outdoor shoot with sony z1u questions

[mwjace]

hey i am new to the forum but i am doing a outdoor shoot tomorrow, shooting White water rafting from banks. i have two sony z1u that i will be shooting in cineframe 30 mode but other then that does anyone have any suggestions to help make sure my footage turns out as good as possible... any color correction settings or anything of that nature


thanks for the help

[edDV]

What is your reason for shooting Cineframe 30 ?

Cons:
- 1080i better for HDTV display.
- Resolution is only 1440x540 max.
- Half motion rate (Cineframe 30 tosses a field and copies to the other).

Pros:
- A downscale to 720x480 DVD doesn't show the ragged diagonals but still has half motion update.
- "pleasingly stuttery" ???

http://www.adamwilt.com/HDV/cineframe.html

[mwjace]

i don't have much of a choice the client says thats what they want and thats what the client gets... so i want to make it look as good as i can

any other suggestions for outdoor forest/river shooting

[camprod]

You may want to try a progressive (deinterlaced) encode rather than the Cineframe 30. It works for me when using an FX1 camera and MovieEditPro 12.

I also recommend: Sharpness = 15; AE shift = +1; WB shift = +3; cinematone = ON; AWB = Low

The WB shift is beacuse Sony tends to shoot slightly blue compared to other cameras.

You should be able to set the shutter speed high outdoors (as opposed to a #2 ND filter setting).

After everything else is set, use a white piece of paper to do a white balance self adjustment (no preset).

[edDV]

i don't have much of a choice the client says thats what they want and thats what the client gets... so i want to make it look as good as i can

any other suggestions for outdoor forest/river shooting

Make test shoots with different neutral density filters to get right subject to sky exposure. Forest and river are both contrasty. Use reflectors for fill light during interviews. What about audio?

[mwjace]

no audio its only b-roll so if anything it will only be ambient of the internal mic..... thanks for the help though i will try those settings