{"id":27241,"date":"2012-09-15T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=27241"},"modified":"2012-10-03T21:36:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T21:36:45","slug":"genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"New short film &#8220;Genesis&#8221; shot on pre-production Panasonic GH3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ETHICS STATEMENT: I was paid to DP this film but that is all. All thoughts on this camera now and in the future are my own and will never be influenced by any monetary or contractual arrangement. My ethics are incredibly important to me&#8230;my whole site is based upon them. I may change my opinion of things over time, but that is my prerogative and is always going to happen! Read more on my ethics statement here.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.netethics-statement\/\">Ethics Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redgiantsoftware.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"redgiant_banner3\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/redgiant_banner3-670x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"35\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/35;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"redgiant_banner3\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/redgiant_banner3-670x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"35\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kesslercrane.com\/?Click=85\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stealth20121\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Stealth20121-670x67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stealth20121\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Stealth20121-670x67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27246\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27246 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00732\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27246\" title=\"DSC00732\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00732.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shooting at Travel Town in LA. Big lighting set up this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wig.bz\/w\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27415 lazyload\" title=\"0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px.png 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px-310x31.png 310w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27415\" title=\"0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px.png 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/0123-Philip-Bloom-Web-Banner-670-x-67px-310x31.png 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, I was lucky enough to be director of photography on a little project for Panasonic in LA. A film made to promote the brand new GH3 camera from Panasonic.<\/p>\n<p>The camera was a very pre-production until so many of the cool features on offer in the spec list were not fully functional for us so I can&#8217;t comment on them until I get my hands on a production camera.<\/p>\n<p>What I can say is it&#8217;s bigger and it&#8217;s heavier&#8230;it&#8217;s also a massive step up from the previous model and has a superb 72mb\/s All-I codec which is a world away from the compressed-as-hell AVCHD codec that we are used to on many cameras and on all their previous GH series cameras.<\/p>\n<p>I have been using the GH series of cameras ever since I got my hands on a pre-production GH1, 3 and a half years ago. I shot some lovely stuff on that and of course the GH2. <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.net2010\/11\/21\/gh2\/\">My favourite piece being my mum cooking!<\/a> Excellent cameras that have been adopted into the low budget filmmaking community, especially since the hack to give the GH2 an ALL-I codec surfaced. One of the best things about this camera is that Panasonic have seen this and responded with their new 72 mb\/s All-I codec here. It&#8217;s more than enough for a camera this size and very robust indeed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.net?p=27396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"TeamBloomTache\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TeamBloomTache.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"134\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/134;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"TeamBloomTache\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TeamBloomTache.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"134\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the early camera we had there were a number of user selectable video recording settings which gave us the AVCHD options as well as .MOV options (which are labelled for use only on high end editing systems!) There are a number of bit rates options the highest being the 72mb\/s that we used&#8230;again due to the early nature of the camera it was tricky figuring out exactly what was what (this will of course be way easier in the final camera) but the big news is there is an ALL-I setting for 60p and 24p. From the camera we had it didn&#8217;t look like there was 25p and 50p. I believe these will be available in the &#8220;PAL&#8221; version, this will be at a loss of 30p and 60p I believe but will still have 24p&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.net2011\/12\/07\/25pgh2\/\">Remember the Gh2 only got 25p through firmware hacks initially then finally through an officially release at the end of last year.<\/a>\u00a0It would be nice to have all the frame rates available in the camera like Canon and Nikon do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gopb.co\/pbdolly\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"pbpd800X80\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pbpd800X80-670x67.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pbpd800X80\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pbpd800X80-670x67.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think this is the step up this camera needed to be used in more professional environments, though without losing its mass appeal. With the Blackmagic camera micro four thirds, we could be coming into the time of this format. Great for me. I have a crap load of glass for the system and would like to use it more!<\/p>\n<p>We did have a few minor tech issues due to the early camera. The biggest hurdle for us was the HDMI out was not giving us a live feed, just playback&#8230;again this will be working fully in the release camera for sure. What I don&#8217;t know is if the camera outputs a fully recordable uncompressed clean signal for recording on external recorders<\/p>\n<p>Not being able to use a monitor was very challenging for a lot of the big lighting setups so I had my laptop at my side, recording a little bit, pulled the card out to check then tweaked. For the handheld it was no issue as I went off the back screen. For the shots operated by Terry we simply had to go with that old thing that is not used that much anymore&#8230;trust! &#8220;hey Terry how was that? Did you nail it?&#8221; He would say yes or no&#8230;.not ideal but it worked, sometimes he asked for playback to check it most of the time we just moved on as there was a lot to cover in our 3 days of shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The sensor had a couple of tiny marks on which pop up here and there in some shots. Naturally this was down to the early nature of our camera&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27253 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00559\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559-174x310.jpg 174w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 563px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 563\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27253\" title=\"DSC00559\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00559-174x310.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27247\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27247 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00594\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594-174x310.jpg 174w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 563px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 563\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27247\" title=\"DSC00594\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00594-174x310.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was less about being secret&#8230;more about seeing the screen!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Handling on the camera is also much improved, feeling much more solid in your hand. Better controls with a back dial like on other DSLRs and some fantastic features like 1080p 60p for nice slow motion ability. This is available in some DSLRs, notably the Alpha A77 but it&#8217;s AVCHD so by time you slow it down to slow motion you are half your AVCHD bitrate and it falls apart. This is MUCH better!<\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by Bruce Logan, ASC (he shot Tron!) this film was designed to shoot in a number of scenarios to test out the camera. Harsh contrast, interior lighting, direct sunlight, low light, fast movement, handheld&#8230;we tried most things. I especially loved the much improved low light performance. The camera was operated by the terrific Terry Bowen and I did a lot of the handheld low light stuff&#8230; The arrest sequence, the subway and the taxi shots. That is the joy of small cameras, going and filming small and fast with limited light, but we also used this camera with a full crew as you can see from the credits below.<\/p>\n<p>We used simple lighting set ups for much of it. Lots of bounce and negative fill to add contrast. In the taxi, I lit Chrissy with my iPad! Great little tool that \ud83d\ude42 At travel town for the end sequence we had a very robust lighting set up of around a dozen lights or so, as we had to light the whole station from scratch. Quite a task. There are a few BTS photos of that below too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27254 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00745\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27254\" title=\"DSC00745\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00745.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27263\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27263 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00711\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27263\" title=\"DSC00711\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00711.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce Logan on the right&#8230;Micky Jones on the left on the LA subway for our guerrilla filming section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27260 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00718\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718-174x310.jpg 174w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 563px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 563\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27260\" title=\"DSC00718\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00718-174x310.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27259 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00720\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720-174x310.jpg 174w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 563px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 563\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27259\" title=\"DSC00720\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00720-174x310.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27256 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00735\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27256\" title=\"DSC00735\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00735.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27255 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00740\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27255\" title=\"DSC00740\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00740.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27258 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00727\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-670x471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"471\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-670x471.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-310x218.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/471;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27258\" title=\"DSC00727\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-670x471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-670x471.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727-310x218.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00727.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27257\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27257 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00734\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/377;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27257\" title=\"DSC00734\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-670x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734-310x174.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00734.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce with our leading man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27261\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27261 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00715\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715.jpg 572w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715-177x310.jpg 177w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 572px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 572\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27261 \" title=\"DSC00715\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715.jpg 572w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00715-177x310.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pre-production camera herself&#8230;12mm SLR magic lens here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27250\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27250 lazyload\" title=\"DSC00573\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573-174x310.jpg 174w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 563px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 563\/1000;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27250\" title=\"DSC00573\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573.jpg 563w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC00573-174x310.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terry in action!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can&#8217;t review the camera as such for now..that will have to wait until a release camera or close to release camera is available but going from what I have seen and used so far it&#8217;s a massive step up from the GH2 in build quality, feel, image, low light. All important stuff. It is more expensive for sure and it&#8217;s a shame the price couldn&#8217;t have been kept closer to that of the GH2 as this camera is exceptional for the low budget crowd&#8230;but it&#8217;s still cheap for what it does, just look at how much more is on offer both in stills and video. Oh yeah&#8230; the ex tele conv mode is still present on this new model, it samplea the native pixels of the 1080p image to give us an in camera crop without loss of quality is present and we used it a few times. Very useful indeed! Check out the speeding car at dusk panning to the right shot. That was shot with it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kesslercrane.com\/?Click=85\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27285 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 00.51.14\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-670x65.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"65\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-670x65.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-310x30.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14.jpg 1604w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/65;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27285\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 00.51.14\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-670x65.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-670x65.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14-310x30.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-00.51.14.jpg 1604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lens wise we used all micro 4\/3 or 4\/3 glass&#8230;Mostly my own glass. We shot a lot on the great Voigtlander 25mm F0.95, used on almost all the low light stuff &#8230;a couple of shots on the SLR Magic 12mm F1.6. My Olympus 14-35 F2 was our workhouse. Used this A LOT. Also my 35-100 F2. Great glass. Not ideal for movie shooting though, with the loss of focus when zooming in and fiddly focus. Lots of Lumix glass was used too &#8211; especially the brand new lenses coming out soon! I didn&#8217;t get a chance to use the 17.5 Voigtlander on this shoot but it&#8217;s another cracking lens from them that is perfect for this camera!<\/p>\n<p>Before you ask about direct comparisons with the GH2, I am afraid I did none. We were very busy on this shoot with very long days and also doing a side by side comparison with a pre-production camera made no sense&#8230;that will come soon I am sure!!<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t able to test the audio, but there IS a headphone jack..HURRAH!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themusicbed.com\/idevaffiliate\/idevaffiliate.php?id=122_2_1_34\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 691px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 691\/81;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.themusicbed.com\/idevaffiliate\/banners\/728x90-TMBFullLeaderboard.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"81\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc qthuhlhlcxacvtcqoykc\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themusicbed.com\/idevaffiliate\/banners\/728x90-TMBFullLeaderboard.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"81\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy our little film. This really is a great new tool for us filmmakers. Just remember though, this is a tool&#8230;not a religion \ud83d\ude42 ALSO do watch the terrific BTS video by Mick Jones below&#8230;Please follow Micky on twitter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/micky_jones\">He is real talent. Great filmmaker and multi award winner.<\/a>\u00a0There is also a short interview with write director Bruce Logan below that.<\/p>\n<p>HUGE thanks to Steve Weiss for the rig\/ support gear for the camera. He has done a video going over the options for the GH3. <a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\">You can order them\/ read more about them by clicking here or the banner below.<\/a>\u00a0Also here are some options for handheld rigs for the GH3&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=49\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Zacuto_HF_800x80_holder-1\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Zacuto_HF_800x80_holder-1-670x67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Zacuto_HF_800x80_holder-1\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Zacuto_HF_800x80_holder-1-670x67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27307 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.12\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-670x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"407\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-670x407.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-310x188.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12.jpg 944w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/407;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27307\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.12\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-670x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-670x407.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12-310x188.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.12.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27308 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.21\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-670x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"357\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-670x357.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-310x165.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21.jpg 912w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/357;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27308\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.21\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-670x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-670x357.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21-310x165.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.21.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27309 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.28\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-670x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"362\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-670x362.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-310x167.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28.jpg 942w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/362;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27309\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-17 at 22.59.28\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-670x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-670x362.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28-310x167.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-17-at-22.59.28.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49470691?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=231\">Zacuto&#8217;s First Look at the Panasonic Lumix GH3<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/zacuto\">Steve Weiss<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27290 lazyload\" title=\"panasonic-gh3-back\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/panasonic-gh3-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"360\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/panasonic-gh3-back.jpg 547w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/panasonic-gh3-back-310x204.jpg 310w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 547px; 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height: 240px;\" align=\"middle\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"240\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=philipblcouk-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B007VHDUN4\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27264\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27264 lazyload\" title=\"308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-670x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"502\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-670x502.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-310x232.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n.jpg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/502;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27264\" title=\"308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-670x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-670x502.jpg 670w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n-310x232.jpg 310w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/308423_10151722029972565_1705923007_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce, myself and producer Elliot. An enormous privilege and honour to work with these gentlemen!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"240\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=philipblcouk-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B009B0WREM\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49420579?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/49420579\">Genesis<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49500954?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/49500954\">Panasonic GH3: Behind the scenes<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I asked director Bruce Logan \u00a0a few questions about the project for this post:<\/p>\n<div><strong>How did this project come about?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I was the administrator for the Zacuto 2012 Revenge of the Great Camera shoot out. In that test, one of the cameras was the GH2 and it drew a lot of attention when Francis Ford Coppola picked it as his favorite camera. At the suggestion of one of the camera accessory vendors, Panasonic asked me to partner with Philip Bloom to make a short film which would highlight some of the new features of the GH3.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>You wrote and directed it&#8230;were there specific things you wanted to demonstrate that the camera could do when writing it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>One of the features I was most excited about was the ability to shoot slow motion at full 1920 x 1080 with progressive\u00a0frames. Writing the story, I wanted to shoot both wide landscapes and intimate interiors, both during the day and also at night to show the full range of the camera.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>How freeing is it to work with a small camera and one that doesn&#8217;t require too much light?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>One of the most amazing things about the camera was its ability to shoot night exteriors with existing natural light outside. We have a scene where our hero is busted by the cops. I had planned for us to light this exterior sequence, but when we got there and put on the F\/0.90 25mm lens, we found that we could shoot in the natural city street lighting and with the flashing police car light. Amazing stuff. This of course is very liberating for the filmmaker and greatly reduces the amount of time it takes to shoot a scene.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>How important is a camera to a filmmaker?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>A camera is of course the heart of the filmmaking process, and the camera&#8217;s ability to deliver features that make the process easier is the magic that the manufacturers contribute to the process. However in telling a story, I have found that the process is the same whether I&#8217;m using the smallest DSLR or a blimped 65mm Panavision Camera. So, although I love cameras and all the new feature and abilities they bring to the party, they are basically tools for telling stories, and that always has to be my main focus.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>You have worked on some incredible films, 3 of which are in my top ten. Do you think science fiction is a genre you may revisit?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Science fiction is a genre which has followed me, more that I have followed it. Excluding films that I have worked on, there are Science fiction films which are in my top ten films of all time, including Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But working in the genre have been some of my most seminal filmmaking experiences and I look forward to doing it again soon.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>What was it like working with me? \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>When I first heard I was going to work with Philip Bloom I was both excited and nervous at the same time. Philip is a fantastic photographer and I have enjoyed his work for a long time. But most of the stuff I have seen has been with small crews, if any, and been very personal storytelling. I wanted to do Genesis in the Hollywood filmmaking style with a full camera crew, a gaffer, grip and a camera operator, etc etc. and I was not sure how Philip would enjoy working that way. But, he loved it and he worked exactly as I would have expected a Hollywood DP to work. But in addition he bought a facility with DSLRs and menu selections and was fantastic in work arounds for all the problems inherent in working with prototype cameras. So I can&#8217;t wait to work with him again.<\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Honestly&#8230;do you miss film?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m over film. It&#8217;s in the past. Yes I hanker for a great black and white print where you can actually see the the crystals of silver halide dancing around on the screen, but modern color film emulsions have grain structures which look just like electronic noise to me. Of course in film the dancing grain actually help to define the image in greater detail, where as in digital the noise is just superimposed on the image, but all digital has to do is double its resolution (which it seems to do every five years) and the result is the same or better. I love file based workflows and desk top color-control technologies which put the control that lots of people had on my projects back into my hands. I&#8217;m not going back!<\/div>\n<p><strong>Written and directed by: Bruce Logan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Producers: Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt and Bruce Logan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Director of Photography: Philip Bloom &amp; Bruce Logan ASC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cast:<\/p>\n<p>Hero: Jeffrey Joslin<br \/>\nHeroine: Crissie Randall<br \/>\nChild: Madaline Galante<br \/>\nCop1; Skoti Collins<br \/>\nCop2: Orlando Wilson<br \/>\nHomeless man: Mark Miller-Summer<br \/>\nTaxi Driver: Vahik Avedian<\/p>\n<p>Production Manager: Kara Scobey<br \/>\n1st AD: Lee Davis<br \/>\nCamera Operator: Terry Bowen<br \/>\n1st AC: Ariel Benarroch<br \/>\n2nd AC: Danit Sigler<\/p>\n<p>Key Grip: Stacy Slevek<br \/>\nGaffer: Mark Meisenheimer<br \/>\nBB Grip: Mike Wesby<br \/>\nSwing: Justin Bernard<br \/>\nSwing: Joe Webb<\/p>\n<p>Costume Designer: Dawn Ritz<br \/>\nAssistant Wardrobe: Christine Fuller<br \/>\nHair\/ Makeup: Lauren Ishi<\/p>\n<p>Art Director: Lauren Ishi<\/p>\n<p>Art Director: Ron Volz<\/p>\n<p>Lead Editors:<br \/>\nDaniel Skubal<br \/>\nScott Lynch<br \/>\nEditors:<br \/>\nChase Kubasiak<br \/>\nChris Voelz<br \/>\nPost Production Supervisor: Scott Lynch<br \/>\nColourist: Bruce Logan<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes: Mick Jones<\/p>\n<p>PAs:<\/p>\n<p>Damien Lang<br \/>\nJeremy Brown<br \/>\nElmera Asadipour<br \/>\nDarron Zimmet<\/p>\n<p>Interns:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Bokari<br \/>\nValerie Much<br \/>\nPat Sarnaki<br \/>\nAllison Shelley<\/p>\n<p>Casting: Amy de Souza<\/p>\n<p>Craft Services: Samantha Mokwa<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/genesis\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,50],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[5787,5782,464,5776,5786,282,5785,5778,5780,2703,4911,5781,466,631,448,5783,5784,5777,1071,5779],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27241"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}