Sony - FUTURE PROOF : Film School for Engineers
Driving music plays as a silver convertible veers around a corner along a sunny field. Timecode at the top of the frame implies that this is footage from a film. On a film set, a man in a grey suit rises quickly from an antique chair while a crew member moves the boom mic. Masked crew members circle around the viewfinder of a camera on a dolly.
DANIEL DE LA ROSA
“What we wanted to do was just give the engineers a kind of unprecedented access to see the process of film getting made.”
Two mustard yellow dots eclipse a grey background, and a white title appears in the middle:
ON SCREEN TEXT: Film School for Engineers
Inside a sunny room on set, film crew members adjust equipment on a dolly while an actor stands in a black dress in front of a vintage desk.
CAMERA OPERATOR
“So basically we’ll start back here and then we’ll push in.”
CREW MEMBER
“Yeah.”
A camera operator looks through a lens. A man with silver hair and clear glasses speaks against a dark background, and a soft grey arch to his left with white text reads:
ON SCREEN TEXT: Daniel De La Rosa
Executive Producer of “KILIAN’S GAME”
Sony Pictures Entertainment
DANIEL DE LA ROSA
“Really filmmaking is all about coming up with creative ways to get your shot. It’s just the tools being able to keep up with the creatives.”
Outside on a road through the mountains, film crew members adjust an Alpha 7S III camera attached to an Airpeak S1 drone. Nearby, operators wear headsets and safety vests. The Airpeak S1 soars over the mountains and scrub brush into a hazy sky. Crew members on the road gesture while watching the drone’s progress on a display mounted on a tripod. In the finished scene, the silver convertible pulls along the road into the grey distance.
CREW MEMBER
“We’re going to get the drone in position.”
CREW MEMBER
“Little higher?”
CREW MEMBER
“Little higher, yeah, and pan a little right.”
CREW MEMBER
“Pan right.”
DANIEL DE LA ROSA
“When you’re challenged in telling this narrative, that’s where you start to push the limits. And I want the engineers to come up with the best-in-breed tools for filmmakers to use.”
In the sunlit room on set, the actor in the dress moves behind the desk and another actor in a grey suit stands nearby. A production crew member moves images around on a screen, and camera crew roll a dolly towards actors in front of a Crystal LED B-series wall. A crew member snaps a slate as two actors stand in suits and fedoras before a crackling fire in front of the wall. In the orange, smoky glow, camera crew adjust and tilt a camera while they film.
Two mustard yellow dots eclipse the grey background. White text on the left reads:
ON SCREEN TEXT: FUTURE PROOF
[Japanese surtitle]
White text on the right reads:
ON SCREEN TEXT: SONY
A rainbow prism flares and the view fades to black, with white text in the center:
ON SCREEN TEXT: SONY