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The Boss - GH2 shot short film
  • amokalexamokalex

    Hey guys! Shot a short with the GH2 and thought I'd share it with you lot:

    It was all shot at 720p50, using a Voigtlander 25mm 0.95, Canon FD 50mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.8.

    As a cautionary tale, I attempted to shoot with the Flowmotion v1.11 patch, but found when getting the footage in it was averaging a very low bitrate of between 14 - 17 mbps, which I can only attribute to me not having applied the patch correctly. So always test your bitrates before going out into a shoot! I can't work out why this patch won't work for me as I don't have problems with any others.

    Anyhow, just wanted to express my thanks for all the work you guys do on this forum, and to show how great this little camera can look even without a massive high bitrate patch!

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  • ipcmlripcmlr

    Good job! Congrats!

  • peaceonearthpeaceonearth

    congrats, dude, well done!!

  • amokalexamokalex

    Hey guys, just a little update - we managed to win the Grand Prix prize on Wednesday!

    Cool awards ceremony and now the proud owner of a little trophy and soon to be £10k better off . . .

    Thanks again for this site and all the users for helping me out along the way.

  • amokalexamokalex

    Never did figure out what happened with the hack - it was strange cause it was telling me on the camera that I could only record for 15mins or so, so I thought it had worked, but the bitrates were knocking around the stock rates. I haven't had an issue with any of the other hacks just that flowmotion one. When I get a chance I will retry it as I loved the sound of it.

  • lolodigitallolodigital

    Bravo !!!

  • bheathbheath

    Bravo!

  • robmneilsonrobmneilson

    Great short, and the perfect ending!

  • KihlianKihlian

    Voted! Good Luck!

  • leonbeasleonbeas

    nice work, very funny and at the same time excellent metaphor of the capitalist office competition world.

  • doczdocz

    Great work! Did you ever figure out why the bitrates were so low? I am experiencing the same problem with my cameras.

  • amokalexamokalex

    Ah cheers for that have changed the link.

  • peaceonearthpeaceonearth

    done the vote! mind the link, in your posted the comma is included and leads to 404 go for http://www.reed.co.uk/film/2012/film-competition-shortlist I keep my fingers crossed

  • fehafeha

    WOW! Great job!

  • amokalexamokalex

    Hey guys,

    Just a heads up to let you all know we've been shortlisted for the Reed Film Competition! In with a shot at £10k . . .

    GH2 will have more than paid itself back if we manage that.

    If you fancy voting for it go along to http://www.reed.co.uk/film/2012/film-competition-shortlist no registration required.

    Massive thanks to all on this forum for guiding me on lots of matters from lenses to hacks.

  • arteologyarteology

    Hahaha... very nice work!

  • maxdvzmaxdvz

    Great job. The string on the paper clips made it for me, but I also thought the acting was first rate.

    Well done all round.

  • rikyxxxrikyxxx

    Very, very nice!

  • amokalexamokalex

    I knew I wanted some shots in slo mo, and with the amount of setups we had to shoot decided just to stick it on 50 frames for the whole thing rather than risk forgetting to change frame rate on certain shots - much easier to speed things up than slow things down after the fact!

  • headofmushheadofmush

    Wow, that was superb.

    Excuse me if this sounds kind of dumb, what are the advantages of shooting 50 fps vs. 24 pfs? Are you shooting in 50 so you can slow it down after and to avoid blurring when panning?

  • hishimaruhishimaru

    Fantastic!!! such a great short

  • rockroadpixrockroadpix

    Very nice!

  • hunterhunter

    I appreciate your approach to the special effects! Very "sweded"

  • ipcmlripcmlr

    Haha!

  • Alfi666Alfi666

    Lol :) very good! :)

  • xylthaxyltha

    Great work!! That put a smile on my face.

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