So last week I recorded sound to go with an image. I used an old image of mine from my kitchen, and put with it the sound of me making a cup of coffee.
Our final piece has to have a narrative structure, so I decided to quickly shoot me making a cup of coffee. There is no sound with this yet, as it was just a test to see how it would look, and to work out the fps rate i would need.
I’m pretty happy with how this quick tester came out. I did run into a couple of problems.
- As I shoot in RAW to give me more creative control in editing, I filled my 8GB memory card pretty quickly. There was room for 254 images, which I filled in about 3 minutes. So I either shoot monochrome JPEGs (ewww) or get a bigger memory card.
- I have decided to wipe my memory card out completely, so I can utilise the full capacity. However, if this is still not enough, I will have to give in and part with cash. This might not be a bad deal, as I need a new card(s) for New York anyway.
To make this test piece I handheld the camera with my right hand, and shot single frames as I went along. By shooting with single frames as opposed to continuos shooting gave me a more consistent write speed. My camera claims to have a 3.5 fps rate, but I have never achieved this with my current card. Then again, shooting with the bigger RAW file doesn’t help either.
I chose to shoot it this way to give a realistic point of view sequence, and by shooting with single frames the composition changes slightly from shot to shot. This rough shift in view point adds to the effect and works with the style. Below is the edited test piece. Each frame lasts for 0.2s, which equates to 5fps. This works quite well, and is most likely the rate I will use. It is made up of 254 stills, and lasts for 51 seconds. Based on these numbers, I will need around 500 images to make the 2minutes.
