Hi fellow filmmakers,
I'm writing because I have a little cinematography challenge on the shooting of a make-up brushes advertising clip, and I'm wondering whether you could give me a piece of advice on what settings I ought to use. I'm not a trained DOP, I mostly direct but I'm getting to know the skills of my 7D which I sometimes have to operate myself.
I'd like to get slow-motion images of the brushes falling vertically before the lens, spinning and bouncing on the ground in full shot and medium closeup (sort of this in video slow-motion : [url="http://vimeo.com/10109873%29"]http://vimeo.com/10109873)[/url]. In order to get a sharp enough focus, I have to set the shutter speed high, but I loose light and must therefore increase the iso. The result as you've already guessed is too much noise. I'm using a 7d at 60 fps and two kino lights in a studio, and then I slow the images down using twixtor in final cut.
- What settings would you use in order to do this shot ? The brushes don't have to be perfectly in focus I guess, but the image should be clean enough.
- Do I really have to increase the shutter speed or should I stay around 1/60 ? Could I go lower ?
I look forward to reading your suggestions,
Thanks !
Ernest