THE STORM | LUMIX GH6

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   • THE STAGE | LUMIX GH6  

It's finally here! The highly anticipated Panasonic LUMIX GH6. Here is my short film produced for the official announcement.

After attending the pre-disclosure event in London at the beginning of the month, I've now had my hands on the camera for a couple of weeks and used it to put together this short film. It was a real pleasure to be involved in the announcement and release of this one, so thanks for the guys at LUMIX for giving me a shout.

As soon as it arrived a couple of weeks ago, I shot some test footage and could instantly see that this camera and I are going to get on very well. What a powerhouse the GH6 is. Genuinely fire. The footage has a beautifully cinematic quality, filmic character, everything that I love about the LUMIX look. But more to come on that...

As is the nature of this kind of work, I only had a couple of weeks to come up with an idea, plan, shoot, edit and deliver, ready for the announcement tonight. Initially it didn't look like there was much in the way of good shooting conditions for the foreseeable. But then my brother, music for film composer Life In Colour happened to mention he had a new composition in the works, titled 'The Storm'. Low and behold, a matter of hours after we floated the idea, the UK received its first two named storms, both of them in the same week (we actually had a third last night). So, the stars aligned, and it was meant to be.

The film was shot entirely on the GH6. We had to brave some brutal (if not slightly treacherous) conditions. In doing so, shooting this piece I have genuinely put the camera through the ultimate test. Storm force winds, torrential rain, hail, angry seas and sea spray by the tonne. Of course the GH6 took it all in its stride, and managed it like an absolute boss. Speaks for itself!

It was a lot of fun to produce. Very wet. Very cold. Pretty miserable and borderline savage at times. Working in these conditions is seriously hard work. But fun all the same.

Some production info:

Camera:
Panasonic LUMIX GH6

Lenses:
Panasonic Leica 10-25mm f/1.7
Panasonic Leica 25-50mm f/1.7
Panasonic LUMIX 35-100mm f/2.8
Canon FD 35mm f/2
Canon FD 55mm f/1.2
Metabones FD to m43 speedbooster

Settings:
All footage was shot internally on the LUMIX GH6
VLog
5.7K 24p (ProRes 422)
5.7K 60p
C4K DCI 120p
HD 240p

Other kit used:
Freewell Variable ND
Tiffen Black Pro Mist
Atomos Ninja V (as a monitor only)
DJI Ronin S

Most of the footage was shot handheld, with a handful of gimbal shots.
Edited in FCPX.
Graded using one of my custom LUTs and finished with FilmConvert.

Featuring the brand new track 'The Storm' by Life In Colour.

If you have any questions before my hands-on vid, feel free to smash them in the comments and I'll try to answer. Cheers!

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Video Production: © Rowe Films 2022
Music: © Life In Colour 2022
Audio excerpt of weather forecast: © Crown copyright, UK Met Office