George Jefferies 2/27/23 George Jefferies 2/27/23

Lighting camera operator for BECL Corporate Video

A corporate video about testing construction materials for BECL.

It was great working as a lighting camera operator and drone pilot with Christina and the teams from Cast Laboratories Singapore and Cast Laboratories Cambodia to produce this corporate video for Board of Engineers Cambodia Laboratory (BECL).

The video highlights the work that BECL do to emphasize the importance of testing and ensure safety standards in both existing and new structures in the burgeoning Cambodian construction market. This is an increasingly important job as the construction boom in Phnom Penh and many areas of Cambodia shows little sign of slowing down.

The corporate video demonstrates the tests Cast Laboratories do in Cambodia, including compression strength testing of concrete, testing steel and concrete in a non-destructive way, rebar tensile testing and many more of the services they provide.

My work as a lighting camera operator included working with two, Apurture C300D ii lights and 2 LED panels to give the video clean, even lighting to highlight the technical processes. Overall the client was very happy with the quality of the images I shot. The variety I provided them with allowed them to create split-screen segments in post-production to add dynamism to the final video. You can see another corporate video I shot here and more examples of my camera work here.

Here are some behind the scenes (BTS) photos of me in action:

George lighting and filming 2, BECL employees testing a concrete beam

BTS of George lighting and filming a gimbal shot of the BECL reception

George filming a render test outside BECL offices in Phnom Penh

Behind the scenes filming a rebar test at BECL's lab

Filming a gimbal shot of engineers entering the BECL offices

Filming an image of a BECL worker analyzing data on a computer

Filming a test to make sure windows are waterproof outside Board of Engineers Cambodia's lab

Filming 2 BECL engineers giving the thumbs up for a corporate video

Lighting and filming 2 engineers conducting tests on a building site in Phnom Penh for a corporate video

BTS of George working as a lighting camera operator on a concrete test in BECL's laboratory

George working as a lighting camera operator filming non-destructive steel testing on a building site in Phnom Penh

George filming a wide shot of non-destructive steel testing on a building site in Phnom Penh for a corporate video

Filming an engineer preparing rebar for a tensile strength test in the laboratory

BTS of George working as a videographer filming a test in BECL's lab in Cambodia

George Jefferies 3/29/21 George Jefferies 3/29/21

Aerial Drone Photography of salt flats in Tamil Nadu, India

Looking back through the archives, I found some drone photography of the salt flats outside Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. I was lucky enough to get to travel there while working as a videographer for Wild Frontiers. I like the lines and the geometrical shapes of the salt flats when seen from above.

I often use the drone to shoot video and take photographs as a afterthought. I plan to spend more time looking at the creative possibilities and using drone to focus solely on aerial photography.

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George Jefferies 5/7/20 George Jefferies 5/7/20

Innovations Against Poverty – An NGO video for SNV

I was commissioned to work as a videographer on this video showcasing the support that SNV provide to entrepreneurs in Cambodia.

The video focusses on WeVenture, a startup that provides clean, piped, drinking water to people living in Prek Chik commune. It was great to see how providing this water to people has a positive impact on their lives in many ways. Hopefully, WeVenture will expand their operations, as planned, and provide safe water to people all over Cambodia.

George Jefferies 5/7/20 George Jefferies 5/7/20

Cambodia Run Challenge, an NGO video

It was great to team up with TGF again to work as a videographer for the Cambodia Run Challenge at the end of 2019.

Mark, Alex and Johnny did a great job and raised much needed funds for TGF. As TGF is a small NGO a large percentage of the money reaches the beneficiaries, so it’s definitely a worthwhile cause. To find about more about the 2020 edition, check out the Cambodia Run website.

George Jefferies 4/27/20 George Jefferies 4/27/20

360º aerial video and photo panoramas for Rulai

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I was commissioned by Rulai to shoot 8 video and 8 360º photo panoramas of 2 condos that are being built in BKK1, Phnom Penh.

I used a drone to photograph the images at the exact height of the 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th floors to show prospective clients the view they will have, before the condo has been built.

I stitched the images together, lined all the images up so they had the same centre point, made all the images the same size, cloned in sections that were missing and colour graded all the images.

It would be great to do more this kind of project. I’m also interested in mounting a 360º camera to the drone and shooting VR video from the skies.