I have a shot in low light, which shows a character in real time with a clock sped up (granted this a bit heavy handed). When planning the shoot, i intended to shoot with a lower f-stop to get a larger DOF. But without time to properly asses our location (this has been all organised in the last week), I underestimated the available light to us. The scene is a bit noisy as it is, but acceptable enough for what we are doing. So i couldn't stop down anymore. I had hoped that I could shoot it with the clock out of focus, and it would work, however, I don't think it really does.
this is the shot: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1cA66qv8T4WckxNcWE4NVNBSm8/edit?usp=sharing
Is there a way to save this in post (i've sharpened it about as much as I can), or do i need to reshoot? And if so, how should I achieve this shot (without more light, we don't have any fittings available to us)? I'm currently shooting it with the actor standing there (then leaving) and leaving the camera running for a long while to get the clock going around, and cutting the shot in half in post, playing the clock in fast time, and the actor in normal - if that makes sense. Would racking to the clock work with this technique (it would mean both the actor and clock are in focus in the final shot), or would that look really odd?
Thanks
edit, i realise the crop between the two parts of the scenes is a bit rough (hence the light flicker), i'll tighten that up later
this is the shot: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1cA66qv8T4WckxNcWE4NVNBSm8/edit?usp=sharing
Is there a way to save this in post (i've sharpened it about as much as I can), or do i need to reshoot? And if so, how should I achieve this shot (without more light, we don't have any fittings available to us)? I'm currently shooting it with the actor standing there (then leaving) and leaving the camera running for a long while to get the clock going around, and cutting the shot in half in post, playing the clock in fast time, and the actor in normal - if that makes sense. Would racking to the clock work with this technique (it would mean both the actor and clock are in focus in the final shot), or would that look really odd?
Thanks
edit, i realise the crop between the two parts of the scenes is a bit rough (hence the light flicker), i'll tighten that up later