Need advise from people who shoot skateboarders

phazelee

phazelee

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I'll be a videographer with a DVX100A at the LG Action Sports event in Dallas Texas this weekend. There will be world known skateboarders and bmx'ers, etc etc.

I haven't shot skateboarders before, so i need some advise.

They are wanting me to shoot in 30FPS....
how fast should my shutter speed be?
Any other settings I should set for this event, please let me know.
Thanks DVX'ers!
 
If it's multicam then I'm sure all the shooters will get together and sync settings....

If it's street, you'll want a wide angle or fisheye lens. If it's vert or a built street course in an arena, you'll want some good sticks, servo controls, possibly an on camera monitor.

With extreme sports a high shutter could yield some sweet footage and be easier for slow-mo later, but find out what they want... obviously keep the entire board/bike in frame at all times.

Hope that helps?
 
arges03 said:
obviously keep the entire board/bike in frame at all times.
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I used to shoot skateboarding all the time, and that isn't necesarily true. You can get artsy and start from the waist up, and slowly go down to the full body including the board, while following them with a fish eye. Watch any professional skate video, Flip Sorry, Emerica This Is Skateboarding, and you'll see some really nice shots in there, that don't involve just having the skate in the frame the whole time
 
Here's some advice- when the board shoots off the ramp, and it's heading your way... duck. I've seen folks who didn't duck, and it ain't pretty.
 
TheComo said:
I used to shoot skateboarding all the time, and that isn't necesarily true. You can get artsy and start from the waist up, and slowly go down to the full body including the board, while following them with a fish eye. Watch any professional skate video, Flip Sorry, Emerica This Is Skateboarding, and you'll see some really nice shots in there, that don't involve just having the skate in the frame the whole time
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Absolutely! What I was thinking was more along the lines of shooting a 2:00 run in a competition from a vantage point around the course... more like capturing a live event, not going to some location and shooting a run, where what you said would apply.

Think X-games on ESPN. During a run, the board/bike (and the rider) is always in the frame.
 
My thought on this is that a shutter speed atleast twice your frame rate (so 60 or higher) is a good way to go. It sounds as if they want to see all of the action rather then get a cinematic look, so defenetly try to keep the whole rider and bike/board in the frame (unless they are after a cinematic look, then you can get creative). Watch some of the skate vids in the Screen grabs/clips section as well.
 
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