Welcome to our new episode of the visual storytelling series! But wait – the title suggests that we’re going to only talk about the shutter speed – the camera setting you normally calculate using a simple formula and then set up and forget? Oh yes, that’s right! We will take a detailed look at shutter speed conventions and how they work, but not only that. Also on the program today: Various film examples that break these rules for the sake of the story. To shoot an image, we need light coming through the aperture. It’s not the only requirement, though. There is another imperative element hidden inside the camera – a small barrier called the shutter. Sitting behind the lens, this modest mechanism works hard to block the light from the sensor. It opens for a defined fraction of time and then shuts again. Opens and shuts, opens and shuts, and carries out this important job as fast or as slow as you want it to. As a result, we’re able to capture life in motion. Setting the shutter to different speeds allows us to sync the motion blur with our visual and narrative needs. That’s what we’re going to explore below. But first, a small tip. In one of our previous texts, we talked about manipulating time and the frame rate. If you’re unfamiliar with this term, I suggest you head over and start here, as the abbreviation “fps” will frequently pop up in relation to shutter. Understanding shutter...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 14 June, 2024