There are actually shapes and alignments that people find pleasing. But photo and film composition also needs to tell a story.
If I were to speak with my former cable coordinator regarding best shooting practices for sporting events, I might be cheating. So, instead of speaking only to camera operators, I'll take a more novel approach.
Without further ado, I would like to begin with the fact that, long before...
Shooting low camera angles is a great way to engage viewers. So we have a few low camera angle tips to help you make the most of them.
You can have everything right: a good script, great actors and crew. But if your movie doesn’t look like a cinematic movie, your audience will tune out.
Carefully choosing your camera angles lets you influence your audience's reaction to and interpretation of what is presented on screen.
B-roll is a powerful storytelling tool that should never be overlooked. If you want to shoot b-roll like a pro, you need to learn the 5 shot method.
Let’s take a look at some things that make slow motion exciting.
Orson Welles often had great ideas for movies and then spent years going from studio to studio in Hollywood trying to get someone interested, trying to raise money, and trying to get a script. When you’re dealing with huge amounts of cash in moviemaking, there is no single point...
In a nutshell
Slow motion is achieved when you shoot footage at a higher frame rate and play it back at a normal frame rateAt 60 fps, you slow down an actor’s walk, while at 240 fps, you capture things too fast for the human eyeMost prosumer cameras will at...
One of the great things that timelapse video can do is show us our world in a way that’s impossible or very difficult for humans to see otherwise — things seen very closely, through a microscope, or from very far, from a drone or a helicopter, or in intense...
