Home Video Hints: Shoot Video With the Editor In Mind
Adjusting your shooting style to recording video for a program that you'll create later may be a plan of attack that suits your videography goals. Instead of trying to generate a finished video production while shooting, recording footage with an edit in will mind will allow you to take advantage of today's popular editing techniques.
Recently, we urged you to try simple digital editing to see if you liked it. If you found the experience valuable, you may want to modify your shooting style to suit it. If you decide to edit future programs, adopt these fundamental changes:
- Capture every shot that you might possibly want to include in your finished production.
- Tape your shots in any order that you find convenient.
- Record every shot so that it is longer than its probable final length.
That's called shooting to edit and it's built on the Three C's: Coverage, Continuity and Cutability. Even if you're a very casual shooter, you can easily put these core principles to work fo…
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