LOS ANGELES—I founded Wide+Close with partner and Eastside Camera Rental Owner, Ryley Fogg in 2019 after successfully integrating ARRI Cinema cameras with DTS fiber conversion systems into a traditional TV broadcast infrastructure. At the time, it was risky cutting-edge technology, but with ARRl’s support, it worked beautifully, and most importantly started us out on this journey.
I had been working with Ryley, who is also an extremely talented colorist/DIT on documentary, commercial, and live music projects over the past decade. After numerous music documentaries and live performances together, we decided to bring our methodology of filming for live-to-tape into the live-live space.
