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Zacuto Congratulates Andew Kuepper, DP for “Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour”

October 26, 2007 - Chicago - Zacuto congratulates Andrew Kuepper (http://www.zacuto.com/Sarah_Landon_Paranormal_hour.htm), DP for “Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour” (http://www.sarahlandon.com/) for showing us how amazing cinematography can be achieved using a Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 camera, (see trailer: http://www.sarahlandon.com/flash_index.html?feature=undefined&id=undefin...). Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour” was released in over 1100 theaters across the US for Halloween, 2007.

Zacuto supplied support gear including a prototype ZipGear (http://store.zacuto.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1), Zacuto baseplate (http://store.zacuto.com/product.php?productid=30&cat=0&page=1), Zacuto DoubleMount (http://store.zacuto.com/product.php?productid=32&cat=0&page=1), Zacuto Red Plate (http://store.zacuto.com/product.php?productid=33&cat=0&page=1), Zacuto Wireless Plate (http://store.zacuto.com/product.php?productid=34&cat=0&page=1) and more. A fairly low budget project (estimated in the mid 6 figures), Zacuto sold support equipment, prototyped lens gears and even lent a follow focus to the production to help with critical focus achieved by using a RedRock M2 DOF adapter.

“Everyone serious about shooting a small format camera must own a Zacuto Baseplate.
The solid workmanship and attention to detail and quality made my transition from the Film world that much easier.” says, Andrew Kuepper, DP Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour. See production pics (http://www.zacuto.com/Sarah_Landon_Paranormal_hour.htm)

“One of the first feature projects shot with a Panasonic HVX200 P2 camera, Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour is beautifully lit and an excellent example of what a great DP can do with any camera”. “Andy and I spent many hours in 2005 discussing un-invented products and how he would use them to achieve shots in this movie.” “From these talks, several new Zacuto products emerged, most notably the Zacuto ZipGear.” “At two weeks into the production, Andy called me begging for some kind of gear (none existed at the time), we shipped him the prototype gear but at the time we had no fasteners, so Andy melted the ends of the gear together to make it work.” “That was the first ZipGear, which is now a universal .8 pitch gear which gears any lens for use with a follow focus” says, Steve Weiss Product Co-Designer, Zacuto.

“The Zacuto Baseplate provided an extremely flexible support system, adapting to a number of novel situations we found ourselves in, especially with its innovative use of the rails behind the camera.” “If you squint your eyes, you would swear you were shooting on an SR3.”, says, Andy

Zacuto congratulates Andy for showing us what we’ve always known; that it’s really more about the DP’s talent, mixed with great gear, that makes for great images.

Andrew R. Kuepper DP a...@filmandtv.biz (619)-804-3275

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