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Camera settings for cinematic video

Camera settings for cinematic video

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Camera settings for cinematic video

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- When it comes to video, consistency between shots is very important. Unlike still photography where you could have a picture that is black and white, the next one is color, one is horizontal, one is vertical, you cannot do that with video. The exposure, the contrast, the settings need to match from shot to shot. Even if they were shot days or weeks or months or even years apart. So, technically speaking there are a few things that you need to be aware of, one of them is shutter speed. The rule of thumb is you want to multiply your frame rate by two to get to the shutter speed that you should be using. In other words, if you're using 30 frames per second which is a great frame rate for multi-media and online projects, 30 times two is 60. So you want to start at 1/60 of a second as your shutter speed. The second rule of thumb is, set it and forget it. You don't adjust exposure using your shutter speed when you're…

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