shooting a new video 2morrow

[QSTAR]

ok i want to shoot flat as possible.

i just install the latest M.L what white balance (xxxxx k) is the best. as my picture style its super flat. i wanna keep mi iso under 400 .

shooting 1080p (24fps) what shutter speed should i keep it on .





EDIT: my shot seems to have that BLUR on moving objects. i shoot at 1080p (24fps) shutter 50 to 100

 

[M. Gilden]

Unless I'm missing something, I'm fairly certain that white balance has nothing to do with shooting flat, and everything to do with the lighting for your particular scene.

Film cameras shutters operate at 180degrees, which translates to something like a shutter speed of 48 or so on our cameras. However, if you don't want it to blur so much, you can turn the shutter higher and get sharper frames. Some people don't like how that works and would rather emulate the look of film (which does blur). You have to figure out your own style and what you want it to look like.

 

[Alex H.]

ok i want to shoot flat as possible.

i just install the latest M.L what white balance (xxxxx k) is the best. as my picture style its super flat.

White balance is about matching the color temperature of the lights. Daylight is somewhere around 5600K, and tungsten (includes household incandescent) around 3200K. As has been said, this has nothing to do with shooting flat. It's about making sure that whites are as close to white as possible.

White balance must be set every time the light changes. Even if shooting outdoors in natural sunlight, the white balance will be completely different for 6am, noon, and 6pm. It's different in direct sunlight than it is in the shade, too. Whenever the camera moves, or the lighting conditions change, it's time to check the white balance.

i wanna keep mi iso under 400 .

shooting 1080p (24fps) what shutter speed should i keep it on .

If your goal is not to exceed ISO 400, then you need to make sure you have plenty of light. This isn't like still photography... shutter speed is much less flexible. You can always open up the aperture a little, but even that needs to be done intentionally and keeping DOF in mind. Shallow depth of field is all well and good, but it's not for every shot.

EDIT: my shot seems to have that BLUR on moving objects. i shoot at 1080p (24fps) shutter 50 to 100

You'll hear lots about the 180º shutter rule, which would dictate 1/48 for shooting in 24p. These cameras cannot do 1/48 but 1/50 is perfectly fine. There's a catch, though: if you're shooting with artificial light (read: anything other than the sun), you may experience strobing in your images if you don't match the shutter speed to the electrical system. In the US and other NTSC countries, it's a 60Hz system and calls for a 1/60 shutter speed. In PAL countries it's 50Hz, or 1/50 shutter. The strobing isn't as bad under incandescent/tungsten, but it will be terrible under florescent and HMI fixtures. Barry Green also recently posted that dimmable LEDs can cause this problem.

I tend to leave my shutter at 1/60 and have had no problems with how the images look.

You can also get away (some of the time) with an exact multiple of the base shutter speed, but high shutter speed is going to affect the images in ways you may not want. If you've seen "Saving Private Ryan" then you know what high shutter speed does. In that film, everything has a jittery, strobing motion to it... very crisp and clear... and every bit of dirt and debris in each explosion is clearly seen. If that's the look you want, go for it. If not, keep your shutter speed lower.

 

[draven4]

To the original poster, you're going to have to do tests. I don't know how flat is sufficient for you.

For me though I've found the following works well.

Use Standard, Neutral or Faithful Picture Style with the settings below
Sharpness 0 (all the way down to the left)
Contrast 0 (all the way down to the left)
Saturation -2
Color tone 0 (center middle)

I've also found another thread that offers a download link to a Cine Style Picture Style that is flat but not as flat or sickly as the Super Flat style. It pays attention to noise and skin tones better.

http://marvelsfilm.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/finally-the-new-marvels-cine-profile-3-x-for-canon-dslr/