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2. Shooting

Camera Mount

• • Use a Tripod whenever possible

  • Use a "Steadicam" or "Dolly" for traveling camera shots

  • Use Handheld only if necessary

Composition and Framing (cinematography)

• • Use your storyboards to remind yourself what it is you want the shot to look like

  • Ensure sound settings are correct.

  • Provide about 5 seconds of LEAD IN and leave 5 seconds of LEAD OUT before calling "action"

  • Basic Photography

    • Fill the Frame

    • Keep the Background Simple

    • Arrange proper Lighting

      • Don't shoot with a light source in frame

      • Think of what mood you want and have a light source that reflects that style

Sound

• • You can edit OUT camera sound and replace it with voice-overs or captions

  • The mic should be the shotgun, lavaliere, boom-pole or zoom

2) SHOT TYPES

Shot types and angles

Taking pictures needs to have that same attention given to the angle and distance from your subject to clearly capture the detail and mood that you want your audience to experience.

The Angle From Which you Want to View the Main Subject

The angle from which you take your picture or video will have an impact on how your audience sees and reacts to it. This is very important in setting the mood in a shot.

• A low camera angle is created by placing the camera below the normal eye level. With the camera looking up at the subject, this angle gives the viewer a feeling of inferiority or even fear.

• For a high camera angle, the camera is placed well above the normal eye level. Viewers are looking down on the subject and feel as if they are in control.

• An eye level angle is obtained by shooting at eye level with the subject. This allows the viewer to feel like they are part of the action as this would be the way they would normally view things.

• Sometimes you want to create a dynamic view where there appears to be energy, drama or action. This can be achieved by turning the camera to a 45 degree angle creating a dutch tilt.

Close Up (CU)

In the closeup shot, a certain feature or part of the subject takes up most of the frame. A close up of a person usually means a close up of their face (unless specified otherwise).

Close-ups are obviously useful for showing detail and can also be used as a cut-in.

A close-up of a person emphasizes their emotional state. Whereas a mid-shot or wide-shot is more appropriate for delivering facts and general information, a close-up exaggerates facial expressions which convey emotion. The viewer is drawn into the subject's personal space and shares their feelings.

A variation is the choker shot which is typically framed on the subject's face from above the eyebrows to below the mouth.

3) Camera Movement

Dolly

The camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks for a very smooth movement. Also known as a tracking shot or trucking shot if the movement side-to-side horizontally.

Follow

The camera physically follows the subject at a more or less constant distance.

Pan

Horizontal movement, left and right.

Tilt

Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).

Track/Truck

Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.

Zoom

Technically this isn't a camera move, but a change in the lens focal length with gives the illusion of moving the camera closer or further away (unless it's a dolly zoom)