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Does anyone know how to add a choppy/horror effect to my movie? (Perhaps a way to reduce shutter speed?)
Okay, so I wasn’t sure how to phrase this but for my video production class we were making movies.
My new project is kind of a zombie movie. And when I was done filming, I noticed a feature on the camera that adds a really cool effect while filming, it seems as though it removes a few frames (or maybe adds, though I think the previous), perhaps reducing the shutter speed and it gives this feeling of slowness, but also choppy, and it’s hard to describe, but I really liked the effect and I was wondering if anyone knew how to replicate it?
Just picture the camera jumping a few frames each time.
We use Avid at school though I couldn’t get it to work at home (starts up fine, and then while loading decides to crash on me), I downloaded Sony Vegas and I can download anything else as long as it gets the job done. Also has to be free if possible!!
I’ll even try and get Avid working if needed.Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Or any ideas for effects.
It’s going to be between 2-3 minutes.
Here’s the last movie I did if anyone’s curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW6837VxQxc
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Drop an event (what Vegas calls a clip) on the timeline, right-click the video portion of it, select Properties, change the Undersample rate, click OK and exit.
I suggest starting at 0.25 and then raise or lower it as desired. -
Thanks 😀 I’m still trying to figure out Sony Vegas, I really got used to Avid and this is completely different although it doesn’t look so. Hopefully it wont be as confusing and I’ll get a hang of it soon! 🙂
Your response was much appreciated! 🙂
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Yeah, the effect could be made by undersampling the video, or you could do it by making the shutter speed longer while shooting.
http://www.scenethroughglass.com
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You’re welcome Dina. Glad I could help.
I agree that switching to another NLE alwyas involves a learning curve.
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/training is a great place to start with a lot of different tutorials. -
[Angelo Mike] “Yeah, the effect could be made by undersampling the video, or you could do it by making the shutter speed longer while shooting.”
Shooting it this way limits your options if you decide that you want to do it differently afterwards.
That’s why I prefer (most of the time) to shoot a clean video as I possibly can and do things to it in post. -
Yeah, I agree with that. I saw the effect but chose not to re shoot as I wasn’t sure how it would end up later and I’d rather a clean video than one that’s messed up from start.
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Thanks for the link. I’m usually good with software, but here I’m a little baffled with something really basic so hopefully I’ll find what I need 🙂
Avid seems simpler for now, though some classmates have told me Sony Vegas is better, time will tell for me I guess.
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Feel free to ask anything you want.
You’ll find us to be a pretty helpful bunch here 🙂
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