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What are you shooting?

Your setup

Body
Sony A7 V
Lens
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art
Change your main body or lens in Kit.

Set your camera to

FPS
25p
Shutter
1/50
ISO
100
Aperture
f/2.8
WB
5600K
ND · 6 stops
ND64
Mode
4K 25p, full width

Notes

Best place to start: pleasing skin tones straight out of camera, no grading needed.
Set white balance manually to 5600K. Never use auto WB on client work.
Why these numbers?
  1. 1. Frame rate first: it sets the look and the slow motion.
  2. 2. Shutter = 1 / (2 × fps): the 180° rule gives natural motion blur.
  3. 3. ISO at the profile's base for the cleanest image.
  4. 4. Aperture for the depth of field you want.
  5. 5. Too bright? Add ND, never a faster shutter. Too dark? Raise ISO, then add light.