From the course: Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting
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Choosing the right shutter speed
From the course: Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting
Choosing the right shutter speed
When I first started in video, shutter speed was one of those terms that I heard many times but honestly never knew exactly what it meant, or more importantly, what it was for and how I could apply it to my own video projects. So let me make it plain for you. The primary purpose of manipulating your shutter speed is to control how motion is portrayed in a scene. In other words, how the moving things and people look on video, normal, the way our naked eye sees it, blurry, or sharp, strobe-like, and surreal. To best understand shutter speed, think of a still film camera that actually has a little mechanical shutter or door that opens and closes to expose each frame of film for a given amount of time, such as 1/48th of a second or 1/1000th of a second. The thing you need to understand is when you are working with video, these rules of shutter speeds still apply exactly the same to each individual frame of video. So there are two key principles to understand when it comes to shutter…
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Learning camera anatomy9m 27s
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Exploring important camera settings5m 52s
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Understanding how to focus3m 17s
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Using tools to achieve better focus6m 10s
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Knowing when to use auto focus2m 52s
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Shooting with shallow depth of field4m 46s
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Understanding exposure5m 5s
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Using neutral density (ND) filters to correct overexposure5m
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Using zebra stripes to accurately judge exposure3m 26s
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Using gain to artificially brighten an underexposed shot3m 3s
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Choosing the right shutter speed4m 13s
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Understanding color temperature3m 6s
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White balancing a shot5m 2s
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