High Speed Filming

Here is how this works in practice. Our high-speed filming inventory in New Zealand combines locally held packages with rapid cross-Tasman access to Vision Research Phantom Flex 4K, Flex 4K GS, Phantom v2640, and TMX 7510 systems imported under MEAA-Equity NZ reciprocal credentialing through the 3-hour Sydney-Auckland flight window. RED V-Raptor at 600 fps 4K, Sony Venice 2 at 120 fps 4K, ARRI Alexa 35 at 240 fps internal — all ready locally — handle the bulk of top-end commercials slow-mo.

Here is how this works in practice. Sports applications include All Blacks rugby (the most successful rugby franchise worldwide — home Eden Park Auckland and Sky Stadium Wellington), Black Caps cricket at Bay Oval and Hagley Oval, Super Rugby Pacific, America's Cup 2021 (Auckland's defended title with high-speed water capture), FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, and the NZ Supercars Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park (Cromwell) and Hampton Downs (Waikato). AJ Hackett bungy at Kawarau Bridge (where bungy was invented in 1988) is a recurring high-speed subject.

Here is the short of it. James Cameron's Avatar Way of Water (2022) pioneered HFR 48 fps stereoscopic 3D in New Zealand at Stone Street Studios and Kumeu Film Studios. The country has retained that high-frame-rate workflow expertise across Avatar 3 / 4 / 5 development. Phantom CineMag IV solid-state mags, Phantom RCU + CineStation IV / Direct Recording, and high-speed-rated lighting (ARRI SkyPanel S360, Aputure LS 1200d Pro, Hi/Lo Genie towers at 5K-13K HMI) are standard.

Here is the short of it. WorkSafe NZ stunt and rig compliance, ACC universal accident insurance, Department of Conservation concessions for any conservation-estate high-speed work, and iwi/hapū consultation for filming on culturally major whenua are bundled into every booking. NZSPG 20% + 5% productivity uplift records runs through the The country Film Commission, with regional Screen Auckland, Screen Wellington, ChristchurchNZ Film, and Film Otago Southland coordination.