lucas Loureiro Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I will be doing a shoot of a girl walking along a downtown street. I wanted to have this girl to walk at normal speed and everyone else flying by quickly. I was planning on shooting at 3 fps and having her walk 8 times as slow and try to time that with a stopwatch. Does this seem suitable? Would any one suggest any different speeds? Would a 144 shutter angle help with the blurry fast speed effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim O'Connor Posted March 8, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted March 8, 2007 I will be doing a shoot of a girl walking along a downtown street.I wanted to have this girl to walk at normal speed and everyone else flying by quickly. I was planning on shooting at 3 fps and having her walk 8 times as slow and try to time that with a stopwatch. Does this seem suitable? Would any one suggest any different speeds? Would a 144 shutter angle help with the blurry fast speed effect? She's still going to be sped up too but by slowing her down x8 that should put her in the range of normal motion, one would hope, but to get her to look slow motion as in your post title, you'd want to slow her down even more. The usual big problem is that when doing this and attempting to make the girl look normal or slower than normal in a crowd of everybody flying by is that the girl may appear to have jittery, jerky motions that look unnatural. If possible, maybe you can minimize her movement. Having her stand still may avoid you getting busted when she walks like a marionette. Also, maybe you could shoot her walking at 24 F.P.S. with cars flying by and then when she stops switch to 3 F.P.S. and cue your pedestrians to walk through? Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas Loureiro Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) She's still going to be sped up too but by slowing her down x8 that should put her in the range of normal motion, one would hope, but to get her to look slow motion as in your post title, you'd want to slow her down even more. The usual big problem is that when doing this and attempting to make the girl look normal or slower than normal in a crowd of everybody flying by is that the girl may appear to have jittery, jerky motions that look unnatural. If possible, maybe you can minimize her movement. Having her stand still may avoid you getting busted when she walks like a marionette. Also, maybe you could shoot her walking at 24 F.P.S. with cars flying by and then when she stops switch to 3 F.P.S. and cue your pedestrians to walk through? Good luck. That is very good advice. I think her moving at apparent normal speed is going to be good enough for me. She is a dancer and I have seen her walking very slow with out any abrupt movements. I will try doing the ones with her standing still also.( with very short ends @ 3 FPS this will the cheapest project I have done :D). What about the shutter angle? Thank you for your reply Tim. Edited March 8, 2007 by lucas Loureiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy yniguez Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 That is very good advice.I think her moving at apparent normal speed is going to be good enough for me. She is a dancer and I have seen her walking very slow with out any abrupt movements. I will try doing the ones with her standing still also.( with very short ends @ 3 FPS this will the cheapest project I have done :D). What about the shutter angle? Thank you for your reply Tim. closing down your shutter would counteract any blurring you hoped for in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 If you film this dancer woman standing still at 3 fps, I hope that there is no breeze blowing her hair or her clothing....though you never know, it could make an interesting (unintentional) effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas Loureiro Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) closing down your shutter would counteract any blurring you hoped for in the first place! Hello Boy I agree with you. The smaller the shutter the less smooth the movement looks like(less blur). I was thinking that because there is so much movement behind the subject, the choppiness would give the image a perception of blur and help take down my light level with out the need for much nd. I know it sounds counter intuitive, but I was wondering if any one has done small shutter and slow FPS. Any way I will do the shoot on 180 and try out smaller shutter and post the results soon. Lucas Loureiro Edited March 10, 2007 by lucas Loureiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Bruening Posted March 11, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted March 11, 2007 Green screen the girl separately at 24fps and post in DI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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