To 24P or not 24P?

PeeDee

PeeDee

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Hello everyone, I just recently joined the forums and I've found it to be an excellent place to give and hear opinions.

Right now I am working on a documentary that details the lives of professional wrestlers and their lives (both in the ring and personal). Now, so far my footage has looked very clean and my camera (a 100-B) is performing beyond my expectations save for a few interlacing issues that come up whenever I am shooting quick actions by these guys in the ring.

Whenever I am shooting at their training sessions or shows, I don't pick up these issues but whenever I am looking over my dailies that night before I digitize and import them into FCP I'll notice interlacing if like I stated earlier...these guys move fast and properly capturing them can be cumbersome.

Now, here comes the question-is 24P the correct frame rate I should be shooting whenever I'm shooting these guys in action? Now by no means is my footage unusable but I have never shot sports photography before and essentially I am learning as I go along. Would shooting at 60i be a better alternative though?

I'll see if I can upload some footage later on.

Thanks

-Paul Dee
 
Sports photography is typically shot at 60i for the "live" look. If you want it to look like drama/movie footage, 24p would be the more appropriate choice. But if you want it to look "live", like it's happening "now", 60i is better.
 
Heavens no , shoot 24p with a 1/250 or 1/500 shutter. I happen to own a 100B and I love that look for fast action. I believe there happens to be enough 60i VIDEO out there. I've never been a fan of interlacing.

You could also shoot at 30p with that frame rate and slow it down 80% for a nice look for specific maneuvers, i.e. bodyslams and such.
 
Well their own lighting set-up in the ring is pretty strong, usually I'll have an f-stop of between 4 to 8 ( usually 5.6) depending on the look I want and the action that is occurring in my field.

I'd definitely need to shoot a test at those shutter speeds you mentioned Artscroll under their light grid to see if I can get proper exposure.

I am keen on the idea of shooting at 30p and then slowing it down, I'm not the kind of person that is keen on doing slo-mo in post but if it can work I'll shoot a test and see for myself if it's something I like.

Thanks for the input!
 
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