Bertram Kropac

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Bertram "Berti" R. Kropac (* March 1976 in Fürth ) is a German cameraman , filmmaker and film producer and has been one of the pioneers of S3D and ultra-high resolution moving image production in German-speaking countries since 2010 .

Life

Already during his school days at the Hardenberg-Gymnasium in Fürth, Bertram Kropac was interested in the latest techniques for recording film images in the best possible way and for creative post-processing. Before he graduated from high school, he bought his first professional camera with a corresponding post-processing system.

After successfully completing school in 1996, the autodidact immediately worked as a freelance cameraman and editor . Initially, the clients were private television broadcasters such as VIVA Deutschland , RTL and Sat.1 for articles in their news and TV magazines. In addition, Kropac produced educational films a . a. on the subject of wound healing for the Johnson & Johnson company and worked for the Bavarian radio . He initially produced events reports for Adidas , TUI and Siemens , and from 1998 onwards, higher-budgeted image films were added.

In 1999, Kropac and his small company moved from Nuremberg to Berlin for three years . There he switched from analog image technology to a fully digital production method and then went to Cologne . In addition to the production of business films and camera work for TV reports, Kropac worked as a trainer for Digital Betacam and HDCAM ; for Sony , for example, he trained the personal cameramen of the Jordanian royal family and further trained the cameramen of Kazakh television. In 2009, Kropac finally moved into the historic Illuminati building in Ingolstadt and produced sophisticated business films primarily for Audi AG . He also gives specialist lectures on his experiences in Ultra HD image design.

Bertram Kropac has two children and lives mainly in Munich.

activity

Bertram Kropac was initially the cameraman for numerous prime time documentaries for ARD , ZDF , the Discovery Channel and the History Channel as well as for RTL, he was also responsible for the image design of the 35mm short film Night Train (2000). In the same year, Bertram Kropac made an image film about the first SUV from the sports car manufacturer Porsche : Development and design of the Porsche Cayenne and thus set his starting point as an expert in innovative moving image production for the automotive industry.

Bertram Kropac was particularly concerned with the new S3D image design and ultra high definition video in 4K to 8K resolution. These technologies were initially used in premium trade fair films: on the 20 meter wide LED presentation walls, the difference in quality between the high-resolution graphics generated entirely on the computer and the original film image became so clear that the Ultra HD format was also required for real image production; in the stereoscopic area also with double the data volume. In this respect, Kropac initially shot the majority of his technically innovative films for industry, especially for the Volkswagen Group and for Audi: for example, in 2013 the realization of the world's first 3D exhibition film for the automotive industry. The premiere of the new Audi A3, driven by DTM champion Mike Rockenfeller , took place at the Geneva Motor Show on a 3D LED wall measuring over 40 square meters.

Parallel to the three-dimensional film technology Berti Kropac trod the path to Ultra HD technology up to 8K images using special cameras and editing suites for native 4K post-production: For Sky Germany Bertram Kropac led the first test shoot in future Ultra HD TV format using the example of the Bundesliga match of FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund on December 1st, 2012. The following year he designed the Ultra HD images for the Audi A8 for the IAA .

Although the profitability of the new video technology could initially only be ensured with industrial film productions, Berti Kropac continued to work as a cameraman for television projects in the nature, adventure and sports genres. Including: So much do you live (2008), 75 min. For ARD and for ZDF as part of Adventure Knowledge : CERN - the world's largest experiment also as part of the Terra X expedition into the unknown - wild planet: Vesuvius powder keg and danger for Lisbon and 2009: earthquake alarm in Tokyo . In the following year he accompanied Markus Lanz for the 45-minute ZDF documentary Sehnsucht nach Greenland .

In Austria, Kropac produced a 90-minute HD movie about Harry Berger's first rope-free single ascent of the 270 meter high supervisor in Pongau . Supervisor - Solo in the Ice (2011) is about ice climbing on one of the most difficult waterfalls in the world. After three years of preparation and in joint direction with his wife Kerstin, Berti Kropac shed light on the personal backgrounds and motivations of mountaineer Harry Berger and accompanied his extreme climbing tour up close.

By the end of 2013, Kropac's filmography as a cameraman comprised around 20 television productions. In addition, there are more than 200 business films produced at trade fairs and the like. a. can be used in Shanghai, Las Vegas, Detroit, Paris, Geneva as well as in showrooms or in-house communication channels.

At the beginning of 2014, Bertram Kropac was engaged in the production of ultra-sharp 8K recordings of the so-called Big Five in South Africa.

useful information

The mountaineer Harry Berger portrayed in Supervisor - Solo in the ice is not identical with the multiple world champion in ice climbing Harald Berger, who died in a fatal accident on December 20, 2006 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ With 4K from the advertising and television industry. (No longer available online.) Film to TV video archived from the original on March 6, 2014 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.film-tv-video.de
  2. ↑ 300 visitors to the 4K events of Wellen and Noethen. Press release, accessed March 4, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Making of 3D film for the Audi A3. Audi block, accessed March 6, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Television's Next Revolution: 4K Ultra-HDTV And Beyond. MIPTV Showcases, accessed on February 21, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Sky is testing sports production in 4K, Ultra HD for the first time. (No longer available online.) Cinematographer, archived from the original on January 15, 2014 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kameramann.de
  6. ↑ Kropac Media delivers trade fair film for Audi with 4K technology. Automobile Events, accessed February 21, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Kropac stages Audi in Ultra HD. One to One, accessed March 5, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Film tip. (No longer available online.) Austrian Mountain Rescue Service, archived from the original on March 10, 2014 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bergrettung-salzburg.at
  9. ↑ official homepage. Harald Berger, accessed March 6, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Kropac, Bertram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kropac, Berti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman, filmmaker, film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth