For the third post of week 3, I wanted to research how I could effectively film our film opening in low-lit areas while also not making it too difficult to see. The three technical features on my camera that I will need to focus on are ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.
ISO - ISO is increased most often to make shots more visible by amping up the brightness in the shot digitally. A camera's ISO settings affect the amount of light that is shown when recording. When the ISO is increased past the base ISO for the camera, digital noise becomes very apparent and can make a shot look worse. To avoid this, I will record all of our footage at the base ISO settings for my camera. if the ISO needed to be increased I would not raise it past 800.
SHUTTER SPEED - For my camera's shutter speed, it all depends on the frame rate I record on. The higher the shutter speed, the darker the image, which is something I want to avoid. The lower the shutter speed, the more motion blur. My group wants to avoid this so that we can keep a cinematic and focused look o our film. Shutter speed operates on a 1/x scale, with x representing a number that can be altered depending on your needs. The main rule of thumb that is used when choosing shutter speed, is to stick to having x be double your frame rate. For example, if I am shooting at 30fps I would want my shutter speed at 1/60. For the film opening, I will likely use 24fps, but depending on what my group finds the best visually, the frame rate might change.
APERATURE - For my aperture, I want to keep my lens open as wide as possible. This allows for more light to be absorbed by the lens, which allows for the little light in the shot to have a greater impact. This makes it easier to see in low-light environments. Using my camera's base lens, which is the lens that comes built into the camera, and not using the attached lens, will allow for the most light to be captured. this is because lenses usually do not have as much width as a regular built-in lens. people usually use lenses to zoom in, so it is natural that lenses don't open nearly as wide.
I gathered this useful information from Jeven Dovey's youtube video.
“How to SHOOT in LOW LIGHT and REDUCE NOISE (Night Filmmaking).” YouTube, 31 May 2018, https://youtu.be/upIFBndu7AQ. Accessed 25 Feb. 2023.
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