Timelaspe question

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eliasjklein

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im going to be making a promo video for my school and it features a lot of timelaspes. my plan is to shoot in 60i (on my dvx) then speed it up to something like 1000 percent in FCE, is there anything i should know, or anything i am doing wrong? thanks.
 
I would shoot progressive. Also when you speed up the time lapse - you'll probably want to turn off frame blending as it'll blur it a bit! - You may like the effect!
 
I would use a progressive format, not interlaced. And to be completely honest, a DSLR is a much better choice for a timelapse than the DVX.

Ideally, you would want to shoot one frame every 2 seconds for a basic 'cloud' timelapse. Shooting DV and then speeding up in post will give you a similar effect, but not nearly as much flexibilty, control and quality as a DSLR.

Most importantly, shoot everything on a tripod weighted down with a sandbag and all manual (white balance, iris, focus, shutter speed..etc). Also, shoot with the lowest shutter speed possible. This is another reason for the 24p route - it can give you a lower shutter speed.

A couple of in camera tricks - use a polarizer and shoot at 90 degrees from the sun. Use a ND grad to decrease sky exposure and increase ground exposure. Use high F-stops and an ND filter to increase shutter speed as much as possible.

Lower shutter speed will blur movement keeping the elements fluid not juttery. Progressive will eliminate interlacing artifacts, especially important if going to the web. Using a DSLR will give you the resolution you need to do pans and zooms in post.

You can see a quick Timelapse that I did for flag pole repair man using a DSLR. The color saturation and sky were all done in camera using a polarizer and NDs. It was a bright and clear day - no cloud movement, but subject has a small amount of motion blur to keep it looking fluid. BTW, the flagpole is over 100' tall!

http://mrflagpole.awakenedfilms.com/quicktime.html


Jason
 
what model dvx are you using if you have a newer a or b shoot in slow shutter mode in 30p you can get nice looking 2fps if done correctly its in barrys book im not sure of the exact numbers off of my head
 
eliasjklein said:
im going to be making a promo video for my school and it features a lot of timelaspes. my plan is to shoot in 60i (on my dvx) then speed it up to something like 1000 percent in FCE, is there anything i should know, or anything i am doing wrong? thanks.
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what exactly are you going to shoot ? it all depends on what it is.
 
I've gotten some great results by shooting at the slowest shutter speed your chosen framerate will allow.

How long are you planning to shoot the lapses, <1hr or >1hr?
 
i have a 100b and i will be doing timelapses for under an hour, it will mostly be of kids walking to and from school so thats only like 20-30 mins.
 
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