StormStock founder wins ‘Best Cinematography’ for 16K film

Published April 1, 2020

ARLINGTON, Texas - Prairie Pictures cinematographer and StormStock founder Martin Lisius was awarded ‘Best Cinematography’ honors at this month’s International Innovation Film Festival in Bern, Switzerland. The award was presented for his short film “Prairie Wind,” which he shot and produced on 16K video, a new media format he developed. The film features storms he captured over a three-month period in America’s ‘Tornado Alley’ region of the Great Plains. “Storms offer us a glimpse of what our world once was, and inspires us to protect and preserve what remains," Lisius said.  “I wanted to create a medium as large as the sky. 16K offers the tremendous resolution depth needed to pull that off.

Lisius shot the production utilizing two Canon EOS 5DS 50-megapixel cameras. During post-production, 12,000 stills were stitched together to create one 15,985 x 5792-pixel image using a Mac Pro workstation. Each shot required 5 days to prepare, with the computer running around the clock.

 The International Innovation Film Festival is a creative program dedicated to highlighting innovations that redefine how stories are told. Combining expert presentations about leading-edge technologies, the festival presents thought-provoking films from around the world.

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