Johan Sandklef

He has taken the video off youtube and said it was a mistake, by the video editor. Johan

Hello everyone. Just wanted you to know that there is this french asshole calling himself Cedric Cousin, that is using my and I know other collegues videoclips to his own "demo tape" I got this from a collegue in France. You can watch it on: youtube.com/watch?v=FnIVXt8do0 and he´s using almost 100% stolen videos into his video. His email is : ccousin887@gmail.com if you like to send him a note. What a guy!!!! All the best Johan Sandklef

Hi there again, no I usually do both zoom and focus myself and I´m using the original cinema products J-7 zoom control which I bought 3 of them just before they ended production of them. then I have a couple of Bebob Zoe controlls as well, they are a little bit "ruffer" but very good quality. For focus I have a home made system that I attache to the zoom control, but most of the times I go without focus control, I just like it better to "prepare" for each shot and put the focus onthe distance where I make the zoom in. Works fine whith a Canon J-11 which is in good light pretty friendly in the focus area. Then in the recent swedish Grand Prix tour (6 weeks of live shows) I had the a wireless remote focus system, and I had a focus puller standing with a monitor and a clear view of me on the side, and it worked fantastic. We got so syncronised together and could do a lot of nice stuff so I think it was aa good trend, I will probably have it on the swedish Idol, and definately on the next years Grand Prix and the Eurovision song contest in Serbia- I´m sorry but the real name on the video link system is not Linx, it used to be but know it is called link and their homepage is linkres.co.uk go to support and then click on hire rentals and you have a lot of companies all over the world that rent this babies. Here in sweden I got told by Mattias that we have 10 systems which 2 of them are HD. And we use them for all kinds of shows ,as I said i havn´t use my cable for the last 3 years on any show. There are some with return video but not all of them. So here in Sweden and Norway, Denmark as well we use these systems all the time and the producers love it because you can move around everywhere and it costs about 700 dollars a day to hire here in scandinavia=the price of 2 guys to handle the cable. Good luck with the wireless stuff Johan

Hi guys, thanks alot. In these clips I´m using a Sony cam with a Canon J11, and a Linx wireless transmitter. I´m always using the Linx system beacause the audiodelay is less than a frame and they never fail. I first got in contact with it in the eurovision song contest Riga 2003 and been in love with it since. It takes almost no power wich is good since I don´t have to use an extra battery and use my power from the steadi instead. The camera control can see no difference a cable cam or the linx system so it´s very sweet. It´s just a little bit heavier than with operating with the cable but hey it´s fantastic to run without cables. I havn´t used cables for teh last 3 years and my motivation to the producers which are paying is that to do this kind of work oyu need at least 2 or maybe 3 cable assistants and they cost the same or sometimes more than the linx to hire. I don´t know who makes them but in sweden we have about 7 systems and one company that have them are HoF, and their homepage is hof.se I think, and talk to Mattias sellfors he knows where to get them, he is the specialist in the Linx system here.Sometimes I get the luxury to have a remote focus as well but only in the bigger shows. Good luck friends regards Johan Sandklef

I rec´d so many sms and mail regarding eurovision song contest that I have to clarify, I did NOT do the Eurovision song contest in Athen this year, it was a german team. Thanks johan

Right on Matt! Johan

Hi Doug, I ´ve been doing live shows almost twice a week for 10 years including eurovision song contest 4 times, and I almost never agree too go with a cable (triax) Try to get a link called LINX, it´s a broadcast link system that really works, and if they ask about the price it is about the same as for 2 "triax cable asistants" (500 euro) and believe me you need at least that otherwise your cable will be stuck everywhere. First of all Marks advices are ecential, (tally+intercom etc... ) Bring lots of black t-shirts, and as I do on Eurovision I take a shower in between the dress rehearsels because your undies will get sooking weat as well so bring extras there too. Also check how the lightning is done, they use follow spots on these events and they are usually to low wich means big shadows if you are shooting on stage in front of them, I always talk to the light crew so they have the spots as high as possible, (usually have to zoom in when passing in front) also try to listen to the music and "dance" around them, it´s very nice to get a flow with the music even if they babbling in the intercom, try to cut that out and listen to the music and move with it! It is a lot of fun and you will love it, GOOD LUCK!! Johan

Hi and thanks for these nice comments, It was a remote behind the scene, and it was 2 cranes in front of the stage plus a railcam above the scene, then a remote railcam behind the front audience. Then there was a number of other cranes and rails.I was alone on the steadicam, operating both in the pit and on stage, and it was hard work, we did about 500 song numbers in 11 days including rehearsals and dress rehearsals for the semifinal and the final, so I lost about 5 kilos during that period. We were 5 cameramen from sweden operating the steadi, 2 front cranes, close up, the railcam and ukraine cameras did the others. It was funny Joe mentioned if I use drugs, I don´t, I have some beer and a couple of cigarettes in the evenings, that is what I need then I get into the zone during the days and don´t feel any fatigue at all, I don´t know how it´s possible but that´s the way I work. Anyway thanks again for the nice words and hope to meet some of you sometime. Best Regards Johan Sandklef johan@sandklef.se