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Sections

1. Introduction
2. Planning Your Shoot
3. Roll Blank Tape Before You Shoot
4. Check Your Audio
5. Shoot Selectively
6. Shut Up When You Shoot
7. Hold Your Shots
8. Excessive Panning and Zooming
9. Shoot in Sequences
10. Framing and Composing Your Shots
11. Headroom and Noseroom
12. Depth of Field
13. Change Angles and Perspectives
14. Get People in Your Scenes
15. Tripods for Steady Shots
16. Anticipate Action
17. Interviews
18. Sit-Down Interviews
19. Microphones
20. Avoid High Contrast in Lighting Situations
21. Manual Exposure
22. Get All the Shots You Need
23. Labeling Your Tapes
24. Related Links