Question about speed ramping and the FS100

bkmvincent

bkmvincent

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So most of the footage I've wanted overcranked I've been using the S&Q mode instead of shooting straight up 60p. I'm wondering if I should shoot 1080p60 and do the conform when I need it? For some reason I feel like something isn't right when I'm doing the ramping in Premiere with the conformed footage. If anyone has experience doing this with the FS100 (particularly in Premiere), I'd love to know your workflow.
 
I know some people will speed up a conformed shot so that it plays at somewhat normal speed so that they can "ramp" or cut from normal speed to slow motion.

One of my workflows for the past year has been to shoot 720p60 (on my hvx200) and then edit completely in a 60p timeline and adjust speed how slow i wanted it to be, here is an example of a video i made using this technique.


i have found that its nice to be able to adjust how slow i want something, especially for sports filming. 40% (aka 60p conformed to 24p) is too slow sometimes and thats where the 60p timeline comes into play. This could work great in adobe with ramping, i do the same in fcp too.
 
The S&Q feature is pretty neat... for people who don't fully understand 60p and how it works. Otherwise, stay clear, it is better to have creative control over the footage and decide after you have shot it, if it looks better in slo-mo or real time.
 
bkmvincent said:
Have you done this technique with the FS100 yet? Are you exporting the 60p timeline to 30p?
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I mean, its the same exact thing, i have played with the functions but havent produced anything really. i just upload my 60p file to vimeo, you can export 30p or 24p if you want to make the file smaller.
 
eheath said:
I mean, its the same exact thing, i have played with the functions but havent produced anything really. i just upload my 60p file to vimeo, you can export 30p or 24p if you want to make the file smaller.
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This is exactly what I was doing with the JVC HM-700 when shooting high school sports. I hate the way 60p looks straight out of the box, but sports is one of the things I like it for.
 
bkmvincent said:
This is exactly what I was doing with the JVC HM-700 when shooting high school sports. I hate the way 60p looks straight out of the box, but sports is one of the things I like it for.
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luckily players like youtube and vimeo convert their videos to 29.97fps so that you never see the 60p motion, its so ugly.
 
eheath said:
luckily players like youtube and vimeo convert their videos to 29.97fps so that you never see the 60p motion, its so ugly.
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I got 50fps from the Vimeo player by scaling down to 720:


The YouTube player, as you say, wouldn't honour the higher framerate.
 
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