Video footage

In this work diary, I hope to explore the methods of Videoing within my work, exploring the difficulties that I may face when shooting the footage and editing them. When I am experimenting with capturing video footage, I would also like to explore the use of time-lapse within my work.

In order to capture video footage or time-lapse I would need to ensure that the camera is kept steady, to avoid shaking of the camera which will result in poor quality footage being produced. If I was shooting a time-lapse in particular, i would require a tripod to ensure that there is no movement of the camera lens. However, if I were to shoot ‘walk through’ footage, I may need to look at stabilisers which would also ensure that I am capturing the most steady footage possible.

In regards to camera settings, I would need to have a slower shutter speed such as 1/30 or 1/60 (a frame rate of around 25 FPS) which would give the most natural motion blur.

an F-stop of f-8 would give a higher aperture, allowing less light through the lens thus creating a wider depth of field that if a lower f-stop such as 1.8 was used.

When reviewing the ISO that I would use, a higher ISO would increase the chance of noise or grain entering the footage. Due to this, I will be aiming to look at using an ISO of 100-400 which will hopefully produce a better quality of footage compared to an ISO of 1600 and above.