Tom Hardwick
July 9th, 2003, 01:16 AM
I've come across some VX/PD owners who wonder what the guide frame is and what it's for.
Just thought I'd post my reply here.
In your menu you can call up the Viewfinder set/Guideframe, and toggle 'yes'. What happens is you get a rectangle drawn 1/3rd in and 1/3rd down from the edge of the frame. Now say you were filming a running man. You need to give him pictorial 'space' within the frame and if you position him a third the way across the frame he has 2/3rds to 'run into' even if you pan with him. See what I mean?
Same applies to interviewees. If you place them at the sweet third they have 'looking room'. Same with the horizon. Ideally this shouldn't boringly cross the centre of the frame - it should either be at the upper or lower third. Hey presto - marked out for you by those nice people at Sony.
Lots of footage I see is slightly on the wonk. Telegraph poles or the horizon is off by 3 degrees. With the guide frame turned on this is immediately noticeable as you film.
tom.
Just thought I'd post my reply here.
In your menu you can call up the Viewfinder set/Guideframe, and toggle 'yes'. What happens is you get a rectangle drawn 1/3rd in and 1/3rd down from the edge of the frame. Now say you were filming a running man. You need to give him pictorial 'space' within the frame and if you position him a third the way across the frame he has 2/3rds to 'run into' even if you pan with him. See what I mean?
Same applies to interviewees. If you place them at the sweet third they have 'looking room'. Same with the horizon. Ideally this shouldn't boringly cross the centre of the frame - it should either be at the upper or lower third. Hey presto - marked out for you by those nice people at Sony.
Lots of footage I see is slightly on the wonk. Telegraph poles or the horizon is off by 3 degrees. With the guide frame turned on this is immediately noticeable as you film.
tom.