Iconix HD-RH1 video camera used for high definition tracking shot on CSI
Broadcast Newsroom has published an interesting article on the use of the Iconix HD-RH1 high definition video camera and its use in capturing a 'killer shot' on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
One of CSI:’s main storylines this season features a possible serial killer who leaves behind miniature models that are exact replicas of murder scenes. In “Monster in the Box,” lead character Gil Grissom, played by William Petersen, returns from a long sabbatical to finally open a box that had been sitting on his desk for over four months. Finding one of the serial killer’s replicas inside, a long tracking shot, made possible by the Iconix HD-RH1 camera, takes the viewer seemingly from inside the miniature, looking up at Grissom as he carries it down a hallway and through CSI: headquarters.
The camera head is about the size of a golf ball, weighs just two ounces, and is versatile enough to offer 35 different format and frame rate combinations.
Used as the background plate for a composite shot, the Iconix HD-RH1 footage, shot at 24p, blended seamlessly with the rest of the show, which was shot on 3-perf Panavision film. The foreground element, the miniature crime scene sent to Grissom, was shot separately by the CSI: visual effects unit, which flawlessly integrated the two elements during post production.
Read more about the shot and the camera.
