Stock Video Basics: Choose Resolution and Frame Rate
Start with a short 4K recording and test importing through to export. Separate picture detail, recording and playback frame rates, and setting names from actual fps.
THE FIELD GUIDES / PRODUCTION NOTES
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Settings, support, field tests, editing, and export.
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FIELD GUIDE / 03
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Settings, support, field tests, editing, and export.
Video Exposure and Flicker: Choose Shutter Speed
Separate fps from shutter speed, then balance the motion you want with the light you need. Check the lighting, region, and equipment, and judge flicker in recorded footage.
Video Storage: Estimate Capacity from Bitrate
Convert bitrate into storage to estimate recording time and space. Distinguish actual recording settings from calculation-only values, and test export and copies.
Video Color and Formats: Choose 10bit, Log, and RAW
4:2:2, 10bit, Log, and RAW describe different things. Choose for the adjustments you need and a workflow you can complete from import through to storage.
How I Shoot Stock Video: Reduce Shooting and Finishing Work
These are my own working choices. I separate slow-motion and normal-speed takes and consider brightness, flicker, and storage to reduce shooting and editing work.
Film a steady cup-and-notebook scene: record, watch and trim a copy
Make a short stationary clip, watch the actual file and separate support, focus and trimming problems.
Remove a video’s audio: save a copy, then inspect the picture and file information
Use QuickTime Player on a Mac to remove audio, reopen the copy and distinguish silent playback from an absent audio track.