2. Seven Deadly Camera Sins
7 Deadly Camera Sins
7 Deadly Camera Sins
Class Presentation on the 7 sins: CLICK HERE
CAMERA SIN ARTICLE: CLICK HERE
7 SINS FILMING PROJECT: (Group Work)
7 SINS FILMING PROJECT: (Group Work)
Students will learn how to become videographers by learning about the 7 DEADLY CAMERA SINS!
They will use the video camera to commit all 7 sins, then they will video tape how to correct the sin!
The 7 sins include:
- FireHosing
- Moving the camera around fast
- Panning too fast, too often
- Using the camera like a "fire hose"
- Backlighting
- Placing a subject in front of a bright background creating a silhouette
- MotorZooming
- Zooming in and out too much or too often
- Try not to zoom while the camera is recording
- UpStanding
- Filming all camera shots from a STANDING position
- Film from unique, interesting perspectives (such as, if you are filming a cat walking, film at the cat's eye level... not from YOUR eye level)
- Try unique angles
- high angle (pointing down at subject)- makes the subject look small or weak
- low angle (pointing up at subject)- makes the subject look large or strong
- Jogging
- Shaky hand held camera shots (sea sickness)
- Filming without stabilizing your camera
- Use a tripod or a camera dolly
- SnapShooting
- Filming for a VERY short amount of time
- Using a VIDEO camera like a PICTURE camera (snapshots)
- Recording incomplete actions
- HeadHunting
- Placing the subjects in the middle of the frame
- Instead: follow the RULE OF THIRDS
- Use LEAD ROOM and LOOK ROOM
VOCABULARY TERMS TO KNOW FOR THE TEST:
VOCABULARY TERMS TO KNOW FOR THE TEST:
- Firehosing
- Backlighting
- MotorZooming
- UpStanding
- Jogging
- Snapshooting
- HeadHunting
- Panning
- Silhouette
- High Angle
- Low Angle
- Tripod
- Camera Dolly
- Rule of Thirds
- Lead Room
- Look Room
7 SINS EDITING PROJECT
7 SINS EDITING PROJECT
Open the editing guide:
Open the editing guide:
READ THE NOTES BELOW before you follow along with the EDITING guide
7 sins editing guide <--- click here to open editing guide