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Curt Morgan and Jared Slater of Brain Farm were both awarded Emmy’s for their cinematography for Nat Geos show Great Migrations. They were working with the Cineflex and Phantom HD to capture the migration of Wyoming’s Pronghorn. You can see the footage in the Race to Survive Episode. Read more below about the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

National Geographic Channel, PBS and Discovery Channel emerged as multiple winners at the 32nd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards held last night in New York City.

Discovery Channel’s First Life with David Attenborough from Atlantic Productions claimed the award for outstanding nature programming, as well as nods for writing and graphic design and art direction.

PBS strands ‘POV’ and ‘Independent Lens’ brought in several honors for the public broadcaster, with Robert Kenner’s Food Inc. named best documentary and also getting the prize for outstanding informational programming – long form.

Presumed Guilty from filmmakers Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith, also airing on ‘POV,’ received the award for outstanding investigative journalism – long form, while another ‘POV’ doc, Landon von Soest’s Good Fortune, was honored for outstanding business and economic reporting – long form.

National Geographic Channel’s Restrepo: Afghan Outpost, directed by Sebastian Junger and the late Tim Hetherington, took awards for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story – long form, and a craft award for editing. NGC’s epic natural history series Great Migrations (pictured) took the honors in cinematography for a nature program….

Read more: http://realscreen.com/2011/09/27/nat-geo-pbs-discovery-channel-take-multiple-news-documentary-emmys/#ixzz1bKiVguwe

Brain Farm worked on the latest World of Red Bull commercial spot earlier this year thats now airing in the US and globally. Red Bull commissioned Curt Morgan to direct and Brain Farm to produce a 3D commercial spot to air in 3D theaters and on TV this spring. The subject; the talented Ashley Fiolek, a young motocross phenom who rallies through the Zaca Station MotoX track, then signs to the camera Welcome to my world, the world of Red Bull. Ashley is completely lacking her hearing but is one of the best female moto riders in the world.

We shot the spot with Paradise FX 3D rigs using RED One cameras. The POV was shot using IndieCam’s POV system. Brain Farm took it a step further and contracted Mark Chapman and crew from CableCam to run the RED stereo rig on a 2000 foot cable across the track to get the intimate follow shots through jump and berm features. For the chase shots we used the Ultimate Arm on the Mercedes camera chase car. All the aerials were shot with Brain Farm’s Cineflex V14 system. Brain Farm did all post production on the spot and worked with E3D Creative for all the 3D conversions and conform. The spot is now airing in 2D on ESPN, TBS, TNT, MTV and other networks. It will begin airing in 3D cinema this May in front of Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Thor, and The Priest.

All shot with Brain Farm’s Cineflex V14 camera system and a custom made JH Tram mount. Take a ride…….

Brain Farm Digital Cinema – Jackson Hole Tram from Brain Farm on Vimeo.

Visa Black Card recently released their newest national TV ad campaign featuring a female “James Bond” type character and the finest in luxury props. Brain Farm Digital Cinema produced the campaign top to bottom as well as did all post production. Directed by Curt Morgan, the commercials were shot all digital using the Sony F35, Cineflex V14 and Phantom Gold. Special thanks to Donna Feldman who is the amazing model that gave the commercial the perfect flare. The spots are now airing on Fox, Travel Channel, NBC, Bloomberg and more. You can also see the campaign on YouTube. Stay tuned for the next installment of the Black Card adventure coming out Fall 2010.

Photos by John Schnack