It is amazing what color grading, motion design animation and 3D modeling can do to vastly improve the quality of your online brand film or commercial. This is a trailer we created for the founder of mobilityWOD.com and CrossFit Guru, Dr. Kelly Starret’s upcoming book Becoming A Supple Leopard. So far the trailer has been viewed 40,000 times on youtube and vimeo. (Official Trailer https://vimeo.com/45718136)
Becoming A Supple Leopard Trailer: Before & After from Vance Jacobs on Vimeo.
Finally, after months of waiting, the Channel 4 (UK) / Discovery Channel Special about what happens when a plane crashes is going to be airing on on the Discovery Channel. Watch the trailer here. I had the good fortune to be the official (and only) photo grapher in the Mexican desert photographing the plane, the scientists and the wreckage. This was the first time in over 20 years that a commercial plane was intentionally crashed, so that the results could be studied by scientists.
The plane was captured on film by four film crews, a helicopter specifically designed to shoot aerial footage for movies, a stunt plane following close behind, high speed cameras designed to be potentially destroyed on impact, 30 + GoPro mini cameras, and several small un-manned droans. But until the moment of impact, no one knew for certain that this operation, which gave no room for error, would even work at all.
I was the Director of Photography for ROOTS AND SHOOTS, a short film for the Jane Goodall Institute that will be used to promote her environmental work in Central and South America. The film was shot over five days deep in the Panamanian rainforest. We carried all the gear, including 200 lb. generators, through daily downpours, across rivers, and while walking in knee-deep mud. The humidity was so high that we had to clean and blow dry hundreds of pieces of equipment every night before packing them in boxes of silica to prevent rust from forming overnight.
Not only was Jane amazing, but so too were the exceptional young people from around South and Central America that work with her organization.
The film was produced and directed by Pituka Heilbron’s company – Hypatia Films.
Director of Photography: Vance Jacobs
Cinematographer / Editor: Javier Molina
Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots – Official Trailer from Vance Jacobs on Vimeo.
Just wrapped this 45-second trailer for Dr. Kelly Starrett’s new book Becoming A Supple Leopard. Kelly is the founder of the very popular website MobilityWod and owner of San Francisco CrossFit. The book focuses on resolving pain, preventing injury and optimizing athletic performance and expands upon techniques that Kelly has learned from years of working with elite and non-athletes alike.
The trailer was shot at San Francisco CrossFit and in various locations around Marin County, CA and was premiered during the 2012 CrossFit Games on ESPN 3.
Becoming a Supple Leopard – Official Trailer from Vance Jacobs on Vimeo.
