GH4 GH4 Makes History, Billy The Kid New Evidence NatGeo Doc

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Jon Neely

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Hey guys, just wanted to step in here and share that I had the privilege of being the DOP and camera Op for all of the verite portions of this Documentary priemiering on Oct. 18th on nat geo. We shot it all on two Gh4s, some go pros and nikon DSLRs for Time-lapse. Being only two shooters I'm sure we missed stuff but I think it turned out pretty decent. Sadly Due to editing limitations we had to shoot in 50 m/bit 1080 for the majority of the shoot, only getting to bump up for over cranked shots and 4k plates. Had a great time, both Gh4s worked nonstop for many 14hr days. Shot primarily on Rokinon Ds w/ speed boosters cine lenses and a fair amount on the 14-140 and a speed boosted 17-50 2.8. Fstoppers just wrote a piece on the photo https://fstoppers.com/film/new-phot...bin-could-be-worth-astounding-5-million-91924

Just thought I would stick my head in here and tell you the Gh4 played a major role, shot the Recreations on C300, but I did not crew for any of the recreation shoots. Didn't get to meet Costner but was cool to be on a project he is so involved with.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.c...ence/at/billy-the-kid-new-evidence14-2100466/

Cheers,

Jon
 
Why? We needed light gear, that both shooters where familiar shooting with. Luckily Jeff and I have shot extensively with the gh2/3 and Af100s on previous shows and we both owned GH4s. I was offered to shoot on c300 but knew I could get what I wanted out of the gh4s. We had no PAs running around with us, so we needed to carry everything we needed with us into remote places all over Oregon and New Mexico. It was nice not having to lug more than 2 batteries, using one card all day and having 3 lenses on my belt with a tripod on the my shoulder. We used shoulder rigs for support for most of the scenes. A couple shots happened so quickly that we jumped out of the cars and just rolled with what I had which was a bare bones Gh4 and a 17-50. It would have been nice to have something that was a little more modular for handling purposes in this instance but you need to get the shot! Never felt held back at all shooting with the gh4. There is one low light scene with Will Dunniway in a dark room where it would have been nice to have a bit more head room with ISO. I also lug a carbon Jib around that can only support DSLRs and it was nice to be able to use that at some points. Other than that great camera, If budget was no issue would have pushed for fs7 but you got to work with what we got! Wrap party tomorrow with viewing of the final edit, Excited! Stay tuned on Nat Geo on the 18th!

Cheers,

Jon
 
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