video techniques
PrintGet People in Your Scenes
Try to get people in your shots, which almost always makes the video more interesting.
Don't do a static shot of the front of a building - try to include people walking in and out to animate the scene.
sections
- Introduction
- Planning Your Shoot
- Roll Blank Tape Before You Shoot
- Check Your Audio
- Shoot Selectively
- Shut Up When You Shoot
- Hold Your Shots
- Excessive Panning and Zooming
- Shoot in Sequences
- Framing and Composing Your Shots
- Headroom and Noseroom
- Depth of Field
- Change Angles and Perspectives
- Get People in Your Scenes
- Tripods for Steady Shots
- Anticipate Action
- Interviews
- Sit-Down Interviews
- Microphones
- Avoid High Contrast in Lighting Situations
- Check White Balance
- Manual Exposure
- Get All the Shots You Need
- Labeling Your Tapes
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