GH2 on Worldwide Stage! #1 most viewed video on youtube (today)

MattRobertson

MattRobertson

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Been a crazy last few days! Me and my buddy filmed this video for a poem he wrote, and put it up on the 10th at 7pm and it has got over 5 million views now, and was the #1 most viewed video on youtube today. It was on the front page of AOL, was tweeted by Matt Barkley (USC QB), and was trending on twitter on and off, and was the #1 most shared video on facebook and blogs today. Needless to say, we weren't expecting THAT big of a response, and I thought i'd share our vid with you guys.

Content aside (don't want this to be a debate thread of any sorts), this was the first video i've had the honor to film with the GH2, and was definitely a good learning experience. I used the GH2 for the steadicam merlin angles, the main mid shot, and the closeup, and used the HMC for the others. We ran the audio through a the HMC with a sennheiser g3 set and a sanken cos-11d lav. I used a nikon 50mm for both the closeup and the mid with the GH2, and used the kit lens for the steadicam (since I don't have a wide yet).

This was only running at the cbradin 44mb's patch (hadn't tested the other patches at all, and was in a rush before filming this so just went with something I KNEW would work perfect and span). I'm running the latest driftwood now however.

Definitely could have matched the HMC and the GH2 better in camera, made it a HUGE hassle when color grading. But they actually don't look to bad cut together (thought it would be horribly noticable).

Edited in FCP and Graded in Magic Bullet Looks.

Never been so amped to improve the quality of my videography now that things are really starting to pick up. GH2 is one badddd boy. I've never been 'blown away' with DSLR footage untill I saw hacked footage from the GH2. I bought it the day I saw driftwood's 1st reel, and there's no turning back now :)

http://youtu.be/1IAhDGYlpqY

Enjoy!
 
Good stuff! Message aside (which is subjective to all watching) , a finely produced, nicely scored piece. Good angles, nice editing pace and the talent has talent. The lettering worked. Nicely done.
 
Saw this recently and liked it... Thought it was brilliant, even more so now that I know the lovely GH2 was involved. As a Christian filmmaker too, I sincrely appreciate this and this is the kind of spirt and intention that's going to be behind my feature. It's the kind of message that's full of hope and warmth and love, and not scorn and condemnation... Who the crap, wants to listen to that? And it's so true that Jesus got in fights and arguments mostly with the religious and certainly there's a lot of them today....


Cheers and congrats and much success on future endeavors cause every bit of positive press is good press, because there's always going to be enough bad news about this message!
 
Very nice. Not completely sure which shots are which. I really liked the skin tone and bricks behind in the locked down, I guess mid shot. I think the shot up with a lot of sky looked more video-e. If that was with the other camera.

With all debate of which camera is best, clearly the Gh-2 footage is as good as anything I see on TV or big budget commercials.

What was the real wide shot. The colors don't look as good.
 
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Excellent production. Do more. We need more excellent productions like yours and definitively need the message. 15M+ hits as of today. Strike again while the iron is hot.

Pretty awesome to discover today that your vid was shot on the GH2. Cool stuff sir!
 
I have to say, I didn't notice any difference in the shots that made me think there was any difference in camera when I watched it. I purposely went and watching it first before I read the technical details of the shot. I thought it was really well done, good angles, great cuts. 15M hits, that's awesome.

The GH2 impresses me with a lot of the stuff I see shot on it.
 
Whoa!!! Just caught this. Excellent Excellent work. Content is exactly what I've been saying. Tell your friend spot on.
 
Congrats on the success of your film Matt! What were you guys thinking was going to happen with this video? Did you have a good feeling that this might go viral or was it a complete surprise? 16 million views thats pretty much half the population of my country! Wow what an impact. GH2's first viral video yay, and its about Jesus, ha ha how fitting, we all knew this camera was a miracle gift.
 
Nice work!

Just stumbled on this. Even though I might have different views I really feel the passion of the poet and that stirs a lot of emotion which you captured completely. Conviction is a powerful thing. Bravo
 
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