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Johnny Balines
A classic western shoot out with the TAPIS project
The people from the TAPIS project What makes this production different is for Johnny Balines y la Pluma Sagrada
are proud of their jobs in Johnny
that the actors of the movie are men and was 720p/25. “I decided to record
Balines y la Pluma Sagrada. A short
women from the TAPIS project, which simultaneously with the DR-HD100 hard
movie shot in the classic American
takes care of people with social difficulties, disk recorder,” continues Alberto Gutiérrez,
western style, Johnny Balines and
particularly those with physical, mental or “as I could use it for the dailies review.
the Sacred Feather tells a story
sensory impairment and light mental illness.
Blau Events production company, together
The tapes were sent separately for post
based on honour, revenge and
with the staff from TAPIS, had taken this
production. During post, we edited the
justice in the Far West. It features
challenge to empower social integration of
footage using a Matrox Axio LE unit with
all the famous characters from
disabled people through an AV medium.
Adobe Premier 2.0. The Matrox Media
western movies, including
encoder also allowed us to prepare a trailer
cowboys, a sheriff, indians and
This is the third project from TAPIS and that could distribute via mobile phones,
bandits. Shooting [no pun intended]
Blau Events, and has been sponsored inviting people to the movie premiere. We
took place mainly in the western-
by the city council of Benidorm (Alicante) were hoping for an audience of around
style scenery of El Campello in
with contributions from the Welfare Fund 220 people but, in the end, more than
of Caja del Mediterráneo and many other 500 attended. We had to build two large
Alicante, Spain.
associations and individual people. On screens outdoors to cater for them.”
the technical side, the supply and technical
support for all audiovisual equipment has
“The look and impression we
been supported by Aranda Provideo,
achieved using progressive video
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a JVC dealer based in Valencia.
is far better than that of interlaced.”
Alberto Gutiérrez, the project’s director, For the final master, a 5.1 audio track
said, “We used two GY-HD110 JVC was added. “Even if we recompressed
camcorders for the shooting of the short.
the signal to record on a Pal DVD or
One of these was dedicated to filming
MPEG4, we could clearly notice the better
‘the making of’ documentary, in which we
resolution, depth of field and colours
took great care due to the nature of making
still maintained at optimum quality” said
a production with disabled actors. The first
Alberto Gutiérrez. In conclusion, for Alberto
screening of this ‘making of’ piece greatly
Gutiérrez and the DoP David Galiano,
impressed the audience.”
“we are very pleased with the result of
recording at 25p. The look and impression
Blau Events had already worked in HD we achieved using progressive video is far
with JVC cameras. The format choice better than that of interlaced.”
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