Shutter Speed: Videography Terms

Video Transcript

"Now currently we’re in segment eight which is shutter speed, now your film camera, your actual photo camera and you also have your video cameras they all have shutters in them. Now what the shutter does it controls two aspects, one aspect is that the longer your shutter opens and closes it allows more light in so that’s a plus, now the faster it opens and closes it takes out less light and there’s a downside to that. The downside is that the longer it exposes or it opens up and closes you have the images superimposed onto the chip or the film depending on what you’re actually shooting, it’s superimposed onto that longer, so you’ll get what’s called motion blur or my hand won’t be as clear it might look really blurry when I move or things like that. Now if it moves faster you’ll get a sharper image but you’ll get less light so you’re required more light to expose that image. Once again my name is Antar with Blue Phoenix Media you can find on the web at www.bluepmedia.com."