Shutter Speed

ZODIAC SCOPE - Libra

Your routine will get disrupted today, which will get on your nerves more than it probably should. You've been on such a nice roll for so long that this new turn of events is disrupting your flow and making you cranky. The best approach for this level of frustration is not forcing things back the way you want them. It's too late for that. No, better to take a deep breath and just go with the flow. An adventure is right around the corner.

Today was my first day at the video workshop!

To get into either the advanced or intermediate workshop, we have to film a short 60 second short film and edit it all within four hours. That's harder than it sounds. First, you have to come up with a story (which took me a good hour and a half). Then you need to cast, check out equipment, and scout locations. Once you find your locations, you need to film, film, and film to make each shot perfect. Then you have to go back to the school, capture all the film, return the camera, edit and find appropriate music, and finally render to complete the project.

I was doing fine when I started filming. Everything seemed to be working out okay (even though I was stressing out like crazy). But then, after we return to the school, I realize there is NO audio.

No audio? CRAP! I had no idea why the camera didn't pick up audio. It was a mystery! Until I discovered a setting on the camera...

Shutter Speed was set to 1/1000 and I filmed in 60fps.

I'm assuming you guys have no idea what that means. It basically means that it films MANY more frames per second than when shutter speed is off. So everything I filmed was in SUPER SUPER slow motion. That's why there was no audio. Obviously, a camera can't record audio in slow motion...

So I freaked out. I thought I was finished. I awkwardly captured the film and began laying out my clips, making sure nobody noticed my epic fail. I sped up each clip by 250%, which made everything look normalish speed, but very choppy.

But I didn't let that get me down. I HAD to pass the entry test. I worked my ass off to produce a decent video and I must say, I was surprised at the quality of the final project. Sequencing seemed fine. Color was fine. The only thing that wasn't fine was the slight jerkiness of the camera. But I can always say I added that in editing to add my desired effect.

My point? Filming was extremely stressful. Stress is something I haven't really felt the past couple of days, after returning from Sacramento. I did just what my horoscope said. I went with the flow. I didn't turn back, and I didn't freak out. I didn't fix the problem, but rather didn't let it become a huge one. Interesting scope today.

ZODIAC RATING: 9/10