Zappos spot

Our good friend, Matt Manson, who creates internet video content for Zappos, asked us to film a ping pong contest between designer Stuart Weitzman and a Zappos contest winner. We shot the action as it unfolded in Weitzman's office using a Sony Handycam and recorded sound on a PD4 timecode DAT. It was good we brought along a shotgun mic, for with the music pumping and Weitzman's staff cheering in the background, getting good sound was a bit of a challenge. Naturally, no one owns DAT machines anymore, so we ended up digitizing all of the sound and putting it on a CD for Matt, who edited the footage back in LA.

It didn't turn out too badly for something shot with a consumer camera and without the ability to take any second takes!