Music Video - GH1, FD primes

[Joe Shaw]

Hi guys. This is the latest thing I have shot with the GH1-

http://www.joe-shaw.co.uk/2009/10/sh...t-music-video/

It was shot mostly with Canon FD primes, but also with some stock lens. More details on the site.

Hope you like it and if you have any questions, please feel free to comment.

Cheers,

Joe

[Martti Ekstrand]

Great song and the video works perfectly with it. Images are top-notch. A tip of my bowler to you sir!

[Joe Shaw]

Cheers Martti, I appreciate it. Still working my way to getting the best out of this little camera - but enjoying it.

[Soroush Shahrokni]

Awesome, loved the footage. Can you tell us a little about your camera settings and lenses used etc?

Great work!

[Joe Shaw]

I used the following Canon FD primes - 28 2.8, 50 1.4, 100 2.8 and the stock lens. I shot in smooth mode with all manual settings. Various ISO's. Mostly natural light but with some reflectors and for the car stuff a cheap portable fluorescent.

[yabyum]

Beautiful... some of the sharpest looking stuff I've seen coming out the GH1! I'm putting the 28 2.8 and 100 2.8 on my to get list right now. Already have the 50 1.4

How did you focus? Did you utilize that auto zoom in focus thing the GH1 has?

[sammysammy]

wow, amazing man, great job, how much did you slow down this in post? i mean, it looks like it was a bit, the only thing i didnt like here was the singer, in the parts where he is singing, he didnt look like he is into it in alot of the singing shots..that shot where he is walking from far is perfect..


ok, im sorry , i just saw on your page that you did slow it down..

[Joe Shaw]

@yabyum The 28 2.8 is the least useful I've found, also not the greatest lens. The 100mm is really nice though. Focus was using the built in magnifier on the GH1. I also used the sock-loupe for a few shots which worked pretty well.

@sammysammy Yep - slowed down a lot of it by 50% in post.

[sammysammy]

jshaw, which shots did you use the 28mm and the 100mm for? thanks

[Oedipax]

Great looking shots, very well done! Lovely grading too.

What was your ISO like on the night driving shots? And what kind of slider/dolly rig did you have for some of the daytime shots?

[Joe Shaw]

jshaw, which shots did you use the 28mm and the 100mm for? thanks

Sorry, but I'm struggling to remember.. It was mostly the 50mm. I shot some of the carstuff on the 28 - but not sure if I used that footage. Maybe a couple of shots in the house. 100mm I used on the street shots. The thing about the 28 is obviously it's not that wide with the crop factor, so I would end up using the stock lens instead.

[Joe Shaw]

Great looking shots, very well done! Lovely grading too.

What was your ISO like on the night driving shots? And what kind of slider/dolly rig did you have for some of the daytime shots?

Appreciate the comments on the grade. Spent a long time trying to get it right. Very tough. ISO on driving shots was up to 800. The lens was a 1.4.

Slider was the DIY Zaza slider as detailed in the DIY thread on this very site...!

[danielisaiah]

Great Video Joe!!!!

Im looking at doing a music video with a few friends and I was wondering how you acheived a few things....

1) How did you mount the camera on the hood of the car while it was in motion (or was it mounted just inside the windsheild of the dashboard? how did you stablize it?

2) How are syncing the song the person singing it? Do you layout the song on the timeline and edit to that or do you use another method?

3) can you post the link to the DIY zaza dolly forum.....

[Joe Shaw]

Great Video Joe!!!!

Im looking at doing a music video with a few friends and I was wondering how you acheived a few things....

1) How did you mount the camera on the hood of the car while it was in motion (or was it mounted just inside the windsheild of the dashboard? how did you stablize it?

2) How are syncing the song the person singing it? Do you layout the song on the timeline and edit to that or do you use another method?

3) can you post the link to the DIY zaza dolly forum.....

1) Hague suction mount - (http://www.b-hague.co.uk/hague_doubl..._mount_sm4.htm) One shot on the bonnet and some inside the car mounted to the side window - made possible by the small size and rotating screen of the camera.

2) Had playback on set and then just dropped that onto the timeline and cut to it.

3) Slider thread - http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=145701

[PappasArts]

JShaw,

Did you set the custom settings in smooth mode like detail, contrast, noise reduction etc to anything or just keep it at 0 in the middle?