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LE TOUR DE LANGKAWTI STAGE 6<br />
Putrajaya -> Genting Highlands<br />
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What a great place to start a race!Putrajaya!Filled with architectural coolness! To be exact the starting line is in front of Ministry of Youth & Sports building. It was a rainy morning and i was really worried on how to shoot the morning preparation footage. I was excited to shoot the starting line so i had my 5dmk2 ready & stuck to my steadicam. Unfortunately i gotta take it of and mount it on a tripod with 135mm. Armed with a plastic bag, i wrapped my camera and lens. I should have 1D Mark 4 on a day like this!!! This is actually one of the most scariest stage because cycling up Genting won't be easy. Even we can see the different at the finishing line. The winner of the stage has a few minutes gap instead of a few seconds.<br />
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I was lucky on this stage that our production vehicle has another route to genting so had the opportunity for a pass by shot. One 5dmk2 on my steadicam merlin bag to give a little bit of height and another mounted on a tripod with 135mm. I was told by my producer to get the face expression of the racers cycling up Genting if possible & so i went down about 300m walk down from the finishing line and mount my camera on a tripod. Since they were cycling up the hill really slow, i can freely cross the road and change as many angles as i could.<br />
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And walking up to the finishing line again with a camera & a tripod was not a nice experience! Enjoy watching this stage~
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LE TOUR DE LANGKAWTI STAGE 6
Putrajaya -> Genting Highlands

What a great place to start a race!Putrajaya!Filled with architectural coolness! To be exact the starting line is in front of Ministry of Youth & Sports building. It was a rainy morning and i was really worried on how to shoot the morning preparation footage. I was excited to shoot the starting line so i had my 5dmk2 ready & stuck to my steadicam. Unfortunately i gotta take it of and mount it on a tripod with 135mm. Armed with a plastic bag, i wrapped my camera and lens. I should have 1D Mark 4 on a day like this!!! This is actually one of the most scariest stage because cycling up Genting won't be easy. Even we can see the different at the finishing line. The winner of the stage has a few minutes gap instead of a few seconds.

I was lucky on this stage that our production vehicle has another route to genting so had the opportunity for a pass by shot. One 5dmk2 on my steadicam merlin bag to give a little bit of height and another mounted on a tripod with 135mm. I was told by my producer to get the face expression of the racers cycling up Genting if possible & so i went down about 300m walk down from the finishing line and mount my camera on a tripod. Since they were cycling up the hill really slow, i can freely cross the road and change as many angles as i could.

And walking up to the finishing line again with a camera & a tripod was not a nice experience! Enjoy watching this stage~

  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWTI STAGE 6<br />
Putrajaya -> Genting Highlands<br />
<br />
What a great place to start a race!Putrajaya!Filled with architectural coolness! To be exact the starting line is in front of Ministry of Youth & Sports building. It was a rainy morning and i was really worried on how to shoot the morning preparation footage. I was excited to shoot the starting line so i had my 5dmk2 ready & stuck to my steadicam. Unfortunately i gotta take it of and mount it on a tripod with 135mm. Armed with a plastic bag, i wrapped my camera and lens. I should have 1D Mark 4 on a day like this!!! This is actually one of the most scariest stage because cycling up Genting won't be easy. Even we can see the different at the finishing line. The winner of the stage has a few minutes gap instead of a few seconds.<br />
<br />
I was lucky on this stage that our production vehicle has another route to genting so had the opportunity for a pass by shot. One 5dmk2 on my steadicam merlin bag to give a little bit of height and another mounted on a tripod with 135mm. I was told by my producer to get the face expression of the racers cycling up Genting if possible & so i went down about 300m walk down from the finishing line and mount my camera on a tripod. Since they were cycling up the hill really slow, i can freely cross the road and change as many angles as i could.<br />
<br />
And walking up to the finishing line again with a camera & a tripod was not a nice experience! Enjoy watching this stage~
  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI STAGE 1
From a wedding videographer, we've turn into a sports videographer.We would like to thanks Illanun films intrusting us to shoot an internationally recognized event : Le Tour De Langkawi 2010. It was one hell of a privilege &amp; unforgettable experience shooting Le Tour De Langkawi as it is one of the most well recognize Le Tour series.We were assigned by Illanun Films to produce a short teaser for the highlights show every night for 7 days back to back.

This 1st stage needed me to cover the introduction of teams dinner,launching &amp; the race itself on the next day.I must produce a 3-4 minutes teaser with racing feel of Le Tour. The most challenging part of all...i can't shoot the race itself because the only vehicle allowed was the LIVE cameraman and the marshalls. Have fun watching this 1st stage.

Gears info: 2x 5dMKII , 16-35mm 2.8L, 135mm f2L,Kenko Polarizer, Manfrotto tripod with video head &amp; Steadicam Merlin.

Editing : Macbook 13" for 1st,2nd &amp; 3rd stage &amp; 
MBP 15" for 4th,5th,6th &amp; 7th stage
USB 320gb ext hdd,
FCP 6,edited less than 3hrs.

This video is copyrighted to Illanun FIlms
  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI STAGE 2<br />
Kuala Terengganu -> Chukai.<br />
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Since i've learnt that i can't shoot the race itself from the 1st day.I understood that i was really in trouble & 6 more teasers to go! One more thing, i need to produce different content on every stage!OMG!<br />
So my idea on this stage was to capture the racer's signing event before the race starts which most people didn't know.At the same time when the racers park their bikes...i get as much beauty shots of their expensive bikes!<br />
I call it bicycle porn! :D<br />
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Then i had the opportunity to get one shot during the race, they had to turn right following their racing route and we the production team can go through a shortcut to Chukai directly. I planted one 5dmk2 with 16-35mm on the tarmac basically to get one wide shot and another 5dmk2 with 135mm to get detail shots. They pass by for only 15 seconds,they were darn fast. 15 seconds for a 2-3 mins video...i was still in trouble!<br />
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Watch this stage!
  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI STAGE 3<br />
Pekan -> Mersing<br />
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On this stage i got an idea of shooting alot of bicylce details like what i did from the previous stage. i said to myself that i must have something different so i opt not to use the steadicam in the morning session for preparation shots and just stick 135mm & 16-35mm on the camera to shoot candids. I also tried fast panning effect, doing so later on in editing, i do not need to adjust the clip speed and render every single time,i gotta do with the fastest workflow there is.<br />
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Anyway there are shots with racers cycling somewhere before the ending. Those are actually racers that were not competing on this stage so they cycled much earlier before the official race starts to the finishing point just for fun.That's how passionate these people are...good for me i got a few extra shots!<br />
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As can be seen on the last part,i got a shot of the racers at a very sharp corner.That corner is about 500m from the finishing line. One long walk but i was very happy with the steadicam panning shot at the corner. i shot the podium to give a simple ending to this stage.
  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI STAGE 4<br />
Mersing -> Parit Sulong<br />
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By the 4th stage of LTDL, I'm imagining this how it will be if i'll be shooting Nikah documentary in 7 straight days in the morning and edit the footage during afternoon and display at night during a dinner reception!OMG! I must say on the 4th day you can feel the heat & pressure went above your head.everyday is a pressure day, the teaser gotta be on air everynight with no excuse! eeeks!<br />
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Anyway on this stage, since Mersing was the finish line for stage 3 & the starting line for stage 4 we actually had more rest and less traveling to do on the day before. On stage 4 teaser i wanted to cover the Marshall's big bikes! We hardly notice the Marshalls because they are the ones that brings the media cameraman, LIVE cameraman and commisaire during the race.<br />
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As for the racing shot.I had to walk 1km from the finishing line and found this straight road.I planted one 5dmk2 with 135mm on the blazing hot tarmac pointing towards the Parit SUlong bridge.The camera i was holding was mounted on steadicam with 16-35mm.Once i saw the racers coming towards me i quickly press the record button for both camera.<br />
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On this stage my macbook 13" can't serve me anymore, the FCP went haywire so i switched to my friend's 15" MBP.
  • LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI STAGE 5<br />
Muar -> Port Dickson<br />
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On this stage, how i wish i would be able to shoot them racing through the town of Melaka! Unfortunately they didn't go through the town & just pass by using another road.<br />
Luckly in the morning there were some awesome traditional and unconventional performance at the starting line that i could capture. Then i went lurking around the racer's preparation area looking for candids of them preparing for the race.<br />
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It has been 2 stages that i didn't use the steadicam on the morning shoot & so i've decided to use it on this stage. As for the racing shot, i had to walk 300m from the finishing line. I personally love love love the 135mm shot because it looked like a group of bulls charging towards the camera at full speed. This shot was done by having one 5dmk2 on a tripod with 135mm fixed. Steadicam operated by me with 16-35mm. <br />
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The 135mm was pointing towards the racers, once they pass by i quickly nudge the tripod head to point the other direction.unfortunately.....it didnt work and it tilted down & pointing the road instead....hence i got the shot pointing the tarmac with bicycle tires passing by.oh well......<br />
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As for the closing i wanted to try something else, maybe what happen after the race, what were the racers doing. One thing i found out...right after the race, some of the racers would just cycle to their hotel even though it is 10-20km away.make sense?respect....!<br />
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Enjoy watching!
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