After four incredible years, weāre closing the doors of IBUKI Rentals. It has been a pleasure serving this community on set. Every decision we made came from one simple belief: that every filmmaker, should have access to quality equipment and an effortless experience, from booking to wrap.
To every client, crew member, and friend we met along the way. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. This isnāt goodbye. Itās until next time.
With Love,
The IBUKI Rentals Team
Throwback to last year when I got to work with the one and only, Scottie Barnes!!
Shoutout to @xaymyname for putting me on this amazing project!!
One of the biggest challenges to this production was the amount of time we had with the talent but we made it work!! Another challenge was the height difference between me and Scottie š Shooting a 6ā9 guy with no Easyrig with an Arri Amira was crazy
Producers: @tris416 & @xaymyname
Director: @xaymyname
DP: š¤
1st AC: @matt.lg
2nd AC: @rich.cine
Gaffer: @josh.ellis17
Key/Dolly Grip: @dexters_laaaaaaaaaaaaab
Swing: @itsgodswill_
Colour: Yuri Cabrera @kook.colour
Colour Producer: Teri Wong
Photographer: @nelcam
BTS Photo: @kaylahreyes
BTS Video: @ky.ze
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I finally got to work with my good friend @armansaturday for @heinz !
Super happy with how this project turned out. We spent 2.5 weeks worth of pre-production, with multiple test days and location scouts!
One of the biggest challenges about this was project was the weather. Itās always tough to not be in control of the weather and we originally intended to shoot on a sunny day but due to deadlines, we had to shoot with what weāve got but nonetheless, Iām happy with what we were able to capture!
Another challenge we ran into involved technical issues. We used the Movi Pro w/ the Alexa Mini and the Sony FX3 for the POV shots and since we had to cover a lot in one day, changing set ups proved to be very challenging but shoutout to my stellar 1st AC @cam_moff who killed it!
The last challenge was physical, and man do I need to work out. I was running the gimbal set up with a readyrig and unfortunately some of the shots we need to cover wouldnāt work with the readyrig, so I had to go handheld and my body was crying. As much as the readyrig helped in some of the shots, I wished I made a better decision to use an Easyrig Vario 5 w/ the Gimbal attachment. Gear does that matter after all haha
Overall, I am super happy with what we were able to achieve, and although, I know that I couldāve done better on my end, I learned a lot from this experience and will take that with me to get better for next time š
Also, shoutout to @armansaturday for the additional cinematography when I was gone overseas!!
Production Co. @ibuki_studios
Director: Arman Saturday @armansaturday
Writer: Sean Kinton @seannotramen
Producer: Gabriel Santos @_wet.socks
Director of Photography: š¤
1st AC: Cam Moffitt @cam_moff
2nd AC: Daniyal Shah @blushmatter
Gaffer: David Grif @neon_criminal
Key Grip: Dexter Calleja @dexters_laaaaaaaaaaaaab
PA: Bo Urbina @bourbina
Editor: Daniyal Shah @blushmatter
Colour: Clinton Homuth @clintonhomuth , Artjail @artjail
VFX Supervisor: Daniel Corrigan @daniel.corrigan
Talent: Deanne Wint, Patrick Perez @patrickperezz , Wincci Zhou @wincci.ys.zhou
Rentals: IBUKI Rentals @ibuki_rentals