shooting 23.98 in Europe?

[ak47]

Hi all,

I am finishing a feature that was shot at 23.98fps in the US. We have three shooting days in France. Wondering if anyone has dealt with this? Did you change the shutter?

thanks in advance,
Alison

 

[Cail Young]

You may need to set the shutter to 1/50 as opposed to 1/48 if you have practical fluorescents or HMIs running on 50Hz power.

Other than that, you should be fine.

 

[sander kamp]

And be sure to turn 'OPEN GATE' in the viewfinder settings off, otherwise you can't go beyond 180 degrees shutter. I had to learn this with a lot of trouble.

Be aware that sometimes flicker is very hard to see on the RED monitors, especially if there is just one light in the background doing it. Play back in real time on a computer - low quality is fine - and watch for areas with showing pulsing noise or something.

 

[ChrisLyon]

Wait, if you are shoot a feature that was shot in the US at 23.976, you don't have to change the frame rate just because you are in Europe. There's no magical French frame rate cloud that will strike you down if you're shooting 23.976 or at a different shutter speed.

Shoot 23.976 because if you don't you won't be able to easily edit both sets of footage in the same timeline.

I mean I suppose if power flux is an issue, I'd suggest getting a breakout battery box that will power your lights at a consistent rate. These should be available via your lighting supplier.

 

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Wait, if you are shoot a feature that was shot in the US at 23.976, you don't have to change the frame rate just because you are in Europe. There's no magical French frame rate cloud that will strike you down if you're shooting 23.976 or at a different shutter speed.

Shoot 23.976 because if you don't you won't be able to easily edit both sets of footage in the same timeline.

I mean I suppose if power flux is an issue, I'd suggest getting a breakout battery box that will power your lights at a consistent rate. These should be available via your lighting supplier.

Hahaha, reminds me of this thread....

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26594

But I see their point. Power in Europe runs at 50htz, not like US at 60. Shooting at 24 in Europe in an interior with practical lights can cause a flickering effect in the image.

 

[Hans von Sonntag]

You may need to set the shutter to 1/50 as opposed to 1/48 if you have practical fluorescents or HMIs running on 50Hz power.

Other than that, you should be fine.

Cail is perfectly right on this. Shutter 172.8 at 23.976 (24fps) or 1/50th if you like.

We do this all the time in Europe when shooting for the cinema.

Hans

 

[Cail Young]

We do this all the time in Europe when shooting for the cinema.

And Australia