[Scott Gaskin]

Hi Peter,
Just checked again and seems ok straight from the camera. I was originally looking for ‘judder’ issues when trying my 7d on a slider as I’m finding out about all these potential issues when filming with dslrs.

I brought my footage into after effects and exported choosing h264 and noticed this horrible blocky artefacts.

I read an article where it seemed to explain that the apple prores codec was good to use for editing purposes as it keeps the quality but not so good as an exporting codec? Something about transcoding the original footage first to a more ‘friendly editing’ codec before exporting.

Am I making sense here? I really have no clue about what the best codecs are to use when exporting. I am shooting a music video (personal project) in 2 weeks time and have spent a lot of money on equipment so want to get it right.

I’m just wanting to know what the best way to approach it so I have the best possible quality video output as an end product.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Many thanks

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks so much for your time to send me all this info Marta. Very good of you. Seems I have a lot to get my head around!

Much appreciated

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks for the reply Marta.

Are there issues when slowing down your footage in post if you are not using a tripod then? I plan to shoot some shots on a tripod and some using a hand held rig for the slow motion footage.

I also plan to shoot a scene where the camera is moving away (backwards on a makeshift dolly with camera operator hand held) from a group of people as they are walking toward the camera and to slow down in post. Will this cause me problems do you think?

Many thanks

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks for the message Daniel. Good idea to test out before

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks Chris,
Are you referring to looking out for tracking marks that may be on the actors clothes or purposely added to the actor?

Many thanks

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks Steve, wondering if you could answer another question?

If I’m shooting at 24fps, for my slow motion footage is the general rule of thumb to shoot at 50fps or is there an advantage of shooting at 60fps to get better slow mo footage?

Thanks

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks for the info JP

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks again for your help with this Bill.
Much appreciated
All the best

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks for taking the time to reply Bill. I will have to check out the panasonic cameras you mention. Just out of interest, how do they compare in quality to the canon cameras?

Cheers

Scott

[Scott Gaskin]

Thanks for the info dude! Really appreciated
Scott