rob norton
Veteran
I shot this for a loop on a very large screen behind a reception desk:
Gimbal: Fujifilm X-H2S with Viltrox 13mm.
Tripod/Handheld (no rig, occasional cine saddle on the hip): Blackmagic Pyxis 6k with DZO Vespid 2 35mm.
Drone: DJI Mavic 4 Pro.
Shot in 3:2 open gate @25fps.
DJI lidar focus pro, I did my own focus. I didn't change any lenses for speed so chose the 35mm despite having access to the full set.
Swapping between the little fuji on the gimbal and pyxis for handheld was a great combination. I didn't do the grade but am happy with the match.
The tendency in the corporate world is to shoot EVERYTHING b-roll related at 50/60fps (depending where you are in the world). Slow motion used to show us how things looked when slowed down, for more impact or education. At some point, the corporate filming world hijacked slow motion and repurposed it as a crutch, an object to hide behind, rather than a creative tool used on occasion.
Slow motion corporate videography is more cost effective, which I think is where most of the trend came from:
- editors don't work as hard to find 1.7 second grabs of people smiling
- less skilled videographers can be used because handing off footage that won't be slowed down is a harder job than handing off footage that gets used at half the speed it was shot
- skilled videographers can move onto the next shot faster.
The above isn't an indictment on nature/phantom flex/genuine creative slow motion projects. And this is no criticism of providing 50fps clips to someone who hired us. It's absolutely safer and seems like SOP for almost all work like this. However, the larger theme of making your creative bed, is refreshing and was enjoyable for this project. Also, the open gate aspect ratio, which isn't available on the fujifilm or BM pyxis at 50fps, is still pretty enjoyable.
It was a great exercise in doing camera moves in realtime. I had to show restraint with the gimbal, where shooting felt way too slow but in the edit was just right. In the past, 50fps gimbal or jib moves have been to slow, so this was the opposite consideration.
Gimbal: Fujifilm X-H2S with Viltrox 13mm.
Tripod/Handheld (no rig, occasional cine saddle on the hip): Blackmagic Pyxis 6k with DZO Vespid 2 35mm.
Drone: DJI Mavic 4 Pro.
Shot in 3:2 open gate @25fps.
DJI lidar focus pro, I did my own focus. I didn't change any lenses for speed so chose the 35mm despite having access to the full set.
Swapping between the little fuji on the gimbal and pyxis for handheld was a great combination. I didn't do the grade but am happy with the match.
The tendency in the corporate world is to shoot EVERYTHING b-roll related at 50/60fps (depending where you are in the world). Slow motion used to show us how things looked when slowed down, for more impact or education. At some point, the corporate filming world hijacked slow motion and repurposed it as a crutch, an object to hide behind, rather than a creative tool used on occasion.
Slow motion corporate videography is more cost effective, which I think is where most of the trend came from:
- editors don't work as hard to find 1.7 second grabs of people smiling
- less skilled videographers can be used because handing off footage that won't be slowed down is a harder job than handing off footage that gets used at half the speed it was shot
- skilled videographers can move onto the next shot faster.
The above isn't an indictment on nature/phantom flex/genuine creative slow motion projects. And this is no criticism of providing 50fps clips to someone who hired us. It's absolutely safer and seems like SOP for almost all work like this. However, the larger theme of making your creative bed, is refreshing and was enjoyable for this project. Also, the open gate aspect ratio, which isn't available on the fujifilm or BM pyxis at 50fps, is still pretty enjoyable.
It was a great exercise in doing camera moves in realtime. I had to show restraint with the gimbal, where shooting felt way too slow but in the edit was just right. In the past, 50fps gimbal or jib moves have been to slow, so this was the opposite consideration.
