Nice cinematography controlling the depth of field. Can you tell about the camera and choice of lenses?

@anarfjodur Nice film. Where was this shot? Thanks for posting

Thanks all!

@matt_gh2 Shot in Reykjavik, Iceland.

@endotoxic Probably most used lenses was Voiglander 25mm F0.95 - after that Canon FD 50mm 1.2. Used the 14-140 some places where I needed a wide angle. Sorry, it was actually shot some time ago and hacked even longer ago, just used some generic hack, think "C" or something like that.

I have a kit of Arri Tungsten lights with a soft box. From 150 to 1000 watts. Also a lot of natural lights and a reflector. Quite simple as I did not have any gaffer to work with me, although some crew helped me set up lights and stuff. If possible, I played around with curtains, found objects and practicals to manipulate the light, and chose locations and shooting times with that in mind. I did much more of containing light than increasing light. The blue screen for the cinema scene was simply moved around in a sports hall with big windows until I got an even lighting from the sunlight.

I was actually ALSO the producer of this short, which I thoroughly don't recommend.

@Manu4Vendetta I did not do the post myself, although I participated in the process as well as the director. The muted look, softness and graininess probably has a lot to do with the post.

There are some beind the scenes picks here, perhaps they give some idea: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.213580765344126.47685.160040357364834&type=3

@producer wow, thank you. Of course, a lot of the credit for the look goes to Jonni, the colour grader. And the director and everyone else.

@endotoxic Don't remember how much I used the 14-140 - but definitely in the cinema lobby scenes, as in on: 04:50. Needed the wide angle to create the awkwardly flat an symmetric look. In that case you don't need shallow depth of field, cause the frame is anyway quite 2D.

@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.

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.

@arnarfjodur amazing 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, 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!

Nicely done!

@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!

@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.