Video Techniques

By Paul Grabowicz, Ellen Seidler, Pamela Reynolds
Published May 16, 2007 in Video

Hold Your Shots

Hold your shots for at least 15 seconds, before you pan, zoom or go onto another shot.

That way you'll be sure you have enough video of a scene to work with later when you do your editing.

When you're starting out, silently count out the 15 seconds to yourself - "1,000 and one, 1,000 and two, 1,000 and three..." - to make sure you've held a shot long enough.

Remember that you can always take a 15-second clip and make it a 2-second clip during editing, but you can't take a 2-second clip and make it into a 15-second clip.

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