microdolly Hollywood: Basic Dolly Kit (Video)

Kino Flo 2ft. 4 Bank 4 Tube Fluorescent Light Fixture

Final Cut Pro Non-Linear Editing System

Sapphire Effects

Sony SxS-1 Cards & Memory Stick Adapter

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

We’ve just finished shooting the shorts with Graham Hill. All four videos are now available! Please enjoy Roof Top Farm in the widescreen player above, and click on Bee Man, Brooklyn Standard Sustainable Bodega, and Recycle-A-Bicycle below to watch the other 90-second videos in the series.

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Planet Green Interstitials

Roof Top Farms

Bee Man

Brooklyn Standard Sustainable Bodega

Recycle-A-Bicycle

About Planet Green Interstitials

Discovery's Planet Green Network

Treehugger Dot Com

BCP Tapped

We Did It: Planet Green Interstitials

Planet Green Interstitials Team BCP

George Spyros, Executive Producer / Director

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Clark Caldwell, Writer & Producer

Michele LaTorre, Editor

Ryan Velasquez, Camera Assistant

Henry Torbin - Sound Mixer

Antonia Law, Assistant Editor

Johanna Wolff Abzug, Graphic Designer

Planet Green Interstitials BCP Gearhead

Sony PMW-EX1 Hi-Def Video Camera

Letus35 Ultimate Lens Adapter

Canon EOS 7D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Panasonic P2 Card

Microdolly Hollywood: Basic Dolly Kit (Video)

Kino Flo 2ft. 4 Bank 4 Tube Fluorescent Light Fixture

Final Cut Pro Non-Linear Editing System

Sapphire Effects

Sony SxS-1 Cards & Memory Stick Adapter

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

When Sundance Channel asked Big City to come up with a few example videos for their first annual “Big Ideas Contest,” TreeHugger Radio’s Jacob Gordon suggested that we get in touch with Kenny Luna the man behind Mr. Luna’s Bright Idea. Our fantastic cinematographer Marcus Burnett rolled in with the Panasonic HVX camera outfitted with the Brevis 35mm lens adapter as well as twenty feet of dolly track. Given our small crew, we were lucky that the kids in the class were eager to lend a hand setting up the gear. Also, we were racing the clock before the group of students were let out for their next class, so we shot all the footage of them first — much of which was overcranked for slo-motion at 48 frames-per-second. The whole spot was shot in 720p native HD to P2 cards.  Then George Spyros interviewed Kenny and we shot his dollying b-roll, again done in the native slo-mo frame rate rolling along on the skateboard dolly happily. We had talent hold a porcelain socket loaded with a CFL bulb and ran zip chord through his sleeve. Then, just at the perfect moment, we plugged in the bulb for the magical light-turning-on gag.  So other than that practical, the spot was lit entirely with 2 ft. 4 bank Kino Flo units articulated on c-stands. We shot the whole thing in about three hours. It was edited in about one-hour and twenty minutes — that is, after all the footage was ingested into the Final Cut Pro system and the up-side-down footage from theBrevis 35mm lens adapterwas flipped and exported to right-side-up Quicktime files. Given the beautiful images the rig generates, it was well worth the extra effort.

Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet Contest Shorts

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest

CO2 Dry Cleaners

Patented High School Student Invention: Compost Hot Box

Global Warming Club

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Team

George Spyros - Executive Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Gregg Guinta, Producer

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Gear

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Century Pro Series HD Fisheye Lens

Panasonic P2 Card

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

Skateboard Dolly

Panasonic DVX100 24p Camcorder

BCP Jargon Patrol: 24p

BCP Jargon Patrol: 35mm Lens Adapter

Sundance Channel asked Big City to come up with a few example videos for their first annual “Big Ideas Contest.” This video shows off the simple yet amazing patented idea some NYC high school students had for a new kind of compost box.  The spot was shot by George Spyros in 24p standard definition to mini DV tape using the Panasonic DVX camcorder.
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Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet Contest Shorts

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest

CO2 Dry Cleaners

Patented High School Student Invention: Compost Hot Box

Global Warming Club

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Team

George Spyros - Executive Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Gregg Guinta, Producer

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Gear

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Century Pro Series HD Fisheye Lens

Panasonic P2 Card

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

Skateboard Dolly

Panasonic DVX100 24p Camcorder

BCP Jargon Patrol: 24p

BCP Jargon Patrol: 35mm Lens Adapter

Sundance Channel asked Big City to come up with a few example videos for their first annual “Big Ideas Contest.”  We choose Green Apple Cleaners and its Founder David Kistner and its awesome CO2 dry-cleaning machine as the subjects of our inquiry.  Our fantastic cinematographer Marcus Burnett rolled in with the Panasonic HVX camera outfitted with the Brevis 35mm lens adapter as well as skateboard dolly with wenty feet of track. The spot was shot in 720p native HD to P2 cards.  The slow-motion footage was shot at 60-frames-per-second to really catch the eye blinks — however, the comedic pace of the show led us to speed up the shots in post.  As this is a story about a big green idea, we intentionally let the image retain its green cast caused by the fluorescent house lights. To supplement, we used 2 ft. 4 bank Kino Flo units articulated on c-stands. The piece was edited using Final Cut Pro after the up-side-down footage from the Brevis 35mm lens adapter was flipped and exported to right-side-up Quicktime files.

Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet Contest Shorts

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest

CO2 Dry Cleaners

Patented High School Student Invention: Compost Hot Box

Global Warming Club

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Team

George Spyros - Executive Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Gregg Guinta, Producer

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Gear

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Century Pro Series HD Fisheye Lens

Panasonic P2 Card

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

Skateboard Dolly

Panasonic DVX100 24p Camcorder

BCP Jargon Patrol: 24p

BCP Jargon Patrol: 35mm Lens Adapter

Sundance Channel invited folks to upload vids with their “big idea” for improving the state of the environment — and with $10k on the line for the winner. So, Sundance Channel invited Big City Pictures in partnership with the gang at TreeHugger to produce three sample videos for the contest.  Click the video above to watch our spot about CFL Light Bulbs for School Kids, and click on the thumbnail images below to play the other three vids in the series.
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Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet Contest Shorts

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest

CO2 Dry Cleaners

Patented High School Student Invention: Compost Hot Box

Global Warming Club

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Team

George Spyros - Executive Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Gregg Guinta, Producer

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Gear

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Century Pro Series HD Fisheye Lens

Panasonic P2 Card

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

Skateboard Dolly

Panasonic DVX100 24p Camcorder

BCP Jargon Patrol: 24p

BCP Jargon Patrol: 35mm Lens Adapter

Sundance Channel asked Big City to come up with a few example videos for their first annual “Big Ideas Contest.” This video features the kids of the Lafayette Street School in Newark, New Jersey who were taught using curricula found on the Rainforest Alliance Learning Site.  This spot was shot by George Spyros in 720p HD to P2 cards using the Panasonic HVX camera with b-roll overcranked for slow-motion at 48-frames-per-second coupled with Century Pro Fisheye Lens and lit entirely with 2 ft. 4 bank Kino Flo units articulated on c-stands.
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Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet Contest Shorts

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest

CO2 Dry Cleaners

Patented High School Student Invention: Compost Hot Box

Global Warming Club

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Team

George Spyros - Executive Producer, Director, Shooter, Editor

Marcus Burnett, Director of Photography

Gregg Guinta, Producer

Sundance Channel Big Idea Contest Promos Gear

Panasonic HVX200 Digital HD Camera

Century Pro Series HD Fisheye Lens

Panasonic P2 Card

Duel Adapter PCMCIA Card to ExpressCard Device

Skateboard Dolly

Panasonic DVX100 24p Camcorder

BCP Jargon Patrol: 24p

BCP Jargon Patrol: 35mm Lens Adapter