shooting weddings: 24p, 30p, or 60i?

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To all DVX wedding videographers,

Which mode do you usually shoot in, 24p, 30p, or 60i? And are there advantages of shooting one mode versus another?

Obviously 24p offers the "cinematic" look, but 60i might be good too because you can "overcrank" (based on another post I've read here) to get the slow motion look... Any particular suggestions?

Thanks!
 
Re: shooting weddings: 24p, 30p, or 60i?

ceremonies 24p receptions 60i... This is due to low light situations. Thus 60i seems to work better in lower light situations
 
Re: shooting weddings: 24p, 30p, or 60i?

I don't shoot weddings but ever since I started using 24PDVDs to show my work I have gotten many compliments.
Hopefully I have grown in my ability but I think the 24p look has helped.
 
Re: shooting weddings: 24p, 30p, or 60i?

RE shooting 24p and 60i together: Fred, do you edit the footage on the same timeline? I guess I'm asking if you are doing a highlights montage using footage from the ceremony and reception, is there a problem editing it together? I would love to shoot the wedding at 24p but have always hesitated because of the dark reception footage.
 
Urgent!! - Advice On Shooting Chinese Wedding Dinner

Urgent!! - Advice On Shooting Chinese Wedding Dinner

Hi fellow members,

I've read through all your replies regarding whether to shoot weddings in 24p or 60i.

Well, I just bought the DVX102AE 3 weeks ago & have fully familiarised myself with all buttons & menu selections, so I'm pretty well versed in operating the DVX102AE.

I am seeking all your advice concerning shooting my friend's wedding dinner. It is a 9-course Chinese sit-down dinner with 3-4 performances in between dishes. I also have a powerful 100watt halogen video light that can be mounted to the "shoe" of my 102AE camcorder.

My main aim is to shoot the wedding dinner with a film-like effect to it & am considering whether shooting in 25p would be advantagous to shooting in 60i model. Since it was mentioned earlier in the this thread that shooting in 60i mode is better because of low light considerations. I want to produce a wedding Demo Reel out of this shooting to show to future clients, so it has to be of the best quality & look very film-like, which I know the 102AE is VERY capable of.

If you have experience shooting wedding dinners before, please advice me as to how to compose & angle my camcorder to achieve the most creative & interesting shots that will make those who view my demo reel go "Ooh!.....Ahh!!.......Wow!!"

I have experimented with focus-pulling, but it takes considerable amount of skill & time to get the focus just right & to do it quickly. How about shooting some black & white video footage? Should I do the black & white in post-production, or should I use my camcorder to shoot black & white?

Thank you very much in advance for all your help. Would really appreciate if all of you could give me some reallly useful advice regarding wedding dinner videoshooting.

Regards,

Andrew
 
Hi,

About the framerate, I ask to the couple if they want a cinematic looks or a documentary look. They choose "the cinematic look" most of the time after I show my demos.

On the ceremony, I use the 24p mode, because the output is more profesionnal than 60i (I don't want the uncle "digital-8" look" *LOL*). When the ceremony is over, I switch to 60i, because the rest, I want to be able to do slow motion correctly. In 24p, I have to much difficulties to do beautiful slow-motion.

About the black & white, I always do pictures effects in post-production, never on set.

ElvisNTSC
 
Hi ElvisNTSC

Hi ElvisNTSC

Thanks for your reply & helpful advice. It did help to clear up some of the doubts I had. When you mentioned shooting the ceremony using 24p mode, are you referring to the wedding dinner, or the actual wedding service in a church?

Oh, I see, it is better to do slow-mo shooting in 60i than in 24p? That's something new I didn't hear b4.

How about how to frame creative & artistic camera angles for things like wedding dinners with performances? What would be your comment on this? Thanks once again for your advice.

Regards,

Andrew
 
30p - ceremony, rehearsal, reception, after parties, whateva... (for my particular cinewedding style)

The more I use 24p the more I find I don't like it. To my eyes (and this has nothing to do w/ psychology or knowing that 'it's video'), 24p video looks like it's trying too hard to be something else (film, 'movie', whatever); not quite succeeding in getting there. Maybe it's the lower resolution? 24p staccato via video just feels too forced to me.

For me, 30p is the perfect compromise of film-like motion signature + videoish smoothness.

RE: In camera vs post. I'm of the opinion that you should do EVERYTHING (within reason) in post rather than in camera. When you do things in camera, once it's committed to tape you're stuck with it.

Also, for a lot of wedding work, most of the story you try to communicate comes through in the editing - what you envision in the field may not work once you actually look at the film shot. Footage au natural gives you a lot of freedom to experiment - which IMO is a good thing.
 
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