PDN Video Pick: Jim Krantz Goes The Way of The West
Photographer Jim Krantz spent four days in the Colorado mountains working with an extensive crew, a RED Camera, and the Canon EOS 5D on a job which also resulted in a piece for himself called “The Way of The West,” consisting of a mini booklet and accompanying DVD. “I was the project’s live-action director and still photographer,” Krantz says. “That process allowed me to shoot photos, capture live-action footage and later, pull stills from the RED camera motion footage.” To read more about what Krantz terms his “transmedia” promo, check out Right Stuff in PDN’s May print issue.




February 22nd, 2011 at 12:41 pm
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February 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
wow. that music sucks! the editing is a little off putting for such a beautiful subject but the music takes it beyond ludicrous.
February 22nd, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Yeah… i agree with the first joe… insane techno + rapid cuts = brain overload I think i would have enjoyed some epic music and super slow-mo cowboys. Also for a promo reel, I’m not sure if he is promoting himself as an editor, shooter, or musician… because all three are done in overkill
February 22nd, 2011 at 11:45 pm
agreed – that was too too – but I’m sure it will win awards and stuff – see why we love bad photography – http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/02/22/why-we-love-bad-photography/
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:42 am
Cool video. Abysmal music.
February 24th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
i agree. The music is terrible
February 24th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Some great shots and cool editing. The music doesn’t work for me either…it’s conflicting with the images. Maybe we have such a deep rooted sense of the cowboy that it throws us…but that could be the point.
February 28th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Without seeing other comments my first thought was that the editing is horrible. Looks like it was the done by the guy who does promos for Spike tv, or UFC or something; jerky Gen-x, A.D.D. cuts. I can’t tell if there was a single good image in the entire promo because they were all on the screen for a tenth of a sec, or ruined by some cheesy film melting effect. Oh yeah, the trance RF music blows too.
So much potential, Totally missed the mark.