Take 5
We recently received a fun tip from Prince R. Makaya, a reader from Nairobi, Kenya. He accidentally discovered the use of "outtake" footage from a program he shot [see In Box, page 6 in this issue], and we thought we'd expand on that tip.
Swish Pans have been around since the beginning of moving images, and in the 1970s, many news shooters used this technique to separate shots when they were editing tape-to-tape news clips, because they didn't have access to effects. (They also called it "shooting the rushes.") The music videos of the 1980s brought the technique back to mainstream, along with the "flash frame" technique, which was originally a no-no and later became an editing style. You can spend a day collecting your own Swish Pans at various locations, or simply capture on the fly during ordinary shoots. We've been using this technique for years and now have five tips to help you create your own transit…
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