Broadway Idiot |Independent

Follow Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong as he journeys from Madison Square Gardens to Broadway - 8 blocks and a world away. Filmed over three years, Broadway Idiot is a feature length documentary about how the hit record American Idiot was translated into a musical.

It's a rare insight into the machinations of Broadway, but at the heart of this film is the personal story of a punk rock star who finds himself drawn into the world of theater. It's an experience that ultimately transforms not only American Idiot, but also Billie Joe Armstrong himself.

This is one of the most challenging films I've worked on. Wrestling hundreds of hours of rushes into a rough cut, and then unravelling the real story in this material has been an inspiring process.

Visit the website to watch the trailer and read more about this project.

Celtic Christmas |WGBH

The 5D has been in action again. This still is a grab from a timelapse of the Majestic theatre filling. Clamped to a speaker rig in the gods, this is what the superwide 14mm f/2.8 was made for.

Vietnam Moto Beep Beep |Independent

With Hanoi's economy booming, its residents find themselves with cash to spare. One of the first things they're doing is customising their motos with colour, decals & seat covers from Louis Vuitton to Hello Kitty.

This story emerged from four weeks of walking the streets of Hanoi with the 5D and a backpack of gear.

You can read more about shooting this way and watch the film online.

Power Surge |NOVA (PBS)

Whether you're worried about climate change, or you're worried about fossil fuels running out, everyone is agreed: we need to shift where we get our energy from. By tapping the sun, capturing carbon and reexamining nuclear, can science come up with technologies to fuel our future?

The shot above is from a sequence on the impact of oil-guzzling planes on Co2 levels. It's filmed with a 100mm macro lense peering through a wine glass of balsamic vinegar and peanut oil sitting on top of a laptop playing the airline clip.

Building the Great Cathedrals |NOVA (PBS)

Encoded in gothic cathedrals in France, experts are discovering dimensions ripped straight from the pages of the Bible. Seeing God as the divine geometer, did medieval engineers try to literally build heaven on earth?

The pictures in this doc are breathtaking - the above still is a composite of several frame grabs from a crane shot that begins with a close up of our contributor explaining structure and ends with the vaulted ceiling.

I colour corrected Cathedrals in Apple's Color. This extraordinary plug-in rescued a number of underexposed shots. Take a look at the before/afters.