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Editing for Slow Motion

Jan 25, 2010 12:00 PM, By Jan Ozer

In the first edition for this month, I outlined the alternatives for shooting in slow motion. To recount, I'm producing a project at 24fps for web and film output at full-resolution HD, which is 1920x1080@24fps. The project will have regular-motion footage as well as slow motion. I've made the decision to shoot the bulk of the project in 1920x1080@24p, and I've decided to shoot the slow motion footage at 720p60, rather than 1080i60, for reasons outlined in the first edition.

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I'll work through two test cases using two editors: Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro. The first test case will be the video that I shot with the JVC GY-HM700U in 720p with a recording format of 24p and frame rate of 60. I could also shoot in similar settings using the S&Q mode of the Sony PMW-EX1 and similar camcorders, and in PN mode for Panasonic camcorders.

The second test case will involve video shot at 720p60 with the Canon EOS 7D. Like many camcorders, the 7D doesn't let you set a record format and a capture frame rate, just the latter, so I used 60p.

Again, since I'm producing this slow-motion video at 24p, the sequence preset that I'll use for both Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro will be 720p/24p. I would edit the slow-motion footage using this preset, then integrate it into my full-resolution HD (1920x1080) 24p project.

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