For Immediate Release
July 31, 2010
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Chris Gaunt, Marketing Director, HD Camera Rentals
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HD Camera Rentals Provides Cameras and Custom Equipment for Danny Boyle's Upcoming Film, 127 Hours
HD Camera Rentals DIT Michael Mansouri remained on location throughout Utah shoot, providing assistance to famed cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle and his crew
LOS ANGELES (July 28, 2010) – Academy Award-winning cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle used custom equipment, accessories, leading-edge cameras and expertise provided by HD Camera Rentals (www.hdcamerarentals.com) for the filming of the upcoming movie, 127 Hours.Mantle, who won the Academy Award for his cinematography on Slumdog Millionaire, shot the film on location in Utah earlier this year.
HD Camera Rentals, led by DIT Michael Mansouri and his brother Bobby Mansouri, built innovative rigs and provided equipment and cameras, including the SI-2K MINI sensor and Canon EOS-1D Mark IV.
L.A.-based HD Camera Rentals is a full-service rental house offering the latest digital cameras and equipment and providing creative, flexible and affordable solutions for any sized project. For 127 Hours, Michael Mansouri remained on location throughout the shoot to provide assistance to Mantle and his crew.
The highly-anticipated film, starring James Franco and Amber Tamblyn, will be released later this year. Director Danny Boyle’s first film since winning the Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours tells the true story of Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who had to amputate his own arm with a dull knife after a 2003 hiking accident.
Those who have attended early test screenings of the film described Mantle’s cinematography as “beautiful” and “inventive.”
“My appreciation for Anthony’s skill only deepened after seeing him up close and watching how he works,” Mansouri said. “We at HD Camera Rentals were honored to be a part of this film. Anthony had used the SI-2K with fantastic results during the filming of Slumdog. We helped him solve some issues and find new ways to utilize the camera and take it even further. The results are going to be amazing.”
HD Camera Rentals, established in 2005, is a full-service rental house focused on customer service by offering leading-edge cameras and equipment and providing creative, flexible and affordable solutions for any sized project, whether a feature film, commercial, corporate identity package or music video. Located at 4117 W. Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles, the firm can outfit an entire shoot, including camera packages and a full range of supporting accessories as well as a staff of experienced technicians. HD Camera Rentals can be reached at (323) 737 1314 or info@hdcamerarentals.com, and online at www.hdcamerarentals.com. Find HD Camera Rentals on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hdcamerarentals.
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