Camera Skills Flashcards
What’s a video?
A series of still photos called frames that move at a fast enough rate so our brains see them as a moving image.
What’s a frame rate
Number of frames your camera captures per second eg 24fps
What happens as a frame rate decreases?
Fewer frames appear per second makes it look choppy and more like photos
What would I shoot in 24fps?
Traditional cinematic projects
Eg music videos
Behind the scenes footage
24fps is the industry standard because it looks as close to the human eye
What would I shoot in 60fps?
Commercial videos
Gives flexibility to slow it down
Gives a hyper realistic look
Smoother than what you would see in real life - crisp look
What would I shoot in 120fps or 240fps?
For super slow motion shots eg objects flying, falling etc
What’s a videos aspect ratio?
The width and height of a video
What’s 16:9 aspect ratio used for?
TV
16 is the width and 9 is the height
What’s 9:16 aspect ratio used for?
Social media
9 is width and 16 height
What’s 4:5 aspect ratio used for?
It’s what instagram used to have
What’s 1:1 aspect ratio used for?
Square size. Occasionally used for example on Facebook
When should you film horizontally?
If posting on any horizontal platform?
Should you film for a square aspect ratio vertically or horizontally?
Either
Should you film vertically or horizontally for a 9:16 or 4:5 ratio?
Vertically
What’s a videos resolution?
The number of pixels that combine to make up a video
The more pixels the higher the what?
The higher the video resolution which results in a video which appears sharper and higher in quality.
What’s the lowest resolution you want to shoot in?
HD
What kind of resolution is 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels?
HD resolution for 16:9
What kind of resolution is 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels?
HD resolution for 9:16
When can you film in HD?
When filming one aspect ratio
If filming in multiple aspect ratios what should you film in?
4k (if client wants tv and social media shoot in 4k but make sure they know tv will be 4k and social media HD (due to cropping).
What SD card should you get?
Standard SD card. Make sure you are purchasing the card speed you’ll need in order to record videos at your cameras highest frame rate and resolution setting. Speed if SD card = V plus number.
