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13: Camera Shots and Techniques to Enhance Your Filmmaking

1/10/2021

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PRODUCTION WORKSHOP #1
You are NOW ready to begin filming your documentary.

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Guide
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HOW TO REMINDERS

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How to interview a subject  workshop
Tutorial here

Justin Brown for Primal Video
How to use your cell phone to film
Tutorial here

Saurav Sinha
How to use the DSRL camera
Tutorial here

A Roll is the principal footage which tells your story. Meaning the primary images and the audio.

B Roll are the images which complement the A, give it flow,  to fill gaps, bring in an emotion, an idea, which are not always part of the main central theme.

The downloadable  Production  Guide gives more information on A & B Roll.

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Medium Shot. By Jeanne Pope

If not you, then who?
If not now, when?

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Start it!!!
Be experimental and think outside the box.
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Momo & Manolo. Full Shot
Make a film schedule. This way you know where to go, when to go, and you can prepare the sort of footage you want to get.

Even in lockdown we can continue to work.


Experiment and have fun

Consider different elements you will or could use:
  • Will you use voiceover?
  • Sit down interviews?
  • Interviews on the go?
  • Found footage?
  • Drone?
  • Music?
  • Photographs - stills?
  • Animation?
  • Graphics?
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Medium close-up. By Jeanne Pope

VIDEO:
BASIC CAMERA SHOTS FOR
FILMING SUBJECTS


  • Extreme Close Up
  • Close Up
  • Medium Close Up
  • Medium Shot
  • Medium Full Shot
  • Full Shot

CAMERA SHOT WORKSHOP
  • The Establishing Shot
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Marius. Medium Shot. By Jeanne Pope
Think about your shot list

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Camera Shots
The the video below explains the ESTABLISHING SHOT, which you can experiment with. 
This tutorial will help you plan the aesthetic you would like to achieve.



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