@stonebat I suppose it's understandable, when I post in a forum where a lot of discussion on patches goes on and I put "hacked Gh1" in the topic that many people are interested in such things. Probably the reason many people watched the film in the first place is because they have a similar camera and so they identified with the project in some way.

Of course I'm grateful for the people who develop the hacks and I do think a certain obsession with detail is needed to advance certain aspects. But the obsessive technical perfectionism is good for only that: Advancing technical capacity. If what you want to do is to tell stories with images then you need to disassociate yourself from that a bit.

For a filmmaker, dominating technology should have only one goal: To forget about technology.

@arnarfjodur I was totally drawn to the storyline. Lovely work. I like the beginning and ending scenes having same framing but quite different outcomes. Nice wide angle shots. Particularly I liked the bathroom scene. Thank you for sharing.

@andyharris For me, the mother is obsessed with the diseased brother and using emotional manipulation tries to reach him through the main character. This is an impossible situation for him, which he has to break out of in the end. Ultimately it is about standing up for yourself. But of course, stories and films are to be understood in different ways.

The film is actually based on a short story: "Disappearing into the World" by Icelandic author Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson. The story has been translated and published in English by Comma press, who incidentally are screening the film and inviting the author to read in Manchester on the 24th of Jan: http://www.commapress.co.uk/

I'm sure everyone in Manchester is welcome to attend :)

@arnarfjodur, thanks for the info and the link.

The short is good, you should send it to some festivals.

Do you think you could ask your friend, outlining how was your postproduction process? It would be very interesting.

@DanPV A very good question. Iris, the costume designer, suggested having the mother wear a colourless coat with a very stark red bag. We liked this approach so we tried to shoot accordingly, and work with this even more in the colour correction. You'll notice there are some red flowers, candles, cross, etc that are the only thing that get to be saturated.

@kronstadt Think I had it in smooth and all settings down -2

Shooting days were four, but rather short if I recall. Everyone volunteered or got a symbolic payment. Of course, we provided food. I used my own equipment but rented some filters and some dolly tracks that didn't end up being used much. The cash budget was maybe around 800USD - but mind you that this never is an accurate representation of the "real cost".

Couldn't tell you about the audio equipment - wasn't involved with that.

Thanks for you compliments. Mind you I did not direct it - I was cinematographer/producer/co-writer.

@EYESOUL Totally agree with you. This is what I've been saying all along http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/451/hacked-gh1-vs.-hacked-gh2/p4 and

This has been my approach all along: if you already have a GH13, instead of spending time and money on the latest camera and lenses, get a good lighting and audio kit, find passionate and reliable people and go out and shoot a movie that is actually a movie, rather than a cinematography demo reel.

@arnarfjodur Congratulations on a great piece of work! Thoroughly enjoyed it! And very inspiring to just grab my GH13 and shoot a mood/plot based short. This reminded me of Michelangelo Antonioni actually. How much did the whole production cost and how many days were you shooting?

I'm wondering what was your shooting setting -- "Nostalgic", "Smooth" or something else and what were the contrast, saturation etc settings ? any settings at -2?

I'm also wondering about your audio setup--what microphones,mixers, recorders? (I have to admit, though, I didn't like the audio too much. A bit to "cold", but maybe it was a deliberate artistic choice, like in British Social-Realism films.)

Wishing you good luck in your future productions!!! You demonstrate that you have a lot of directorial resource. Are you doing to take this film to festivals? Best of luck and thank you for inspiring us!

Nicely done!

@arnarfjodur, As a GH1 user myself, I must say that films like yours inspire me to keep learning how to shoot. There's so much more to the process than having the latest and greatest cameras. I find that developing my eyes is often the most important part of the process. Learning how to get the most out of the GH1 is a constant process and of course just some good old basic principles of how to use light and shadow and working within the limits of the GH1 are huge. GREAT WORK!

@tinyrobot pretty sure he has not worked with GH2 or GH3 - but I'll forward this thread to him in case he wants to chip in.

@arnarfjodur amazing work!

Will be sticked for a day. At least we need to show people that their camera can do more than shoot their cat.

Get GH1 for $300 used, get metabones reducer and set of old lenses, and learn.

@EYESOUL i completely agree with you. GH1 produces amazing images at low iso. GH1 prossesing was also a little bit different from GH2. I think that is why on GH2 there are patches with less detailed matrixes.

Im buying 2 GH2 on monday, and was considering to get a GH1 also. The right framing on it, gives very pleasent imagery.