Alcott films on the whole are generally a little over exposed, especially window areas where beams of light can be seen coming through so the settings on the camera will need to be toggled to get this effect in the shoot.
Cinematography Technology - Shutter Speeds Test Shoot from Daniel Edwards on Vimeo.
Looking at the tests in natural light, shutter speeds between 1/80 and 1/160 seem best matched with stills from Alcott films, especially the Shining, the walls are visible but not completely light whereas the windows are almost pure white, with little window frame detail. Below 1/80 the image seems quite grainy and image detail is lost and above 1/160 the images seems to be getting to dark and far to shadowy to replicate the look I want.
Cinematography Technology - Aperture Test Shoot from Daniel Edwards on Vimeo.
The aperture seems best set to 5.6 to 8.0. Aperture’s above 8.0 are again like a higher shutter speeds figure very dark and more suited to a much darker look whereas the aperture figures between 5.6 and 8.0 let in an amount of light which looks most suited for my piece.
Cinematography Technology - ISO Test Shoot from Daniel Edwards on Vimeo.
Unlike the shutter speed and aperture, the tests looking at the ISO settings on the camera seems to have a much larger range of acceptable figures. Although it is said you should shoot with as low as ISO possible it images on the 550d with higher ISO figures don’t look to bad. Noise only seems to be visible above figures of 3200. On the other end of the scale, although the lowest ISO, 100, retains the most colour and picture detail, one the image is too dark and shadowy and two the image quality almost seems too good, even the lead and colour on the windows can be seen clearly. I found ISO’s of 800 to 1600 most in keeping with the look I wish to achieve.
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