From the course: Practical Motion Background Workshop
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Choosing a frame rate
From the course: Practical Motion Background Workshop
Choosing a frame rate
Once you're ready to shoot, you'll need to determine the proper frame rate. Now, this is ultimately up to you, because chances are you're going to adjust the speed of the footage when you post-process it. So think about it this way. Do you want extreme slow motion, to really extend the action, or do you want to shoot at a frame rate that's closer to what your end deliverable is? It's ultimately up to you. So it's pretty simple. If you want to slow things down, shoot 60p. However, you probably don't have that available at all frame sizes. A lot of DSLRs will top out at 720. Now you might get another camera; it just depends. Heck, you might even be using a Scarlet, or an Epic and have 5K. Just balance out the frame rate and the frame size to match what your camera can do and what options you have. Inside my DSLR here, it's pretty simple. I've always shoot with the highest-quality movie and then under frame rate and sizes, I'll typically use two sizes. I'll shoot at 720 for 60 frames per…
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