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camera presets for train motion.Any ideas?
Hi does any one know of a preset that would match the kind of motion that is normally used when filming people against a background that is a train in motion. You know, two people having a conversation on a train mid journey, the camera moves (floats) in a kind of gentle figure of 8 movement as if on a real train. Do I have to add this when I am shooting or does anyone know a way to replicate this in post. I have the shot and the bluescreened windows show the outside world passing by. Added sound effects and now this camera motion would finish it off and complete the effect.
Any ideas?..
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Benefits to both methods:
In Camera:
pro| You can keep the image full resolution. you get true parallax.
con| You’ll have to motion track the BG plate to match the motionLockoff (movement in post)
pro| Don’t need to motion track the BG. Just key it in there then animate the cam
con| Depending on the severety of the motion, you’ll have to up-res (scale up) the image to hide the moving edges – degrading your image.Chris Smith
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Depending on the severety of the motion, you’ll have to up-res (scale up) the image to hide the moving edges – degrading your image.
Chris, isn’t that why they created those 1.85 masks?
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Well, no because he wants x and y motion. 1.85 will only solve the Y problem. And of course 1.85 is used simply to frame a wider frame than the horrible 4:3 version we’ve been stuck with for decades 🙁
When your shot isn’t framed for 1.85 than it’s no better than the daytime carpet cleaning commercials that shoot 4:3 and slap a 1.85 mask on it (usually to add phone numbers and hard sells) 🙂
So my point is: if your piece will be 1.85 than you should frame for 1.85 on set, but then you still have the same problem with needing a scale-up.
my .02
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com
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