How to shoot when you know you need heavy graphics

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Johnny Roman

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Lately my graphics department has been complaining about the footage I've been giving them, they say there is to much motion blur or, that their machines work better with 29fps. I like to shoot 24fps because I like the look better then 29, of course I change to 29 for stylistic reasons every now and then but generally I shoot at 23.976. We were talking today and we were both curious what everyone else is doing? we work in the adobe world and I shoot on a 5D and a C300 mrk II. we do a lot of tracking adding words and such to the video for commercials.

I told them I could shoot with a narrow shutter and bump up my fps to 50 or 60, but I don't really want to. I would prefer to shoot at 24 and 180 degree shutter (unless I felt I should change it for emotional reasons)

so again what is everyone else doing when it comes to a shoot that has a lot of graphics?
 
You "like" 24fps
They "need" 29fps

This is not art it is business and I am sure they can easily find another cameraman who will work at 29fps
Can you find graphics machines (and operators) that will work at 24fps? (that the company can use for no additional cost? )
 
Camera operating 101: What's the final destination of your footage? If it's for broadcast shoot 30 or 60fps in 60Hz countries. Shoot 24fps if you're reverse telecining the footage or you need to save bandwidth for the net. Nothing to do with graphics. Suggest do what your "graphics dept" says, all due respect, they seem to know more than you do. Also you seem to think that high frame rates means narrow shutter angle. Apart possibly from the aesthetics, shutter angle is independent of frame rate (like, you can shoot under 1 to 360 degrees at 12 or 120fps, and there are times you might want to do that).
 
Are you just the camera guy or are you the creative director? If the later, shoot what you want, the graphics department needs to adjust. If you're hired by a production house to shoot for them, you do what they want.
 
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