What Frame Rate Should You Film In for Sports Videos?

What’s your favourite frame rate to shoot in?

When shooting video at 1080 120 fps is there ever a reason to go beyond a shutter speed of 1/400? When taking photos you see several videos recommend 1/1000 or 1/1250 for shooting sports, but it doesn't seem like that concept applies to video is that true?

What is the fps timeline bro? Do you edit in 24fps?

Learning about "Overcranking" was awesome. Thank you for sharing and breaking these concepts down with examples.

Just got into videography to film my daughter Taekwondo training fights and tournament fights. This info is a lot to take in such a short time but I’m confident it will help me make videos she can be proud of, maybe not as proud of her I am in her performance as a fighter though 😂.

If you’re shooting 120FPS for sports, what timeline FPS do you edit on?

I learned a lot from this tutorial, thank you. I plan to shoot video with a GoPro 11 for my niece's basketball games. I will make hype reels out of them. If you have experience shooting with GoPro or familiar with them, want settings would you recommend? I believe GoPro only produce motion blur when using ND filters. But, I assume I will still need to use them to follow the 180 degree rule.

Hands down best video on the subject. I record basketball games on the S23 ultra. Definitely going to give the 1080 120fps a try but unfortunately the shutter speed options closest to 1/400 that it gives me is either 1/350 or 1/500. Which one would you go with? Im definitely not a fan of blur. I'd even rather game at 1080 120 instesd of 4k 60 in most cases. Thanks!

This video is excellent!! Thank you so much🙏🙏🙏🙏 I’m gonna shoot my first basketball video now💪💪💪💪

Very informational video!

Question, what lens are you using during sports vids?

Very informative video thanks man

Should’ve said basketball

I have Sony a7iii and can’t decide to use 60fps or 120fps. And what shutter speed should I use.

awesome vid thanks!

Woah this is so good. I just went to subscribe and saw you only have 14k (about the same as me) amazing content dude. Thank you for teaching me this 🙌🏻

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What about going 24fps at a higher shutter?

Hello ! What about project frame rate ? Should we put 24 or 120 while exporting ? Waiting for your response

Love the video!

I have on thought tough.

When you did your calculations, you came up with the following:

- 0.83 MB per frame at 1080p 120 fps with a bitrate of 100 Mbps
- 4.167 MB per frame at 4K 24 fps with a bitrate of 100 Mbps

However, wouldn't it make more sense to compare the amount of pixels per image combined with the bitrate, since 4K has four times the resolution of 1080p? This means that 4K 24 fps would still be superior to 1080p 120 fps, but the difference isn't as big as your calculations suggest. For example, 4K 30 fps would require the same amount of data per pixel as 1080p 120 fps.

Your calculation is technically correct, and yes, the image is sharper. However, at first glance, it might appear to be a factor of 5, cuz it is not taking the pixels per image into the calculation.

Or am I wrong with that?

why when you film in 24 fps and import it into premiere it looks so choppy?

Hey Peter, awesome video. thank you! When using premiere pro specifically to edit, we should make our timeline 24fps correct? However when rendering and exporting our project, should we export it in the frame rate which we recorded in (i.e. 1080p 60fps) or export in the 24fps?

I just got the Sony A74 I'm using it for basketball games. What should my file format be i have it set to HVAC S HD and should i be recording in 60fps. I just followed you on IG you can send me a Dm if you want

Got my first sport gig next week
This was very helpful 🙌🏿🙌🏿

For ISO, do I just set it on auto?

When I’m shooting 120fps and add to a 24fps time line what % should to go to to get normal speed?

Wow, what a good info

Great explanation and use cases for sports videography! This clearly articulates the pros and compromises of different frame rates and shutter speeds when filming.

What about your timeline fps on the editing side? If you do a 30fps timeline for TV or internet consumption then your 60, 120, or 240fps footage will look increasingly jittery from dropped frames unless you go slow-mo on all of them, but I would think you'd only go slow motion to highlight specific moments. Do you rock a 30fps timeline and let it be jittery during realtime playback so you can speed ramp to beautiful slow motion when desired or use another approach? Thanks!

Great video…. If I dont need to do slowmotion, would you then film in 24fps 360˚.

thanks a lot for this thorough video. I want to film enduro and motocross and today I tried 4k 60fps as you've suggested. For now it seems ok, but I will be trying 1080 at 120fps just to see the difference.

You really broke this down in a fantastic way. I have to record a football game. I have a sony AX700. I think I'll go with 1080p 120fps 1/250. After your explanation of quality I keep going back and forth between 60fps and 120fps. My question is if I do film at 120fps. Am I suppose to edit on a 24fps timeline?

What would you recommend for a home run derby?

What aperture and ISO values do you normally use for sports video?

What type of film are you using and where do you take your film to be developed?

Do you film basketball games at 1/400 shutter speed? Your content is helping me out a lot btw !

Great information. Thank you man. This answered the previous question I had on other video

i have an important question what is your sequence setting i mean when you shot at 120 fps do you export at 120fps as while or 24 ?

It seems like you need a high iso low grain camera in order to do the higher shutter speeds right?

Thanks

I’ve been watching these videos for 2 weeks as I’m ready to dive into the videography world for my sons 14U AAU basketball team. With the Sony A7IV on the horizon, would you recommend jumping right to that and going with 4k60 video or starting with an A7iii and doing 1080p120? Will be going with the 70-200 f4 lens you recommended with either model. Thanks for the feedback!

Great video. Thanks for the tips!

how does this video only have just over 200 likes . You just made provided me with the information i have been needing being newbie to videoography.

If I shoot 120fps, what frame rate should i be editing in post to slow down some of the footage and also have the jittery effect?

HEI, thank you for the input and really good tips. But what iso speed are you using, saying between f2,8 and f4 aperture?

Wish I watched this earlier big help man thx

need help, i film horse racing and my video look very dull. The horses never look sharp as they are coming down the track. I record on very sunny days with sun hitting horses. ive tried mixing 60p with 4k time line, 30p with 1080p timeline. nothing seems to make the horse more crisp. any advice?

I want to start shooting in 120fps for basketball season, but I can’t record audio (which I can get around) and my camera saves the file in 29.97fps when I go into Premiere. It makes it confusing for me to figure out what I need to do to get it to full speed

how to handle shutterspeed when the gym is not lighted enough, I tend to reduce my shutterspeed but the quality is less good

i’m about to film a basketball workout vid for my friend. Should I use 24fps the whole time to get the cinematic look or 60fps in a 24 timeline