Visual journalist Ricardo Lopez visited my online journalism class and taught us about basic video shooting skills. He said that video is all about emotion and telling a story. Video for the web should be between one to two minutes and the shots that you want should be planned before you physically go to shoot.
When it comes to shooting:
Look
Frame the shot
start recording
hold 10-15 seconds-let the action unfold in front of the camera
stop recording
Remember:
Don't zoom...move
lock your exposure
5:1 rule- five minutes of coverage for every minute of final video
Everything in video is also about sequencing. Everything is a little piece of a sequence.
More technical information will be discussed in my next blog so don't miss it.
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