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best shutter for 24p film look?
Looking to shoot 24p. Client wants footage to look as close to film as possible. What’s the best shutter speed to use, if any, to enhance film look and what menu set-up procedure do I go through to set it?
Thanks in advance.
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Typically, film is shot for dialog-type dramas with the shutter set to 180
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Alan,
Most film that is shot at 24fps uses a default shutter speed of 1/48th of a second, which corresponds to 180 degree shutter. In the design of a reflex camera with a spinning mirror, this allows half the time for the operator to view through the lens and half the time for the film to be exposed through the lens.
Some studio style film cameras allow the shutter to be openned even a little bit wider, to 210 degrees, which gives you a little more motion blur and a little more exposure; you can set the Varicam for either of these settings.
In the menu allows you to choose either fractional shutter speeds or degrees like a motion picture camera, depending on whether you are in Film Rec or Video Rec. In any event you can use the shutter switch on the front to turn the shutter on and to set the exact speed desired; refer to page 16 of the Varicam manual “7.Shutter Switch”.
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Hire an experienced DIT who have experience with the Varicam and post production workflow.
It is money well spent instead of having to spend money in post fixing items which should have been addressed in the field.
Tony Salgado
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Thanks Leo and John,
It’s comforting to know that pros like you guys are always around for good advice.
Al
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