GH2 GH2 with CM Night, RED Scarlet and Canon HV30 in One Music Video

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Per Lichtman

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EDIT: If you just want to see the video, it's up at http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/JoannaStClaire

My name is Per Lichtman and I'm an active GH2 user, most commonly associated on Personal-View with having the AGC and metering value modifications now used in almost all modern GH2 hacked settings - as well as various GH2 tests. But this is about my work on a project that I participated in, in various ways, from 2007 to today - that was entirely self-financed by the artist Joanna St. Claire as she worked with artists from across the world.

Last year I shot a music video for a song I also worked heavily on the music side with. It was called "Listen to the Sound" by Joanna St. Claire and it finally got put up at http://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/JoannaStClaire in conjunction with a contest Joanna St. Claire recently entered (and by simply watching the video you're helping her get more attention in it).

The video is shot using a mixture of GH2 with the Driftwood Canis Majoris Night settings, as well as a RED Scarlet and Cooke lens courtesy of our friends at OnTheMarkMedia.net. There are also one or two shots with a Canon HV30.

The grading was done by Dimitrios Papagiannis in DaVinci Resolve using the Cineform codec as a digital intermediate. Ashley Nunn and Karla Usagi provided additional support carrying things as well as behind the scenes photography.

I will be posting more information on the shooting process and the differences in working with the respective cameras and file formats depending on the interest level.
 
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The shoot was done entirely using natural light, without reflectors or any other aids, on an extremely tight schedule and filmed almost entirely around sunset over the course of multiple days. The shots featuring water were done in a region where there is not normally a body of water: it was there for the first time in about a decade due to unusually high level of precipitation. The lake evaporated in a matter of weeks.


The lenses used on the GH2 were a Rokkor Minolta-mount 58mm f/1.4 and a Tokina 28mm Minolta-mount f/2.8. Various Tiffen contrast filters were used at certain point on the GH2. To the best of my memory, no filters were used on the Cooke lens for the Scarlet.

The re-mastered album that the video goes with is "Stream HD Master", which we recently released in full-fidelity 96 KHz at 24-bit depth dynamic range. You can find it at https://joannastclaire.bandcamp.com/


It's been one of my favorite musical experiences so far. It also one of the ones were I've worn the most hats (recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, creative consultant, album cover photographer, music video director, editor, etc.) that I can think of so far. :)
 
Here is a shot list identifying the camera used for each one. It uses the time remaing indicator athttp://songwriter.revimage.com/channels/JoannaStClaire. I just compiled it from memory right now so sorry that not all shots have all info. :)



  • All flares are natural. None were added in post.
  • All GH2 shots used Canis Majoris Night in a variety of modes (noted where remembered). All shots were done on a tripod. The lenses were either 28mm Tokina f/2.8 or Rokkor 58mm f/1.4 for Minolta MC/MD mount, used with an inexpensive Fotodiox adapter.
  • RED Scarlet shots used Cooke 20-100 t3.1 at a variety of resolutions and framerates. Drop-frame timebase was used. All shots were done handheld and usually stablized in post.
  • The Canon HV30 used the the WD-H43 wide-angle adapter.




The SanDisk 95MB/s SDXC 64GB card was not used for the shoot. It was all shot on either Delkin 633x 16GB or Transcend cards.

5:22-5:17 GH2 1080P using 28mm Tokina
5:17-5:15 RED Scarlet
5:15-5:07 RED Scarlet (lowest resolution with high frame rate used for slow-motion)
5:07-4:59 GH2
4:59-4:43 GH2 VMM 80%, Tokina 28mm (probably using Tiffen Warm Black Pro-Mist)
4:43-4:26 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976, 58mm Rokkor
4:26-4:20 RED Scarlet 29.976 FPS 4K played back at 23.976
4:20-4:02 GH2 VMM 80%, Tokina 28mm (probably using Tiffen Warm Black Pro-Mist)
4:02-3:57 RED Scarlet 29.976 FPS 4K
3:57-3:38 GH2 1080P using 28mm Tokina
*3:51-3:42 The second dancing layer is GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976
3:38-3:29 GH2 1080P
3:29-3:24 RED Scarlet 29.976 FPS 4K played back at 23.976
3:24-3:10 VMM 80%, Tokina 28mm (probably using Tiffen Warm Black Pro-Mist)
3:10-3:05 GH2 with Rokkor 58mm shot wide open at f/1.4
3:05-2:50 GH2 with Rokkor 58mm
2:50-2:45 GH2 1080P
2:44-2:41 GH2 Rokkor 58mm
2:41-2:24 RED Scarlet 29.976 FPS 4K played back at 23.976
2:24-2:12 GH2 VMM 80%, Tokina 28mm (probably using Tiffen Warm Black Pro-Mist)
2:12-2:05 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976, 58mm Rokkor
2:05-2:00 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976
2:00-1:54 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976
1:54-1:25 HV30 with WD-H43
1:25-1:18 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976, Rokkor 58mm * Cannot remember what was used for super subtle third layer ending at 1:23.
1:18-1:07 GH2 SH Mode at 50 fps - played back at 23.976 - HIGH ISO SHOT CLEANED UP IN POST
1:07-0:21 GH2
0:21-0:00 GH2
 
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