With the announcment of the upcoming digital Bolex this short film I shot on a Bolex 16mm came into my mind.

Back in 1997 I shot and produced this film together with Rino Gouw. Shot on location in Berlin and Rotterdam.

Directed by Rino Gouw
Shot and produced by Rino Gouw and Hugo Goudswaard
Music composed by Mark Ritsema
Music performed and arranged by Spasmodique
Monoloque by Lorenz Obleser
Sound Editor Geert van Schoot

Directors Cut
Animated book promo. TUDORS – PETER ACKROYD’S A HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL 1
Animated by Hugo Goudswaard
Audio postproduction by Hugo Goudswaard
Artwork by Thomas Lacey
Thanks to Larna Pantrey-Mayer

Commissioned by Crush Creative UK

Recorded in february 2012, free MP3 from the live video.

Ctrl click to save to your hard disk –>> SPASMODIQUE BARACUDA

Have a new passion. Anamorphic lenses. Tried a few, created some video’s. Now started a vimeo channel with the best anamorphic video’s in the world!

You can subscribe and visit the channel here: http://vimeo.com/channels/anamorph

Shot & directed by Hugo Goudswaard.

Unique performance by the legendary underground band SPASMODIQUE.

Original song ‘Baracuda’ is from the album Cellar of Roses. (1987)

SPASMODIQUE is one of my favorite bands from the eighties and nineties, that’s why I asked them to perform one of my favorite songs ‘Baracuda’.
Thanks to Mark and Arjo they did a one time unique performance in front of my camera.

In honor of the silver jubilee of the Rotterdam based music club Rotown, SPASMODIQUE will reunite for the first time in nine years for a show on Sunday April the 29th 2012. The celebrating club will also release a vinyl compilation of the best of Spasmodique.

SPASMODIQUE are:
Vocals: Mark Ritsema
Guitar: Arjo Hijmans
Drums: Reinier Rietveld
Bass: Martin Docters Van Leeuwen

Tech info:
This isn’t cropped footage! It’s real anamorphic!
Shot with a vintage anamorphic Sankor 16C
Attached to a vintage Canon FD 50mm 1.4
Panasonic GH2

Audio recorded with a Zoom H4N. (great device!)
Guitar recorded in stereo with the H4N.
Voice recorded with a Cardiod Condenser Microphone Studio Projects B1

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Shot, edited and directed by Hugo Goudswaard.

It’s been freezing for few weeks now. But now, the thaw has come.
Extreme Macro Extravaganza.

Shot with a Panasonic GH2

Lenses:
NANOHA 5X ultra macro lens.
Voigtländer 25mm with SLR Magic Macro Extension Tube.

Music: Nicolas Jaar – Colomb itunes.apple.com/nl/album/space-is-only-noise/id488873549

EYE film presenteert Celluloid Remix 2: Found Footage.

Eye film stelt bijzondere filmfragmenten uit de jaren ‘20/’30 online beschikbaar!

Deelnemers aan de contest kunnen ofwel de fragmenten downloaden en met eigen software remixen, ofwel gebruik maken van de speciaal ontwikkelde online remixtool die op de website beschikbaar is. Inzenders maken kans op prijzen als €750 aan hardware/software naar keuze en vertoning van hun film op het grote doek in het nieuwe spectaculaire EYE-gebouw. Inzenden kan tot 25 april 2012.

Meer info op http://celluloidremix.openbeelden.nl/

Like to share my 16mm anamorphic set up because to many people is is not clear how these lenses are attached. This is a set up with a Sankor 16C anamorphic.

I also tried the Sankor together with a Canon FD 50mm 1.4. Then it is slightly vignetting. Together with the Voigtländer 25mm in crop mode is working well but not as wide as with the Helios 58mm. So here’s the list:

#Lightcraft fader ND (Very useful when shooting outside)

#Redstan front filter clamp (Front Sankor has no thread, thats why you need this for attaching diopters or ND)

#The Sankor 16C (16mm anamorphic projection lens)

#Redstan anamorphic lens clamp (I have been told these are one of the best)

#Helios M42 58mm (very cheap vintage russian lens, check eBay)

#Adapter M42 to Micro 4/3 (I bought one that does not push aperture pin of Helios, when not pushed you cannot control aperture and lens is fully open all the time, so try to buy an adapter pushed this pin!)

#Piece of pencil eraser is used to keep the aperture pin of the Helios, inside the mount, in. (this solves the aperture pin problem)

#GH2

The wetlands in The Netherlands.

Shot, edited and directed by Hugo Goudswaard

Music: De Kift – Eeuwige Bewonderaar itun.es/iSj2WL #iTunes

Tech info:
Shot with a Anamorphic Sankor 16C
Attached to a Helios M42 58mm
M42 MFT adpater
Lightcraft fader ND
Camera: Panasonic GH2

Official music video for Holland Elektro.

Shot, edited and directed by Hugo Goudswaard
Assisted by Basha de Bruijn

Holland Elektro are:

Eric Lensink – Human Resources
Rude Swearing – Aftersales
Bas de Vries – Customer Service
Jeroen Overman – Sales Manager

The Vacuum Cleaner Lady – Margriet Oehlenschläger

Many thanks to:
De Haan Electrotechniek (“Die schakel je in”)
Concordia

Shot on a GH2

Lenses used:
Canon FD 50mm 1.4
Voigtländer 25mm 0.95
Noktor Hyperprime 12mm 1.6

Shot at the west coast of Holland. Maasvlakte. Creating future land.

Created to test the big 35mm ISCO Gottingen Anamorphotic Kiptar 2x. It seems to be a rare lens. Have not found any footage shot with this lens. If you did, let me know.

I did not have the right clamps yet to attach it to my Canon FD 50mm so in several shots you can see it’s not in the exact right position. But when it is, the lens is razor sharp, all the way to the edges!

Animation I created for KPN

Agency Do Company

Created in After Effects

Recently I have become interested in anamorphic lenses. The anamorphic lens captures the image looking as if it had been stretched vertically. This distortion is then reversed in edit or with projection, resulting in a wider aspect ratio on-screen than that of the frame as recorded on film or digital media. So recording stretched, then de-stretch to get all that image info into the de-stretched image… Following me?
Classic movies like Jaws, Pulp Fiction, Alien or Startrek are recorded with anamorphics.
Today these lenses and this technique can also be used with Digital camera’s like the Canon Mark 5D, or the Panasonic GH2. There are many, many different lenses. Some are rubbish, some are excellent. The squeeze factor is different depending on the type of anamorphic. The purpose of this all is to get a nice widescreen image with shallow depth of field, nice horizontal flare, stretched bokeh and a classic film look.

Andrew from EOSHD wrote a ‘book’ about anamorphics with lots of useful information. You can find it here: http://www.eoshd.com/anamorphic-guide

Till now I managed to get 2 lenses. One originally for 35mm The ISCO Gottingen Anamorphotic Kiptar 2x and one for 16mm, the Sankor 16C. These lenses have to be positioned in front of your ‘normal’ lens. You will need clamps and other stuff to get those anamorphics at the right position on front of your taking lens. Not an easy job. Still working on right clamps and ways to attach the anamorphics the proper way.

I will keep you updated about my experiences!

Music video shot, edited and directed by Hugo Goudswaard.

Acoustic live performance by Maurits Westerik (GEM)
Unique version of Thunder Lightning.

From the album Hunters Go Hungry.

Check: huntersgohungry.com/

Shot on a GH2
Lens Canon FD 50mm 1.4
Lenswhacked.

Live acoustic music video for Nancy Brick.
Shot, directed and edited by Hugo Goudswaard.

Nancy Brick are Rieneke Batelaan and Ron Valeri

Check nancybrick.nl for info and bookings

Shot with no artificial light. Just candles.

Tech info:

Camera GH2 (hacked 44mb/s)
Iso in between 600 and 1200
Lenses:
Canon FD 50mm 1.4
Voigtländer 25 mm 0.95
Audio recorded with a Zoom H4N. (great device!)
Guitar recorded in stereo with the H4N.
Voice recorded with a Cardioid Condenser Microphone Studio Projects B1
Light: about 50 candles.

Proud to announce that my short ‘Marble Lab’ will be screened at the 404 International Festival of Art & Technology in Argentina. The festival is an independent non-profit organization whose main objective is to promote and spread artistic productions around the world in the eld of electronic art. Over its many editions, it has received support of high level organisations, such as UNESCO, the Mondriaan Foundation, The Council of Quebec and the Secretariat of the Presidency of Argentina among many others. It has also had the participation of hundreds
of artists in different disciplines from around the world.

The Festival is on december 16 in Argentina and my short ‘Marble Lab’ will be show amongst other work from great artist I admire like BIF (UK), Pepermelon (Argentina), Arev Manoukian (Canada), Polynoid (Germany)

Created this crappy little video to give some more info about the Nanoha ultra macro lens and about how I created ‘Deep Inside’. Hope it’s useful info. See the original video over here: http://www.beeldlab.nl/deep-inside/

Extreme Macro Extravaganza.

Shot with a Panasonic GH2.

Lenses:
NANOHA 5X ultra macro lens.
Voigtländer 25mm with SLR Magic Macro Extension Tube.

Music:
Blackfilm – Eastern.

Official music video for Camryn. Teenstar Camryn is a popular 12 year old vocal powerhouse from the USA. Commissioned by 5280 Media Los Angeles Thanks to Jeffrey Pringle and Alexandria Cholewinski Created in Cinema 4D and After Effects

Corfu Unlimited Villa and Yacht rental.

More info about the beautiful villa and great yacht from my brother and sister in law can be found on:

corfuunlimited.com

Me and my family spend a week in their Villa and Yacht.

Shot on a hacked Panasonic GH2 and a GoPro

Lenses:
Voigtländer 25 mm 0.95
Noktor 12mm 1.6

Used a Glidetrack