All language subtitles for 02 - Marker Settings Help Frame the Shot

Marker settings is
a very helpful tool

you can use for a few
different reasons.

What it does is overlaid
guides on our camera screen or

viewing monitor in order to help

us properly frame our shots.

Let's learn more
about these markers,

beginning with the
center option.

This option simply adds a
crosshair to the center of

the frame as a
point of reference

when we're trying to
center objects or people.

The second option is
the aspect ratio,

but this requires a much
longer explanation.

So I'll leave this
one until last.

Moving on to the safety zone,

which has two options, 80%, 90.

And if we select this,

we see that our frame has a
white box without getting

into the technology and science

of how things are broadcast.

The important thing we must
remember is that anything

inside the box will be

received and shown on a
standard household TV.

If it's outside of the box,

there's a chance,
depending on the TV,

that it could be cut off.

So it's best not to have

any important details too close
to the edge of the frame.

However, it's such a small space

that it's highly
unlikely that you would.

If you want to be
extra cautious,

you can always choose
the 80% safety zone.

Next, we have guide frame.

And if we turn this on,

you'll recognize the
rule of thirds grid.

Now let's skip back to
the aspect markers.

You're probably already familiar
with aspect ratios such

as three by 24 by
three or 16 by nine,

or other terms such as
widescreen and anamorphic.

By choosing one of
these aspect ratios,

we can see that white
lines have been added to

the top and bottom
or to the sides.

But why would we
want to use this?

If we go to our aspect
ratio settings,

we see that our camera does

not offer all the
different ratios.

In the case of this camera,

there's only three
by 216 by nine.

But what if I want my
film to be broadcasting

anamorphic or an older
looking for by three.

Unless you're using a
very high-end camera,

it's unlikely you'll
have the option to

film in all of these
different aspect ratios.

But there is a way that we
can cheat this in editing.

In our editing software,

what we can do is go to

our sequence settings and
change the frame size.

But as we can see
when we do this,

our footage doesn't fit.

And we're left with
two black bars on

either side or on
the top and bottom.

To fix this. One option
is to stretch it,

which we'll show
our entire frame,

but it distorts
the image quality.

And if stretched too
far, it looks unnatural.

This is why I don't
recommend doing it this way.

The second option is to

enlarge the footage
and re-frame it.

Doing it this way, we'll
crop out part of the image,

but it will not
distort the image.

Unless you filmed in for
K and export to 1080,

you may lose a bit
of image quality.

The third option is where
the markers come into play.

And this is the best option
because it's done in camera.

One thing I always standby

is whenever we can do
something on camera,

whether it's special
effects, a stunt,

or in this case,

framing our shots properly.

It's always better than
doing it in editing.

Instead of trying to
manipulate the footage and

post-production using
the two methods

that we just discussed.

If we use the aspect markers,

we can properly frame our
shots from the very beginning,

knowing that anything outside

the white lines will be lost.

We can make sure that
everything we want

to see is framed
inside the markers.

This way, when we get
to the editing stage,

we're not worried about

the parts of the frame
that are being cut off.

And we don't have to manipulate

the footage by enlarging
it or stretching it.

Which means keeping its
quality at the highest level.