Filming tips.

Cinema Tools. It literally takes one second, as opposed to individually clicking every clip in a timeline, typing in the percentage, unchecking frame blending, then rendering.

Also, conforming is better to use as a simple precaution. Sometimes FCP hiccups and can't render the timeline, saying "out of memory." This is often due to the fact that digital frame rates are not perfect numbers (integers), which is why 24p is actually 23.98, 30p is actually 29.97, and 60p is actually 59.97. Sometimes when working with long continuous clips and long renders at once, these numbers don't completely "add up" (I'm using this term loosely) and the frame rate of the file becomes inconsistent. This is fixed by finding the clips that have errors, and conforming the source files to the frame rate of the timeline (this even happens to 24p footage and needs to be conformed to 23.98). This entire mess can be avoided in the first place by making frame rate conforming a standard protocol. While I only conform footage shot in 30p and 60p, sometimes 24p footage needs to have it done in order to fix the problem.
 
i agree with landis. the fish should really only be used by a very good and experienced filmer, and even then it should be used rarely and in creative ways only.
if you are still learning how to film or wouldn't consider yourself pretty experienced, please do not use a fisheye. it will make you such a lazy filmer and you won't learn anything. better to start out with the stock lens and learn how to use a fish (much) later on.
i'm not trying to come off as a dick, i'm just speaking from experience. i filmed with a fish on my VX for a whole season and made no filmmaking progression whatsoever. Once i stopped using the fish, I got better and better with each edit.
 
sorry for dub post, but i just wanted to add that i feel like not using fish really helps you learn how to use lenses in general. you learn a lot more about aperture and filters and such when you use a normal lens, and after filming a few season with the stock lens on my hvx, i had no problem making the switch to my 35mm adapter and my T2i later on.
 
Ye for sure dude, you're not coming off as a dick at all, I really appreciate all your input. I'd say that I have a pretty decent amount of experience filming, I've just never really full-on applied myself too it.
About the fisheye thing, I'm looking at getting a 0.7x canon wide angle for my Hv30. I find anything wider causes really noticeable distortion around the edges of the frame, and looks super cheesy. I have shot with a 0.3x before on my older camera's and am really not feeling that look.
What are your thoughts on a 0.7x wide angle?
 
educate me, i don't understand how 60p and 30p can look different? i thought we can only see so many fps so it's irrevelant... also i thought more is better cause its suppose to be smoother and such
 
You gotta have the eye for it, you can definitely tell if you know what to look for. 60p is very digital and smooth while 30p is still pretty digital and smooth, just less and hard to notice, but you can.
 
yes, it is true, to an extent... I believe it's just because you're putting more hours on your drum and that's not a good thing.

you want to keep the amount of wear on it as low as possible
 
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