JetBlue Airlines recognizes the value of compelling video content and has its own in-house team of filmmakers dedicated to producing videos for internal and external distribution. Videographer Zack Caplan is a member of that team, and he has been putting Rosco’s LED solutions to work shooting a multitude of different projects in a variety of situations and locations for the airline.
One project Zack shot was a public service video that included shots both outside on an airport runway with the CEO of JetBlue, and inside the cockpit of one of JetBlue’s planes with a pilot. His lighting package included a Silk 210® LED soft light and the compact LitePad™ Vector CCT LED soft light – both equipped with V-Mount batteries, plus a RoscoLED® Tape Gaffer Kit.
“I turned on the Silk 210 and was truly impressed by its output,” said Zack. “We were shooting the CEO of JetBlue in the shade of a plane with a bright sunny day in the background, and the Silk 210 provided more than enough light to balance the background exposure.”
Working for an airline and shooting in locations that range from the runway, to the cargo hold of a plane, to tourism destinations around the world, Zack makes excellent use of the Silk 210 when power outlets aren’t easy to come by. He commented on how well it is designed to easily swap power sources from AC power to the V-Mount Battery packs.
“I’ve become very comfortable with the Silk 210 and use it at least twice a week now in many different situations,” noted Zack. “There’s a sense of reassurance I get from knowing that the Silk will provide an even source of balanced light – no matter if I’m in the cockpit with a pilot or shooting an office interview with an executive.”
When it came time to capture the scenes of the pilot in the cockpit, Zack needed compact light fixtures he could arrange in the confined cockpit space to balance the glaring daylight coming through the cockpit windows. He ended up squeezing a LitePad Vector in as the key light and stuck a 24” strip of Daylight RoscoLED Tape to the ceiling as a hairlight. Again, noting the lack of power sources in the cockpit, Zack appreciated that he could use V-mount batteries to run the LitePad Vector, and AA batteries to power the RoscoLED Tape strip.
The LitePad Vectors that Zack uses come out of the 2-Head LitePad Vector Backpack Kit, which includes two fixtures inside a durable backpack for on-the-go filmmaking. “The Vector Backpack Kit offers a huge advantage when it comes to airline travel,” said Zack. “Take it from someone who flies all the time for jobs – this kit offers an array of lighting options in a compact and airline-compliant size.”
About a quarter of the videos Zack shoots are in partnership with the JetBlue Marketing team. They recently worked in tandem on a stop-motion video debuting a new line of cookies the airline is offering as an in-flight snack choice.
Zack Caplan’s use of Rosco's LED solutions in his work for JetBlue is a perfect example how we want to work with all filmmakers to create something brilliant together. To watch more of JetBlue’s latest videos, visit their YouTube channel. For more information about the Rosco products Zack uses, visit the product pages for the Silk 210 LED soft light, the RoscoLED Tape Gaffer Kit and the 2-Head LitePad Vector Backpack Kit.
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